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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Use as an object pronoun; example: To _____ am I speaking?






2. An adjective that is formed from a proper noun; example: Africa --> African; Scotland --> Scottish






3. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.






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






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






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






7. Is not the main verb in a phrase; are added to another verb to make the meaning clearer; includes any forms of TO BE






8. Shows ownership by more than one person or thing; example: my friends' parents






9. For - and - nor - but - or - yet - so






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






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






12. Shows ownership or possession of something; example: Jerome is learning about HIS ancestors.






13. Usually refers to the subject of a sentence; examples: myself - yourself - himself - herself - ourselves - yourselves - and themselves






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






15. Points out particular person - place - or things






16. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






18. Be - feel - grow - seem - smell - remain - appear - sound - stay - look - taste - turn - become - am - are - is - was - were - am being - can be - have been






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






20. Connects words or word groups






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






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






23. Play / (is - are - am) playing --> adding - ing used with form be






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






25. AND - BUT - and OR join ideas that are similar; remember to place a comma before you write sentences; example: Craig gets in trouble - BUT he usually gets out of it.






26. Common - proper - compound - collective






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






31. Tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE






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






33. A pronoun that does not refer to a specific - person - place - thing - or idea; examples: everyone - everything - everybody - anybody - many - most - few - each - some - someone - all - nothing - nobody - and no one






34. A verb that functions as a noun or adjective; the word TO precedes the verb in an infinitive; example: Someday - I would like TO WRITE beautiful poetry.






35. Prepositional phrase that modifies a verb - an adjective - or an adverb; examples: The porpoises performed WITH EASE. (tells how) or Shows begin ON THE HOUR. (tells when)






36. Emphasizes its antecedent; adds emphasis to pronoun or named noun; examples: I MYSELF will go.






37. Phrase that includes the participle - its modifier - and its objects; example: The child - FLASHING A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE - turned and walked away.






38. Another - each - neither - many - all - more - other - both - either - few - several - any - most - some






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






40. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






42. 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






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






44. Used as a subject or part of a the subject in a sentence; WE are ready to go.






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






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






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






48. Prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun; examples: The killer whale is a species of PORPOISE. (tells what kind of species) or That whale WITH THE UNUSUAL MARKINGS is our favorite. (tells which whale)






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






50. Noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb; tells who or what receives the action; example: Bobby loved his PARENTS.







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