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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech
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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)
adverb phrase
adjective phrase
collective noun
who
2. Verb that tells the time of the action or being
coordinating conjunctions
participle
types of indefinite articles
verb tense
3. 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.
negatives
personal pronoun
infinitive
future perfect
4. Shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence; example: I walked ALONG the beach.
positive adjective
conjunction
indirect object
preposition
5. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles
who
types of adjectives
gerund phrase
adjective phrase
6. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS
present perfect
collective noun
verb tense
subordinating conjunction
7. Includes the gerund - its object - and its object's modifiers; WRITING A BEST SELLER is the goal of every novelist.
possessive noun
infinitive phrase
gerund phrase
abstract noun
8. Names an idea - quality - action - or feeling
reflexive pronoun
indefinite pronoun
infinitive
abstract noun
9. Names things you can see and touch; examples: pizza - kitten - diamond
gerund phrase
past perfect
concrete noun
coordinating conjunction
10. A word that names a person - place - thing - or idea; example: boy - Juan - river - Texas
proper adjective
noun
verb tense
direct object
11. The most important verb in a phrase
indefinite pronoun
main verb
object of the preposition
common noun
12. Be - feel - grow - seem - smell - remain - appear - sound - stay - look - taste - turn - become - am - are - is - was - were - am being - can be - have been
gerund
participle phrase
comparative adjective
common linking verbs
13. Action verb followed by a noun or pronoun that receives the action; example: I KNOW the story.
parts of speech
interjections
transitive verb
participle
14. Emphasizes its antecedent; adds emphasis to pronoun or named noun; examples: I MYSELF will go.
conjunction
participle
common prepositions
intensive pronoun
15. Do - does - did - have - has - had - shall - should - will - would - can - could - may - might - must
past tense
types of helping verbs
intensive pronoun
main verb
16. A word or group of words that expresses strong feeling; example: WELL - Snoopy is at the typewriter again.
antecedent
adjective
interjections
positive adjective
17. Points out person - places - or things - but less clearly;
possessive pronoun
indefinite pronoun
future tense
types of helping verbs
18. Words that mean no; common negatives: no - not - never - nowhere - nothing - nobody - no one - neither - scarcely - barely; use only one in a sentence
negatives
pronoun
possessive pronoun
types of nouns
19. Is made up of a preposition - the object of the preposition - and all the words in between: example: Who lives IN THAT HOUSE?
conjunction
prepositional phrase
participle phrase
linking verb
20. Names any person place - thing or idea; example: pilot - city - park
infinitive
common noun
types of indefinite articles
coordinating conjunctions
21. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill.
gerund
past perfect
reflexive pronoun
present / present participle
22. Common - proper - compound - collective
present perfect
noun
types of nouns
singular noun
23. A - and - the
comparative adjective
types of indefinite pronouns
common articles
adjective
24. Common noun that names a group with more than one member; examples: jury - brigade - staff
collective noun
future perfect
correlative conjunction
subject pronoun
25. Phrase that includes the participle - its modifier - and its objects; example: The child - FLASHING A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE - turned and walked away.
object of the preposition
preposition
common adverbs (non - ly)
participle phrase
26. Connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since - before - unless - however
types of verbs
subordinating conjunction
common adverbs (non - ly)
irregular verb
27. Takes the place of one or more noun; example: I - you - he - she - it - we - they - it
pronoun
demonstrative adjective
prepositional phrase
future tense
28. Shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house
singular possessive noun
types of adjectives
pronoun
relative pronoun
29. Is not the main verb in a phrase; are added to another verb to make the meaning clearer; includes any forms of TO BE
helping verb
plural noun
correlative conjunction
interjections
30. Noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb; tells who or what receives the action; example: Bobby loved his PARENTS.
interjections
direct object
pronoun
possessive noun
31. Play / (is - are - am) playing --> adding - ing used with form be
coordinating conjunction
present / present participle
infinitive phrase
preposition
32. 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.
irregular verb
proper adjective
adverb
who
33. An adjective that is formed from a proper noun; example: Africa --> African; Scotland --> Scottish
adjective phrase
proper adjective
reflexive pronoun
singular possessive noun
34. Verb that tells something that happened in the past; example: Dena LAUGHED at the jokes.
superlative adjective
past tense
common adverbs (non - ly)
types of demonstrative pronouns
35. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
articles
adjective phrase
interrogative pronoun
future perfect
36. I - me - mine - my - we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - he - she - him - her - his - it - them - them - their - theirs - its
common pronouns
types of indefinite articles
indefinite pronoun
subject pronoun
37. 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
types of helping verbs
personal pronoun
adjective
present / present participle
38. 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
common adverbs (non - ly)
indefinite pronoun
verb phrase
superlative adverb
39. A common noun that cannot be easily separated into countable units; examples: water - sand - gold - cement - air
plural possessive noun
whom
mass noun
coordinating conjunction
40. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves
intensive pronoun
personal pronoun
abstract noun
reflexive pronoun
41. Connects words or word groups
conjunction
proper adjective
object pronoun
adjective phrase
42. A word that modifies - or describes - a noun or pronoun; example: We saw LAZY lions beneath a SHADY tree.
parts of speech
concrete noun
adjective
adjective phrase
43. 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
common prepositions
plural noun
reflexive pronoun
proper noun
44. Points out particular person - place - or things
participle phrase
participle
proper noun
demonstrative pronoun
45. 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)
types of indefinite articles
predicate adjective
adverb phrase
correlative conjunction
46. Joins the subject and the predicate
object pronoun
common pronouns
linking verb
common articles
47. Tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE
types of helping verbs
future perfect
object of the preposition
verb phrase
48. Tells which one; examples: this - that - these - and those
gerund
demonstrative adjective
reflexive pronoun
predicate adjective
49. Action - linking - helping - phrases
intensive pronoun
participle
types of verbs
infinitive phrase
50. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday.
transitive verb
interjections
comparative adjective
proper adjective