Test #13 -- Be sure to record your extra credit for the week, your score on the "English B" quiz ( /15), and your vocabulary homework score ( /15).  As always, be on the lookout for other mistake to fix for extra credit.
Spelling. Do what you missed on Monday. All do #26 - #28.
  1. The force of the eruption shook the ground.
  2. The pilots put on a spectaculer show.
  3. I jumped at the abrupte knock at the door.
  4. A spectater in the stands caught the ball.
  5. What a spectacal the circus parade was!
  6. Vivid details bring a discription to life.
  7. We will examine the spesamen in science class.
  8. The rain caused an interuption of the game.
  9. She wants to suscribe to that magazine.
  10. Loud noises disrupt my sleep.
  11. The inspecter checked the roof for holes.
  12. Can water pipes rupture in cold weather?
  13. I rispect him for his work with the homeless.
  14. The author sent her manascript to a publishor.
  15. It is fun to speckulate on our future careers.
  16. Each asspect of the plan had to be considered.
  17. I must transscribe my notes from the lecture.
  18. Can you read the inscription on the monument?
  19. I suspect they are late because of traffic.
  20. He was banckrupt after the stock market crash.
  21. A rainbow is made up of the spectrem of colors.
  22. His disguise actually made him more conspicous instead of less.
  23. The salesman made a lot of phone calls, looking for perspective custumers.
  24. Try to discribe the robber for me.
  25. In retraspect, it seems as though I made a mistake.
  26. spect = _______
  27. scribe = _______
  28. rupt = ________
    Vocabulary--If you are exempt from Vocabulary, do only #3 and #4--You will use words more than once, and you will use them all. divine, brood, prevail, lurid, discerning, stark, demur, impertinent
  1. Quit asking ________ questions; that's rude.
  2. When dad asked me to mow the lawn, I _________(ed), but he told that was not an option.
  3. Emily Dickinson felt that "the Majority" always _______(s). What you are is what the majority of people think you are.
  4. She felt that if a person were very __________, he/she would see that many things that appear to be weird, are really quite sane.
  5. There was a __________ contrast between Langston Hughes' life and that of his teacher.
  6. After his brother died, he sat _______(ing) in his room, blaming himself.
  7. The man swore ______(ly) after he hit his thumb with a hammer.
  8. The kings of old used to think that they had a ___________ right to do whatever they wanted, that God had personally chosen them to be kings.
  9. "Don't cry over spilled milk" is an old expression that means not to ______ too much over mistakes that you can't change.
  10. A comic book collector must be very _______ when it comes to the condition of the comic. The smallest flaw can affect the value immensely.