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Chapter 7 Mid - Term Flashcards

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Anonymous

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Unnamed

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Browse

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To nibble, read casually

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Consolidate

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To combine, to make solid or firm, unite

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Counterfeit

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An imitation designed to deceive, fake, to make an illegal copy

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Docile

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Easily taught

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Dominate

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To rule over by strength or power

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Dupe

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To deceive, a person easily tricked or deceived

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Dynamic

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Active, energetic

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Entreat

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To beg

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Eradicate

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Destroy completely, root out

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Fallible

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Capable of being wrong

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Fickle

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Liable to change very rapidly

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Frustrate

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To cause feelings of discouragement

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Fugitive

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One who flees or runs away

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Grim

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Stern, merciless

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Grimy

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Very dirty

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Inimitable

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Not capable of being copied or imitated

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Anecdote

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A short account of an incident in someone’s life

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Iota

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A very small part or quantity

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Makeshift

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Temporary substitute

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Marginal

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On edge or margin, only barely good

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Maul

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To beat or knock about, handle roughly

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Pending

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Waiting to be settled

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Potential

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Possible, could happen

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Prescribe

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To order as a rule or course to be followed

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Preview

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Something seen in advance, to view before hand

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Prominent

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Standing out so as to be easily seen

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Quaint

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Old fashioned in a pleasing way

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Radiant

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Shining, bright

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Reluctant

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Unwilling

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Rural

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Relating to farm areas and life in the country

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Scrimp

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To handle very economically or stingily

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Snare

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To trap, a trap

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Substantial

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Large, important

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Tactful

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Skilled in handling situations involving people, polite

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Tamper

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To interfere with

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Ultimate

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Last, final, most important

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Uncertainty

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The state of being unsure

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Utmost

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Greatest, the extreme limit

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Vengeance

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Punishment in return for an injury or a wrong

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A noun is a what?

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Person, place, thing, or idea

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What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?

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Proper nouns are capitalized, common nouns aren’t. Proper nouns name specific nouns, common nouns name regular nouns

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What is a collective noun?

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A noun that renames a group of people, animals, or things

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A predicate noun re-names of the what?

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Subject

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Who would be the direct object in a sentence?

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The person directly being affected by the subjects actions

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Who would be the indirect object in a sentence?

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The person being kind of affected by the subjects actions

47
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Which sentence has a proper noun?

a. The movie was boring.
b. Rory can be rather messy.
c. The whole house shook when the earthquake came.
d. None of the above
e. All of the above.

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b. Rory can be rather messy.

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Which sentence has a predicate noun?

a. I am the teacher
b. You are the student
c. You are an intelligent individual.
d. None of the above.
e. All of the above.

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e. All of the above.

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Which sentence has a possessive noun correctly punctuated?

a. The child’s favorite toy is a pony.
b. Susan’s coat is soaking wet.
c. The boy’s game lasted until 7p.m.
d. None of the above.
e. All of the above.

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e. All of the above.

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Which sentence contains a collective noun?

a. A school of fish swam by my boat.
b. The family travelled to Disney World.
c. The herd followed the shepherd.
d. None of the above.
e. All of the above.

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e. All of the above.

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What is a pronoun?

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A word that takes the place of a noun

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What is an antecedent?

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The noun being replaced by the pronoun

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Name 5 personal pronouns

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I, you, he, she, it

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First person singular

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I

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First person plural

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We

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Second person singular

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You

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Second person plural

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You

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Third person singular

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He, she, it

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What is an indefinite pronoun?

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A pronoun that is unknown because does not have an antecedent

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Name 5 singular indefinite pronouns

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Another, anybody, anyone, anything, each

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Name the 4 plural indefinite pronouns

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Both, few, many, several

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Name the indefinite pronouns that can be both singular and plural

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All, any, most, none

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What is a verb?

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A word that expresses actions, state of being, and condition

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What are the 3 types of verbs?

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Action, linking, and helping

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What type of verb shows the subject do physical or mental things?

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Action

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What type of verb connects the subject to a predicate noun or adjective?

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Linking

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What type of verb supports the main verb to express action or show time?

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Helping

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Irregular verb

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A verb that does not end in ed when put in past tense

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Regular verb

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A verb that ends in ed when put in past tense

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Verb Phrase

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A helping verb and a main verb put together

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What is the verb phrase in this sentence: I am going to the store.

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Am going

72
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What is the verb phrase in this sentence: I could wrestle a snowman if I want.

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Could wrestle

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Third person plural

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They

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