English Flashcards
What is a gerund?
A verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun.
Who is Atticus finch?
The father of Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. He is the lawyer who in the story defends the black man wrongly accused of rape.
What is a noun clause?
A group of words that contains its own subject and Verb but functions in the sentence like a single noun.
What is an infinitive?
A verbal formed by the word “to” plus a verb. Such as “to be” or “to work”
What is the singular form of the noun criteria?
Criterion
How to make things present perfect tense
Conjugate the verb “to have” appropriately and follow it with the past participle of the main verb
What is a Tanka?
Form of Japanese poetry. Syllable lines: 5, 7, 5, 7, 7.
What is a work of literature that tells a story, whether real or imaginative?
A narrative
What is a type of literature that points out problems in society by mocking them?
Satire
What is Lammas day and why is it important in Romeo and Juliet?
It is on August 1st. It is a festival celebrating the first grain harvest. It’s is significant because Juliet was born on the eve of Lammas day
Identify the word game invented by Lewis Carroll that consists of a puzzle that begins with two words, and to solve the puzzle one must find a chain of other words to link the two, in which two adjacent words (that is, words in successive steps) differ by one letter
word ladder
What does the prefix sub mean?
Under
What does the prefix Mal mean?
Badly
What does the prefix anti mean?
Against
What does the prefix trans mean?
Across
