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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech
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1. A common noun that cannot be easily separated into countable units; examples: water - sand - gold - cement - air
participle
intransitive verb
collective noun
mass noun
2. Common noun that names a group with more than one member; examples: jury - brigade - staff
common pronouns
collective noun
types of indefinite pronouns
participle
3. Points out particular person - place - or things
types of demonstrative pronouns
adjective
mass noun
demonstrative pronoun
4. Points out person - places - or things - but less clearly;
articles
types of demonstrative pronouns
indefinite pronoun
relative pronoun
5. Played / (have - has - had) played --> adding - ed or - d with form have
verb tense
possessive pronoun
coordinating conjunctions
past / past participle
6. 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.
reflexive pronoun
indirect object
predicate adjective
superlative adverb
7. Another - each - neither - many - all - more - other - both - either - few - several - any - most - some
types of indefinite articles
noun
gerund
comparative adjective
8. Tells what the subject of a sentence does or did; example: She SLEEPS every day. She SLEPT every day.
intensive pronoun
future tense
personal pronoun
action verb
9. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes.
noun
correlative conjunction
gerund phrase
future tense
10. Verb that functions as an adjective; example: A RUNNING horse galloped down the road.
adjective
common pronouns
demonstrative adjective
participle
11. Use as a subject pronoun; example: _____ is not going?
antecedent
who
subject pronoun
object pronoun
12. Play / (is - are - am) playing --> adding - ing used with form be
subordinating conjunction
predicate adjective
plural noun
present / present participle
13. A word or group of words that expresses strong feeling; example: WELL - Snoopy is at the typewriter again.
articles
interjections
singular noun
verb tense
14. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
adverb
reflexive pronoun
proper noun
interrogative pronoun
15. EITHER/OR - NEITHER/NOR - BOTH/AND join pairs of ideas
correlative conjunction
negatives
object of the preposition
present tense
16. 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)
present perfect
direct object
demonstrative pronoun
adverb phrase
17. Noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb; tells who or what receives the action; example: Bobby loved his PARENTS.
common adverbs (non - ly)
positive adjective
direct object
superlative adjective
18. Shows ownership by more than one person or thing; example: my friends' parents
past / past participle
plural possessive noun
indefinite pronoun
proper adjective
19. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles
intensive pronoun
singular possessive noun
types of adjectives
intransitive verb
20. Do - does - did - have - has - had - shall - should - will - would - can - could - may - might - must
types of helping verbs
infinitive phrase
transitive verb
concrete noun
21. Is not the main verb in a phrase; are added to another verb to make the meaning clearer; includes any forms of TO BE
personal pronoun
future perfect
helping verb
proper adjective
22. Verb that tells something that happened in the past; example: Dena LAUGHED at the jokes.
past tense
common noun
antecedent
intransitive verb
23. Adjectives 'a -' 'an -' and 'the'
articles
indefinite pronoun
coordinating conjunctions
comparative adverb
24. Noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject; example: Lassie has been a CELEBRITY for decades.
verb tense
predicate nominative
coordinating conjunction
object of the preposition
25. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill.
object pronoun
positive adjective
gerund
linking verb
26. 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.
interjections
common linking verbs
types of verbs
coordinating conjunction
27. Names one person - place - or thing; example: principal - cafeteria - stereos
common noun
demonstrative adjective
singular noun
interrogative pronoun
28. 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
adverb
future perfect
concrete noun
common articles
29. 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.
future perfect
direct object
irregular verb
predicate adjective
30. Includes all linking verbs and any action verbs that do not take an object; example: My friends CRIED.
positive adjective
intransitive verb
plural noun
types of adjectives
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.
antecedent
personal pronoun
adverb phrase
demonstrative pronoun
32. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD
negatives
who
types of demonstrative pronouns
past perfect
33. 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
intransitive verb
types of adjectives
common pronouns
indefinite pronoun
34. Common - proper - compound - collective
concrete noun
verb tense
types of nouns
helping verb
35. Takes the place of one or more noun; example: I - you - he - she - it - we - they - it
helping verb
coordinating conjunction
pronoun
possessive pronoun
36. This - that - these - those
indefinite pronoun
types of indefinite pronouns
types of demonstrative pronouns
infinitive
37. Action verb followed by a noun or pronoun that receives the action; example: I KNOW the story.
transitive verb
demonstrative pronoun
common noun
possessive pronoun
38. Phrase that includes the infinitive - it's objects - and the objects modifiers
demonstrative pronoun
positive adjective
infinitive phrase
present / present participle
39. Is used as a direct/indirect object in a sentence; example: Rebecca gave ME a gift.
intensive pronoun
object pronoun
action verb
present tense
40. Tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE
future perfect
adverb phrase
relative pronoun
comparative adverb
41. An adjective used to compare three or more items; example: This is the HOTTEST day of the year.
singular noun
superlative adjective
predicate nominative
gerund
42. Used as a subject or part of a the subject in a sentence; WE are ready to go.
coordinating conjunction
present tense
future tense
subject pronoun
43. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep
singular possessive noun
linking verb
plural noun
superlative adjective
44. Usually refers to the subject of a sentence; examples: myself - yourself - himself - herself - ourselves - yourselves - and themselves
reflexive pronoun
future perfect
subordinating conjunction
adjective
45. 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
past / past participle
adverb phrase
articles
common prepositions
46. Adverbs such as lower - nearer - more slowly; faster - more seriously
common prepositions
comparative adverb
gerund
future tense
47. Contains the main verb and helping verbs
predicate adjective
whom
infinitive
verb phrase
48. 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
subordinating conjunction
common adverbs (non - ly)
personal pronoun
superlative adjective
49. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves
relative pronoun
main verb
infinitive phrase
reflexive pronoun
50. Use as an object pronoun; example: To _____ am I speaking?
adverb phrase
whom
irregular verb
common adverbs (non - ly)