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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






5. Linked group of words preceding noun or pronoun; examples: who - which - that






6. 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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Includes all linking verbs and any action verbs that do not take an object; example: My friends CRIED.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






28. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






36. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






37. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Connects words or word groups






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






48. 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)






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






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






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