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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. Use as a subject pronoun; example: _____ is not going?






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






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






5. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






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






8. 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.






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. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. A - and - the






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






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






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






20. Is used as a direct/indirect object in a sentence; example: Rebecca gave ME a gift.






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






22. This - that - these - those






23. Anything - no one - all - some - several






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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)






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






39. Adverbs such as lowest - nearest - most slowly; fastest - most seriously






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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