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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






19. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Points out particular person - place - or things






27. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






28. 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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Connects words or word groups






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






49. Joins the subject and the predicate






50. 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)







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