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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






16. 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






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






18. Used as a subject or part of a the subject in a sentence; WE are ready to go.






19. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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)






34. Connects words or word groups






35. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






36. For - and - nor - but - or - yet - so






37. Names one person - place - or thing; example: principal - cafeteria - stereos






38. Played / (have - has - had) played --> adding - ed or - d with form have






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Names an idea - quality - action - or feeling






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






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







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