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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech
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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech
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1. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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)

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

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

13. 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

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

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

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

17. Points out particular person - place - or things

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

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

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

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

22. For - and - nor - but - or - yet - so

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

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

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