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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech
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1. Contains the main verb and helping verbs
plural possessive noun
verb phrase
reflexive pronoun
singular noun
2. 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
adverb phrase
direct object
relative pronoun
personal pronoun
3. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes.
future tense
intensive pronoun
gerund phrase
articles
4. Points out particular person - place - or things
past / past participle
superlative adverb
types of helping verbs
demonstrative pronoun
5. Noun that shows ownership or possession
parts of speech
possessive noun
past / past participle
plural possessive noun
6. Names one person - place - or thing; example: principal - cafeteria - stereos
singular possessive noun
predicate nominative
singular noun
future perfect
7. 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.
common adverbs (non - ly)
reflexive pronoun
demonstrative pronoun
antecedent
8. Names things you can see and touch; examples: pizza - kitten - diamond
interrogative pronoun
reflexive pronoun
negatives
concrete noun
9. 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.
proper adjective
noun
object pronoun
infinitive
10. Common noun that names a group with more than one member; examples: jury - brigade - staff
participle
abstract noun
collective noun
types of helping verbs
11. Connects words or word groups
future tense
correlative conjunction
coordinating conjunctions
conjunction
12. This - that - these - those
prepositional phrase
plural noun
types of demonstrative pronouns
interrogative pronoun
13. Noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject; example: Lassie has been a CELEBRITY for decades.
positive adjective
comparative adjective
predicate nominative
common noun
14. 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
conjunction
singular noun
indefinite pronoun
who
15. A - and - the
adjective phrase
common articles
infinitive phrase
reflexive pronoun
16. Another - each - neither - many - all - more - other - both - either - few - several - any - most - some
helping verb
mass noun
types of indefinite articles
adverb phrase
17. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill.
whom
common articles
gerund
relative pronoun
18. Is not the main verb in a phrase; are added to another verb to make the meaning clearer; includes any forms of TO BE
reflexive pronoun
helping verb
gerund phrase
types of nouns
19. Names a particular person - place - thing - or idea; example: Amelia Earhart - Chicago - Katmai National Park
possessive noun
interjections
types of adjectives
proper noun
20. Use as a subject pronoun; example: _____ is not going?
infinitive phrase
mass noun
who
action verb
21. A word that modifies - or describes - a noun or pronoun; example: We saw LAZY lions beneath a SHADY tree.
adjective
singular possessive noun
indefinite pronoun
future perfect
22. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD
predicate nominative
irregular verb
past perfect
personal pronoun
23. Phrase that includes the participle - its modifier - and its objects; example: The child - FLASHING A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE - turned and walked away.
relative pronoun
indirect object
participle phrase
object pronoun
24. 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
types of indefinite pronouns
types of demonstrative pronouns
conjunction
common adverbs (non - ly)
25. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS
subordinating conjunction
superlative adverb
noun
present perfect
26. Linked group of words preceding noun or pronoun; examples: who - which - that
relative pronoun
intransitive verb
proper adjective
present perfect
27. Shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house
present perfect
singular possessive noun
interrogative pronoun
reflexive pronoun
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)
subject pronoun
coordinating conjunctions
adjective phrase
relative pronoun
29. Names any person place - thing or idea; example: pilot - city - park
future tense
positive adjective
common noun
abstract noun
30. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
pronoun
common linking verbs
object of the preposition
linking verb
31. A word or group of words that expresses strong feeling; example: WELL - Snoopy is at the typewriter again.
interjections
types of helping verbs
positive adjective
past perfect
32. An adjective that is formed from a proper noun; example: Africa --> African; Scotland --> Scottish
reflexive pronoun
proper adjective
reflexive pronoun
preposition
33. Verb that tells something that is happening now; example: Dena LAUGHS at the jokes.
noun
present tense
personal pronoun
common adverbs (non - ly)
34. 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
object pronoun
present perfect
proper noun
common prepositions
35. Anything - no one - all - some - several
types of indefinite pronouns
superlative adverb
superlative adjective
collective noun
36. Adjectives 'a -' 'an -' and 'the'
adverb phrase
proper adjective
articles
predicate nominative
37. 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.
personal pronoun
helping verb
types of verbs
irregular verb
38. Tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE
indirect object
future perfect
helping verb
pronoun
39. Includes the gerund - its object - and its object's modifiers; WRITING A BEST SELLER is the goal of every novelist.
negatives
present tense
gerund phrase
adjective
40. 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
adverb
linking verb
predicate adjective
future perfect
41. Common - proper - compound - collective
superlative adjective
types of nouns
intensive pronoun
adjective
42. A word that names a person - place - thing - or idea; example: boy - Juan - river - Texas
noun
direct object
concrete noun
verb tense
43. Play / (is - are - am) playing --> adding - ing used with form be
types of indefinite pronouns
reflexive pronoun
intensive pronoun
present / present participle
44. Shows ownership by more than one person or thing; example: my friends' parents
mass noun
plural possessive noun
antecedent
common linking verbs
45. Takes the place of one or more noun; example: I - you - he - she - it - we - they - it
singular possessive noun
relative pronoun
pronoun
infinitive phrase
46. Phrase that includes the infinitive - it's objects - and the objects modifiers
subject pronoun
future perfect
infinitive phrase
interjections
47. Tells what the subject of a sentence does or did; example: She SLEEPS every day. She SLEPT every day.
action verb
types of indefinite articles
future tense
predicate nominative
48. Connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since - before - unless - however
indefinite pronoun
personal pronoun
negatives
subordinating conjunction
49. Points out person - places - or things - but less clearly;
future tense
preposition
types of demonstrative pronouns
indefinite pronoun
50. Use as an object pronoun; example: To _____ am I speaking?
parts of speech
whom
preposition
verb tense
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