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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






2. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






14. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






15. 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)






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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)






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Connects words or word groups






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






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






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






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






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