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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Names any person place - thing or idea; example: pilot - city - park






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. A - and - the






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






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






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






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






13. Points out particular person - place - or things






14. 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)






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






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






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






18. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






19. 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






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






21. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






23. 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.






24. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






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






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






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