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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday.






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






3. 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






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






5. Tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done; example: Jack showed the DOG kindness.






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






13. 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)






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






15. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






17. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






21. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. Adverbs such as lowest - nearest - most slowly; fastest - most seriously






27. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






29. A word that modifies - or describes - a noun or pronoun; example: We saw LAZY lions beneath a SHADY tree.






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






31. 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






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






33. Includes all linking verbs and any action verbs that do not take an object; example: My friends CRIED.






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






43. An adjective used to compare three or more items; example: This is the HOTTEST day of the year.






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






45. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






46. I - me - mine - my - we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - he - she - him - her - his - it - them - them - their - theirs - its






47. This - that - these - those






48. 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






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






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