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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Use as an object pronoun; example: To _____ am I speaking?






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






3. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






4. Connects words or word groups






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






17. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






21. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






24. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Joins the subject and the predicate






35. Words that describes verbs - adjectives - or other -----; answers when - where - how - to what extent; modifies a verb - adjective - or -----; tells how - when - where - or to what extent; example: Our skates move EFFORTLESSLY. (how) or The ice is gl






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






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






49. Points out particular person - place - or things






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