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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






4. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






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






8. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






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






11. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






14. Noun that shows ownership or possession






15. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






16. Connects words or word groups






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Shows ownership by more than one person or thing; example: my friends' parents






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






30. 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.






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Action - linking - helping - phrases






39. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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