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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Action verb followed by a noun or pronoun that receives the action; example: I KNOW the story.






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






3. The most important verb in a phrase






4. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






13. Adjectives 'a -' 'an -' and 'the'






14. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A word that names a person - place - thing - or idea; example: boy - Juan - river - Texas






23. When using pronoun - the noun to which it refers; example: HE heard. NICHOLAS heard. // pronouns should agree with number and gender; example: NICHOLAS heard a LIBRARIAN tell STORIES.






24. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Common - proper - compound - collective






33. Connects words or word groups






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






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






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






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






38. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. A - and - the






44. Points out particular person - place - or things






45. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






46. This - that - these - those






47. Phrase that includes the infinitive - it's objects - and the objects modifiers






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






49. 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.






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