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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






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






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






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






5. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






6. 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






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






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






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






10. Connects words or word groups






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






23. 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






24. 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)






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






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






27. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






43. 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.






44. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






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






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






49. This - that - these - those






50. A - and - the