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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. An adjective that is formed from a proper noun; example: Africa --> African; Scotland --> Scottish






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






3. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. Connects words or word groups






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






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






48. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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