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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






2. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






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






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






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






7. 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)






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






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






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






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






12. This - that - these - those






13. 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.






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






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






16. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. Phrase that includes the participle - its modifier - and its objects; example: The child - FLASHING A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE - turned and walked away.






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






34. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






36. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






37. Connects words or word groups






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






47. A - and - the






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






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






50. Shows ownership or possession of something; example: Jerome is learning about HIS ancestors.