ABC MIDTERM REVIEW

A

• Adjectives describe the noun
• Ex: The snow is cold
• Examples: red,green,ten,few,clean

B

• Because jason ashgrove went into the grimes building
• he got cursed by the security guard

C

• Compound nouns
• Comsists of two or more words
• Example: cookbook,ninety-one,strawberry

D

• Della doesn't have enough money to buy
• Jim a gift so she sells her hair for money.

E

• Even though jim couldn't use the fob chain
• He still appreciates it

F

• Foreshadowing is shown in sonata for harp and bicycle
• When Mrs.Golden tells the story of the curse of
• The Grimes Building

G

• Grimes building is where jason and Mrs.golden had
• To break the curse by jumping off of the building.
• They jumped off the fire escape with parachutes.

H

• Helping verbs help explain the verb
• Examples of helping verbs: be,could,may,might
• Must,shal,should,will,would

I

• Interrogative pronouns begin a question
• Examples: who,whose,which,whom,what

J

• Just because Walther Mitty was old
• He still didn't need his wife to boss him around
• He stands up to her by not waiting for her
• Outside of the convenience store.

K

• Kindly is an example of and adverb
• That ends in "ly"

L

• Linking verbs link the subject with the
• Word that describes it.
• Examples:am,are,being,can be,have been,
• Would have been,is,should be,was,were,will happen
• Appear,feel,look,seem,sound,taste,become,grow,remain,smell,stay,turn

N

• Noun are people,places or things.
• Examples: doctor,Main street,table,pride.

O

• O'Henry wrote "the gift of the magi"
• About the singer family's washwoman who is determined to
• Return the Family's laundry.

P

• Predicate adjectives follow a linking verb to modify
• The subject.
• Example: The wave looked intimidating and menacing.
• The predicate adjectives are "intimidating and menacing "

R

• Russian is an example of a
• Proper Adjectives
• Example: Russian Food

S

• Some common adverbs are:almost,already,also,always,fast,here,just,
• Late,more,much,never,not,now,seldom,soon,still,then,there,today,
• Tomorrow,well,yesterday,yet

T

• Tomorrow is an example of a common adverb
• That doesn't end in "ly".

V

• A verb phrase contains a main verb
• And one or more helping verbs
• Example: The plumber should have been here by now.
• The verb phrase is "should have been"

W

• Washwoman was a dedicated old lady
• took pride in what she did
• Caring and selfless