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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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)






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






19. A - and - the






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






21. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Used as a subject or part of a the subject in a sentence; WE are ready to go.






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






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






31. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. Action - linking - helping - phrases






43. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Noun that shows ownership or possession






50. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD