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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Usually refers to the subject of a sentence; examples: myself - yourself - himself - herself - ourselves - yourselves - and themselves






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






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






4. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






5. Connects words or word groups






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






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






8. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Anything - no one - all - some - several






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






25. 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)






26. Common - proper - compound - collective






27. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






36. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. Phrase that includes the infinitive - it's objects - and the objects modifiers






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






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






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






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






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