Test #18--Record (with the
date and title) any extra credit you may have earned during the week. If
you do not have your crossword, write "xw -10." Be sure to record ("voc.
-10") if you didn't have the vocabulary practice done Wednesday.
Title each section of the test on your own paper. Spelling section: Do
what you missed on Monday, plus #26-30. Vocabulary section: If you are
exempt, say so, and skip that section. All do Dragonwings section.
All do punctuation section.
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An anteseptic will kill germs in a cut.
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Stick on the bandage with adheasive tape.
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Who can administer first aid to the injured?
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This sponge can absorbe a lot of water.
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The campers had an aduquate supply of food
for the week.
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He is quite adept at skateboard tricks.
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Snow is abnormel in warm climates.
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Let's postpoane the game until the rain stops.
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The admision price for the theme park is expensive.
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Put a poscript at the end of your letter.
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My advisor urged me to take this math class.
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All managers must be good at adminastration.
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The ruler was overthrown for an abuze of power.
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The judge absolved him, and set him free.
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The witness swore to tell the absalute truth.
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List an antenym for spelling word #13.
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A simple ajustment will fix the printer.
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The car needs antafreeze in cold weather.
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To get a master's degree you must take postgraduit
classes.
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I had to postdate the check for the next day.
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Please don't antaginize your sister.
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"Absense makes the heart grow fonder."
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His personality was so abraisive, they compared
him to sandpaper.
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Homer was mistaken for an abominible snowman.
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He did sit ups to strengthen his abdominle
muscles.
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"away from being"
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"away from rule"
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"against name"
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"after day"
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"close to equal"
Vocabulary--transparent, opium, queue, flourish,
nimble, amiable, translucent, attire
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Grandfather was hung because he refused to let the demons
cut off his ________.
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Great Grandfather was beheaded after the Chinese lost the
_____ War with England.
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"Then the vendors had to dodge ___________(ly) to avoid being
trampled…"
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After two hours in the _____ for the roller coaster, I was
finally boarding the ride.
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After Black Dog had started taking _________, "he worked
during the day in an offhand, insolent manner." He spoke little and seemed
always cranky.
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Uncle opened the door with a ___________, and showed them
inside.
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(2) For privacy in the bathroom, we used windows that were
_______, rather than _______.
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The two friends Lisa and Maggie chatted ________(ly) on the
sidewalk.
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The Company wanted to make sure that Moon Shadow was properly
____________(ed), so they gave him a hat, a tunic, and trousers.
Dragonwings--Match the characteristic with the appropriate
character: Moon Shadow, Windrider, Uncle, Lefty, Black Dog, White Deer,
Hand Clap
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"A devout Buddhist who (ironically) ate no meat."
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He had been raised in luxury back home in China, and now
resented having to work for a living.
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He is frightened by "strangely constructed machines."
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He is in his fifties and "lively as a cricket."
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He called Father’s kite a "silly toy."
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He used to have beautiful handwriting.
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He used to be a "phenomenal healer."
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He "doesn't know much about being a father."
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He had taken up gambling "the way others might have taken
up drinking or dope."
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Faces a series of tests to prove his "dragonness."
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He said, "My, my, but that is a righteous wine."
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He can "dig up a mountain" or "drink up a lake."
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His son is Black Dog.
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He hasn't always been a "softskin."
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He is tall for a Tang man (5' 8").
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Uncle said he has "character at least."
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A "strange, brooding man in his forties."
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He works 16 hours a day, and loves it.
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"In a better time and place, (he) might have been a sculptor."
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What is ironic about the fact that Tang men are so
proud of their queues?
Punctuation--Copy and punctuate the
following sentences. You may also have to capitalize. Make #2 all one sentence.
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(6) My mom said Ben loves to cook she is always trying new
recipes.
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(5) Come here said Jerry to his dog and bring the ball I
want to throw it.
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