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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Noun that shows ownership or possession






2. Points out particular person - place - or things






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






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






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






12. Use as an object pronoun; example: To _____ am I speaking?






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






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






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






16. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






19. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






22. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






24. Afterward - already - quick - hard - never - today - even - low - rather - tomorrow - how - now - then - yesterday - late - often - almost - back - long - soon - when - here - next - still - where - far - more - slow - too - fast - near - so






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






26. Common - proper - compound - collective






27. 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






28. Verb that tells something that happened in the past; example: Dena LAUGHED at the jokes.






29. A - and - the






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. 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)






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






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






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






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






41. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD