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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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






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






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






4. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






8. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






11. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep






12. Connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since - before - unless - however






13. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






16. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






20. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A - and - the






35. 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.






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






37. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






41. Verb that tells the time of the action or being






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. Is not the main verb in a phrase; are added to another verb to make the meaning clearer; includes any forms of TO BE