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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






2. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






16. Connects words or word groups






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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)






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






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






31. A - and - the






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. Names any person place - thing or idea; example: pilot - city - park






50. 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