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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. This - that - these - those






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






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






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






24. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






26. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






27. A - and - the






28. 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)






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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)






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






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. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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







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