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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Names a particular person - place - thing - or idea; example: Amelia Earhart - Chicago - Katmai National Park






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






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






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






5. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. When using pronoun - the noun to which it refers; example: HE heard. NICHOLAS heard. // pronouns should agree with number and gender; example: NICHOLAS heard a LIBRARIAN tell STORIES.






19. 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.






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






21. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






24. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






25. 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






26. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






29. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






30. 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)






31. Do - does - did - have - has - had - shall - should - will - would - can - could - may - might - must






32. Noun that shows ownership or possession






33. Linked group of words preceding noun or pronoun; examples: who - which - that






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






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






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






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






38. Connects words or word groups






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






40. 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)






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. A - and - the