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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






21. 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






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






23. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






25. 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.






26. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






28. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






32. Noun that shows ownership or possession






33. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






38. Verb that tells something that happened in the past; example: Dena LAUGHED at the jokes.






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






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






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






42. Connects words or word groups






43. Adjective used when no comparison being made; example: This is a HOT day.






44. 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.






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






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






47. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






48. 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






49. 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)






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