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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






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






3. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






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






6. This - that - these - those






7. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






8. Action verb followed by a noun or pronoun that receives the action; example: I KNOW the story.






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






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






11. Connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since - before - unless - however






12. 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.






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






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






15. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Noun that shows ownership or possession






23. 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.






24. 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






25. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






26. 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






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






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






29. An adjective that is formed from a proper noun; example: Africa --> African; Scotland --> Scottish






30. Anything - no one - all - some - several






31. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






49. Words that mean no; common negatives: no - not - never - nowhere - nothing - nobody - no one - neither - scarcely - barely; use only one in a sentence






50. Use as an object pronoun; example: To _____ am I speaking?







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