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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Is used as a direct/indirect object in a sentence; example: Rebecca gave ME a gift.






2. 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






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






4. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






7. Connects words or word groups






8. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep






9. 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






10. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






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






13. 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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. Shows ownership or possession of something; example: Jerome is learning about HIS ancestors.






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






22. This - that - these - those






23. 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






24. Adverbs such as lower - nearer - more slowly; faster - more seriously






25. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






45. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






47. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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