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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






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






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






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






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






23. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






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






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






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






28. Action - linking - helping - phrases






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






39. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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







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