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Praxis CORE: Writing Questions and
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What part of speech describes an action or state of being?✔✔Verb
What is the term for a word that connects clauses, sentences, or words?✔✔Conjunction
What do we call a word that modifies a noun?✔✔Adjective
What do we call a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence?✔✔Preposition
What is the term for a noun that names a general person, place, thing, or idea?✔✔Common noun
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Which punctuation mark is used to connect two independent clauses without a conjunction?✔✔Semicolon
What is the function of a pronoun?✔✔To replace a noun
What is the tense of the verb in the sentence: "She had walked to school"?✔✔Past perfect
What is the subject in the sentence: "The tall boy ran quickly"?
✔✔Boy
What is the term for an error when a sentence lacks either a subject or a verb or doesn’t express a complete thought?✔✔Fragment
Which type of sentence gives a command?✔✔Imperative 2 / 3
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What do we call a noun that names a specific person, place, or thing?✔✔Proper noun
What is the verb tense in this sentence: "They are running in the park"?✔✔Present progressive
What type of word is "quickly" in the sentence: "He quickly packed his bag"?✔✔Adverb
Which part of speech is used to name people, places, or things?✔✔Noun
What do we call a mistake where two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunction?✔✔Run-on sentence
What kind of clause can stand alone as a sentence?
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