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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Names a particular person - place - thing - or idea; example: Amelia Earhart - Chicago - Katmai National Park






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






3. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Phrase that includes the infinitive - it's objects - and the objects modifiers






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






24. This - that - these - those






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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. 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.






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






37. 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)






38. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






40. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






45. A - and - the






46. 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)






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






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






49. Connects words or word groups






50. 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.