Grammar & Mechanics Praxis 5038

infinitive phrase CORRECT ANSWER made up of "to" and the base form of a verb (to order, to abandon) participle CORRECT ANSWER verb form ending in (ing or ed) operates as an adjective ("barking" dog, "painted" fence) verbal - gerund CORRECT ANSWER a verb ending in "ing" that functions as a noun/subject ("Laughing" is good for you) possessive nouns are usually used with gerunds (running is fun) antecedent CORRECT ANSWER the noun to which the pronoun is referring (Sally=antecedent for her) adverb CORRECT ANSWER A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (No nouns) and tells: - where: there, here, outside - when: now, then, later, immediately - how: quickly, slowly, stupidly - how often/long: frequently, never - how much: hardly, extremely, too, more double speak CORRECT ANSWER language that is meant to be evasive or conceal (downsized = fired loss of job denotations CORRECT ANSWER literal, dictionary meanings of a word