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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. An adjective used to compare three or more items; example: This is the HOTTEST day of the year.






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






3. This - that - these - those






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






5. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






17. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Connects words or word groups






31. 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)






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






43. Noun that shows ownership or possession






44. Joins the subject and the predicate






45. Adverbs such as lower - nearer - more slowly; faster - more seriously






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






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






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






49. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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