English Mid-Term Exam Study Guide

Question 1

Fidelity

Answer 1

Faithful

Question 2

Facet

Answer 2

one side

Question 3

Mortal

Answer 3

eventually dies

Question 4

Acquit

Answer 4

not guilty

Question 5

Barrage

Answer 5

outpouring od something

Question 6

Depict

Answer 6

to picture

Question 7

Groundless

Answer 7

without a good cause

Question 8

Dispatch

Answer 8

to send out for a purpose

Question 9

Apparel

Answer 9

to dress up

Question 10

Compress

Answer 10

to make a smaller

Question 11

Billows

Answer 11

ocean waves

Question 12

Constrain

Answer 12

to hold back

Question 13

Bigot

Answer 13

narrow minded

Question 14

Designate

Answer 14

to choose

Question 15

Gloat

Answer 15

boast or brag

Question 16

Petty

Answer 16

unimportant

Question 17

Reverie

Answer 17

daydream

Question 18

Eerie

Answer 18

weird or mysterious

Question 19

Four types of sentences

Answer 19

• imperative sent
• interrogative
• exclamatory
• declarative

Question 20

Name 5 parts of a sentence

Answer 20

• subject
• verb
• complete thought
• end mark
• capital letter

Question 21

2 quest you ask to find a subject noun

Answer 21

Who? Or What?

Question 22

What question do you ask to find a verb?

Answer 22

What did…(he,she,they,etc…) …do?

Question 23

Linking Verbs

Answer 23

Am,is,are,was,were,be,being,been

Question 24

Five senses

Answer 24

smell,feel,taste,looks,sounds

Question 25

PN (prepositional noun)

Answer 25

renames the subject after the linking verb

Question 26

PA (predicate adjective)

Answer 26

describes the subject after the linking verb

Question 27

Prepositonal Phrases (POP)

Answer 27

start with a preposition and end with the object(noun) of the preposition

Question 28

Coordinate Conjunctions

Answer 28

Subordinating words create an incomplete thought otherwise known as a dependent clause.

Question 29

Fanboys

Answer 29

for,and,nor,but,or,yet,so

Question 30

Clause

Answer 30

All clauses have a subject and a verb

Question 31

Phrases

Answer 31

All phrases have a subject OR a verb

Question 32

Independent Clause

Answer 32

have a complete thought

Question 33

Dependent Clause

Answer 33

Have an incomplete thought