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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






9. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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)






32. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






36. A - and - the






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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