Grammar Flashcards
Past perfect progressive tense
Continuing action that happened in the past. The action is completely finished.
Aid
aide
To help
Helper
Shall be
Commanding to continue for a period of time in the future
Been
Continuing for a period of time
Prefix
Beginning of the word
Suffix
End of the word
Root
Base of the word
Had
First of two past tense actions
It’s
Its
It is
Possessive
Questions to ask when you add apostrophes
Plural
Possessive
Plural possessive
Cantankerous
Bad tempered, quarrelsome
Adjective suffixes
Al, ent, ive, ous, ful, less
Hanged
Hung
Method of death
Past tense of hang
Past progressive tense
Verbs
Continuing action in the past
Was were
Appositive
A description that interrupts the independent clause. If you remove it, the independent clause will keep its original meaning.
Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate the sound that they describe
Example: hiss
Each other
One another
2
3+
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Example: Work today was a nightmare, you are my shining star. 
Future perfect tense 
Continuing action in the future 
Will be
Definitely will continue for a. Period of time in the future.
Proper noun
Refers to a specific person, place, or thing by its name
Sestet
Last 6 lines of a sonet
Meter
Measurement of length
Ethos
Moral character
Abrogate
repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
Flout
Openly disregard
Among
3 plus
Who vs whom
Who is the subject and whom is the object
Iambic pentameter
Has 10 syllables and5 iambs ( it is a line of verse)
