vocab and grammar 1

Question 1

vexation

Answer 1

state of being annoyed, frustrated or worried

Question 2

reprise

Answer 2

a repeated passage in music

Question 3

treachery

Answer 3

betrayal of trust, deceptive action or nature

Question 4

pagan

Answer 4

a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. heathen

Question 5

decreed

Answer 5

order (something) by decree.

Question 6

courtier

Answer 6

a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen.

Question 7

noun phrases

Answer 7

a word or group of words that functions in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object.

Question 8

verb phrase

Answer 8

the part of a sentence containing the verb and any direct or indirect object, but not the subject.

Question 9

gerund phrase

Answer 9

always function as nouns, so they will be subjects, subject complements, or objects in the sentence

Question 10

infinitive phrase

Answer 10

will begin with a [to + simple form of the verb]. It will include objects and/or modifiers.

Question 11

appositive phrase

Answer 11

is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. Can be a short or long combination of words

Question 12

participial phrase

Answer 12

A participle phrase will begin with a present or past participle

Question 13

prepositional phrase

Answer 13

At the minimum, a prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause, the “object” of the preposition.

Question 14

what kind of sentence?

Wild food adventures require getting your hair cut to a short, safe length.

Answer 14

gerund

Question 15

what kind of sentence?

The insect, a large cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.

Answer 15

appositive

Question 16

what kind of sentence?

Walking on the beach, Delores dodged jellyfish that had washed ashore.

Answer 16

participle

Question 17

what kind of sentence?

In the weedy, overgrown garden

Answer 17

prepositional

Question 18

what kind of sentence?

some students like to study in the mornings

Answer 18

simple

Question 19

what kind pf sentence?

Alex played football so, maria went shopping

Answer 19

compound

Question 20

what kind of sentence?

Since I have no milk, I’ll go to the store

Answer 20

complex

Question 21

what kind of sentence?

Because it had stopped, Charlie could not hear his watch, and he was worried

Answer 21

compound-complex

Question 22

contains 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause

Answer 22

compound- complex

Question 23

independent clause joined by a dependent clause

Answer 23

complex

Question 24

single independent clause and verb

Answer 24

simple

Question 25

contains 2 independent clauses combined by a coordinating conjunction. (FANBOYS)

Answer 25

compound

Question 26

hoary

Answer 26

grayish white/old and trite