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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






16. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






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






21. Adjectives - adverbs - conjunctions - interjections - nouns - pronouns - prepositions - verbs






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






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






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






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






26. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






27. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






48. This - that - these - those






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






50. 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.