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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






11. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






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






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






15. 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)






16. A word that modifies - or describes - a noun or pronoun; example: We saw LAZY lions beneath a SHADY tree.






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






18. Connects words or word groups






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






20. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. An adjective that is formed from a proper noun; example: Africa --> African; Scotland --> Scottish






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






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






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






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






31. A - and - the






32. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






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






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






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






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






38. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






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






41. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Contains the main verb and helping verbs