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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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)






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. The most important verb in a phrase






12. A - and - the






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






14. This - that - these - those






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






16. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






18. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






21. Noun that shows ownership or possession






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






42. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






44. Connects words or word groups






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






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






50. 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)