Session 2- Practice Questions- Praxis Bootcamp

A student is discussing US political parties. The stress pattern of the word "political" is-

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• ●⬤●●

• ●●⬤●

• ●●●⬤

Answer explanation

b ●⬤●●

po-LI-ti-cal Merriam-Webster: pə-ˈli-ti-kəl 

4 syllable word; typically words that end in -ical stress the second syllable

Which of the following words includes a morpheme that has the same meaning as "uni-" in the word "unicycle?"

• monorail

• antecedent

• hyperactive

• exhale

Answer explanation

a. Monorail

Mono-is a prefix that means one; uni-is also a prefix that means one.

Which word in the following sentence is the preposition? "She is running down the street."

• she

• running

• street

• down

Answer explanation

d. down

She is a pronoun

Running is a verb

Street is a noun

Down is the preposition showing direction

Which sentence contains a modal auxiliary?

• I may come to the event if I have time.

• I have been studying for the Praxis.

• I don’t want to study.

• They looked everywhere, but the money was gone.

Answer explanation

a. I may come to the event if I have time. 

May is a modal showing future possibility

In the other sentences there are no modals.

Which sentence includes a gerund?

• They hiked in the forest.

• Spaghetti is my favorite meal.

• We are dancing to the music.

• I love catching fireflies.

Answer explanation

d. I love catching fireflies

A gerund is the -ing form of a verb that is used as a noun in a sentence, not as the verb. In this sentence is it an object. While dancing has -ing it is used as a verb in sentence c.

Which is a dependent clause?

• Inside the vehicle

• Although I didn’t study

• He was paying attention.

• Under the sea

Answer explanation

b. Although I didn’t study

A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, but it can’t stand alone as its own sentence.  Choices a and d are prepositional phrases and choice c is a complete sentence or independent clause.

The "-ed" in the word "baked" is a/an

• Inflectional morpheme

• derivational morpheme

• phonological morpheme

• demonstrative morpheme

Answer explanation

a. Inflectional morpheme

The underlined portion of the word baked is -ed which is a morpheme that shows that the action happened in the past.

"The desk with the pile of papers is hers." In this sentence, the word "hers" is a

• subject pronoun

• object pronoun

• possessive pronoun

• relative pronoun

Answer explanation

c. her

Pronouns need to match in gender and number.