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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Points out particular person - place - or things






2. 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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. A - and - the






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






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






14. Noun that shows ownership or possession






15. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






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






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






19. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






28. Connects words or word groups






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






30. 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.






31. Common - proper - compound - collective






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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