English Mid-Term Study Guide

Question 1

Facet

Answer 1

One side

Question 2

Fidelity

Answer 2

Faithful

Question 3

Mortal

Answer 3

eventually dies

Question 4

Acquit

Answer 4

not guilty

Question 5

Barrage

Answer 5

Outpouring of something

Question 6

Enigma

Answer 6

mystery, puzzle

Question 7

Depict

Answer 7

To picture

Question 8

Groundless

Answer 8

Without a good cause

Question 9

Douse

Answer 9

To drench with liquid

Question 10

Dispatch

Answer 10

To send out for a purpose

Question 11

Apparel

Answer 11

To dress up

Question 12

Compress

Answer 12

To make smaller

Question 13

Billows

Answer 13

Ocean waves

Question 14

Constrain

Answer 14

To hold back

Question 15

Bigot

Answer 15

Narrow minded

Question 16

Designate

Answer 16

To choose

Question 17

Gloat

Answer 17

Boast or Brag

Question 18

Petty

Answer 18

unimportant

Question 19

Reverie

Answer 19

daydream

Question 20

Eerie

Answer 20

Weird or mysterious

Question 21

5 parts of a sentence

Answer 21

1. subject
2. verb
3. complete thought
4. end mark
5. capital letter

Question 22

Imperative sentence

Answer 22

gives a command

Question 23

Interrogative Sentence

Answer 23

Asks a question

Question 24

Exclamatory Sentence

Answer 24

shows emotion

Question 25

Declarative Sentence

Answer 25

Tells a statement

Question 26

What 2 questions do you ask to find a subject noun?

Answer 26

1. Who?

2. What?

Question 27

What question do you ask to find a verb?

Answer 27

What did _____do?

Question 28

Clause

Answer 28

All clauses have a subject and a verb.

Question 29

Phrases

Answer 29

All phrases have a subject OR a verb

Question 30

Coordinate Conjunctions (FANBOYS)

Answer 30

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

Question 31

Subordinate conjunction (Happy Birthday)

Answer 31

as, after, although, when, while, whether, unless, until, because, before, if, since

Question 32

Compound Sentence (Parts)

Answer 32

I + I = CD

Question 33

Complex sentence (parts)

Answer 33

I + D or D, + I

Question 34

Linking verbs

Answer 34

Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, smell, feel, tastes, looks, sounds

Question 35

Predicate noun

Answer 35

Renames the subject after the linking verb

Question 36

Predicate adjective

Answer 36

Describes the subject after the linking verb

Question 37

Helping verbs

Answer 37

Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have, had, do, does, did, might, must, may, can, could, shall, should, will, would