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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject of a sentence; includes forms of taste - look - feel - smell - appear - seem - and become; example: I look TIRED - but I feel FINE.






2. Points out person - places - or things - but less clearly;






3. Verb that tells something that is happening now; example: Dena LAUGHS at the jokes.






4. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






5. Action verb followed by a noun or pronoun that receives the action; example: I KNOW the story.






6. Do - does - did - have - has - had - shall - should - will - would - can - could - may - might - must






7. Takes the place of one or more noun; example: I - you - he - she - it - we - they - it






8. Use as a subject pronoun; example: _____ is not going?






9. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep






10. Verb that tells the time of the action or being






11. Points out particular person - place - or things






12. About - behind - above - across - as - after - between - beyond - beside - despite - during - for - inside - in - near - off - outside - onto - opposite - around - against - along - at - before - below - beneath - but - by - down - except - from - in






13. Noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject; example: Lassie has been a CELEBRITY for decades.






14. Names one person - place - or thing; example: principal - cafeteria - stereos






15. Noun that shows ownership or possession






16. Connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since - before - unless - however






17. Anything - no one - all - some - several






18. Adverbs such as lower - nearer - more slowly; faster - more seriously






19. Tells which one; examples: this - that - these - and those






20. EITHER/OR - NEITHER/NOR - BOTH/AND join pairs of ideas






21. Played / (have - has - had) played --> adding - ed or - d with form have






22. Names a particular person - place - thing - or idea; example: Amelia Earhart - Chicago - Katmai National Park






23. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday.






24. Includes the gerund - its object - and its object's modifiers; WRITING A BEST SELLER is the goal of every novelist.






25. Words that mean no; common negatives: no - not - never - nowhere - nothing - nobody - no one - neither - scarcely - barely; use only one in a sentence






26. A common noun that cannot be easily separated into countable units; examples: water - sand - gold - cement - air






27. A - and - the






28. Is used as a direct/indirect object in a sentence; example: Rebecca gave ME a gift.






29. A word or group of words that expresses strong feeling; example: WELL - Snoopy is at the typewriter again.






30. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes.






31. Verb that functions as an adjective; example: A RUNNING horse galloped down the road.






32. Names things you can see and touch; examples: pizza - kitten - diamond






33. Names any person place - thing or idea; example: pilot - city - park






34. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






35. Does not end with - ed to form the past participle; examples; (is - are - am / was / were) ; (has - have / had / had) ; (do - does / did / done) ; ate - grown - bought - sold - spent - taken - etc.






36. Tells what the subject of a sentence does or did; example: She SLEEPS every day. She SLEPT every day.






37. Common noun that names a group with more than one member; examples: jury - brigade - staff






38. Joins the subject and the predicate






39. Adjectives - adverbs - conjunctions - interjections - nouns - pronouns - prepositions - verbs






40. Common - proper - compound - collective






41. Adjective used when no comparison being made; example: This is a HOT day.






42. Takes the place of a noun or nouns; they show number and gender; example: singular: I - me - my - mine - you - your - yours - he - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its / plural: we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - they - them - their - the






43. Words that describes verbs - adjectives - or other -----; answers when - where - how - to what extent; modifies a verb - adjective - or -----; tells how - when - where - or to what extent; example: Our skates move EFFORTLESSLY. (how) or The ice is gl






44. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS






45. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






46. Is made up of a preposition - the object of the preposition - and all the words in between: example: Who lives IN THAT HOUSE?






47. Shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house






48. Shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence; example: I walked ALONG the beach.






49. Linked group of words preceding noun or pronoun; examples: who - which - that






50. Names an idea - quality - action - or feeling