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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech
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1. 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.
irregular verb
articles
object of the preposition
positive adjective
2. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday.
comparative adjective
intensive pronoun
types of nouns
whom
3. For - and - nor - but - or - yet - so
gerund
coordinating conjunctions
types of indefinite pronouns
demonstrative adjective
4. Names things you can see and touch; examples: pizza - kitten - diamond
reflexive pronoun
concrete noun
action verb
present perfect
5. 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 of the preposition
infinitive
common prepositions
irregular verb
6. Shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence; example: I walked ALONG the beach.
preposition
indefinite pronoun
mass noun
action verb
7. A word or group of words that expresses strong feeling; example: WELL - Snoopy is at the typewriter again.
interjections
common prepositions
who
intensive pronoun
8. Includes the gerund - its object - and its object's modifiers; WRITING A BEST SELLER is the goal of every novelist.
verb phrase
plural noun
gerund phrase
object of the preposition
9. 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
superlative adjective
proper noun
personal pronoun
10. I - me - mine - my - we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - he - she - him - her - his - it - them - them - their - theirs - its
indefinite pronoun
common pronouns
whom
linking verb
11. Tells which one; examples: this - that - these - and those
types of adjectives
helping verb
subject pronoun
demonstrative adjective
12. Joins the subject and the predicate
comparative adverb
concrete noun
common adverbs (non - ly)
linking verb
13. Is used as a direct/indirect object in a sentence; example: Rebecca gave ME a gift.
linking verb
intensive pronoun
object pronoun
intransitive verb
14. Tells what the subject of a sentence does or did; example: She SLEEPS every day. She SLEPT every day.
correlative conjunction
linking verb
action verb
common adverbs (non - ly)
15. 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.
collective noun
coordinating conjunctions
antecedent
who
16. An adjective used to compare three or more items; example: This is the HOTTEST day of the year.
personal pronoun
superlative adjective
common adverbs (non - ly)
helping verb
17. 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)
main verb
present tense
possessive pronoun
adjective phrase
18. Adjectives 'a -' 'an -' and 'the'
articles
pronoun
predicate adjective
verb tense
19. A - and - the
common linking verbs
collective noun
plural noun
common articles
20. Shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house
main verb
reflexive pronoun
singular possessive noun
types of nouns
21. Contains the main verb and helping verbs
superlative adjective
verb tense
helping verb
verb phrase
22. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS
positive adjective
present perfect
conjunction
mass noun
23. Be - feel - grow - seem - smell - remain - appear - sound - stay - look - taste - turn - become - am - are - is - was - were - am being - can be - have been
whom
common linking verbs
gerund phrase
conjunction
24. Noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject; example: Lassie has been a CELEBRITY for decades.
types of indefinite articles
predicate nominative
reflexive pronoun
common linking verbs
25. Adverbs such as lowest - nearest - most slowly; fastest - most seriously
superlative adverb
types of verbs
intransitive verb
singular noun
26. Emphasizes its antecedent; adds emphasis to pronoun or named noun; examples: I MYSELF will go.
singular noun
intensive pronoun
infinitive
direct object
27. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill.
verb phrase
demonstrative adjective
adjective
gerund
28. Used as a subject or part of a the subject in a sentence; WE are ready to go.
participle phrase
common pronouns
subject pronoun
types of adjectives
29. Noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb; tells who or what receives the action; example: Bobby loved his PARENTS.
object of the preposition
direct object
common articles
common noun
30. Anything - no one - all - some - several
present / present participle
comparative adjective
types of indefinite pronouns
participle
31. This - that - these - those
types of indefinite pronouns
types of demonstrative pronouns
collective noun
coordinating conjunction
32. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
types of adjectives
intensive pronoun
object of the preposition
reflexive pronoun
33. Another - each - neither - many - all - more - other - both - either - few - several - any - most - some
types of nouns
types of demonstrative pronouns
indirect object
types of indefinite articles
34. Words that mean no; common negatives: no - not - never - nowhere - nothing - nobody - no one - neither - scarcely - barely; use only one in a sentence
articles
noun
helping verb
negatives
35. 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.
past perfect
relative pronoun
predicate adjective
possessive noun
36. Verb that tells something that is happening now; example: Dena LAUGHS at the jokes.
present tense
concrete noun
common adverbs (non - ly)
parts of speech
37. Points out person - places - or things - but less clearly;
parts of speech
possessive pronoun
indefinite pronoun
common pronouns
38. Is made up of a preposition - the object of the preposition - and all the words in between: example: Who lives IN THAT HOUSE?
common adverbs (non - ly)
proper adjective
prepositional phrase
adverb phrase
39. 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
coordinating conjunctions
common adverbs (non - ly)
main verb
predicate adjective
40. Play / (is - are - am) playing --> adding - ing used with form be
common articles
present / present participle
whom
past tense
41. 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.
direct object
correlative conjunction
coordinating conjunction
adverb phrase
42. Action - linking - helping - phrases
adverb phrase
reflexive pronoun
types of verbs
noun
43. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep
negatives
adverb phrase
transitive verb
plural noun
44. A word that modifies - or describes - a noun or pronoun; example: We saw LAZY lions beneath a SHADY tree.
common articles
correlative conjunction
adjective
verb tense
45. Phrase that includes the infinitive - it's objects - and the objects modifiers
interjections
plural possessive noun
infinitive phrase
whom
46. Common noun that names a group with more than one member; examples: jury - brigade - staff
superlative adjective
negatives
articles
collective noun
47. 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
direct object
coordinating conjunctions
types of helping verbs
personal pronoun
48. Do - does - did - have - has - had - shall - should - will - would - can - could - may - might - must
conjunction
negatives
prepositional phrase
types of helping verbs
49. Noun that shows ownership or possession
types of helping verbs
whom
object pronoun
possessive noun
50. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD
demonstrative pronoun
object of the preposition
intransitive verb
past perfect