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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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)






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






3. 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.






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






5. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






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






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






11. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Common - proper - compound - collective






23. A - and - the






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






41. Connects words or word groups






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






43. 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






44. Points out particular person - place - or things






45. 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)






46. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






49. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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