Wednesday, 3/3/04 -- Seventh Grade
Warm Up. Copy 1-7.
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* chest : pectoral :: stomach : ___________
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* forgave : absolved :: sticky : _________
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* antagonist : Injun Joe :: ___________ : Ph.D.
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* "away from standard" = ____________
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* "close to seer" = __________
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*(1) predate : postdate :: spin : _________ (Hint: It rhymes
with postdate.)
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advisor : advisee :: antonym : __________
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What is the reciprocal of 1/4?
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. You might use words more than once;
you might not use them all. exquisite, brandish, tumultuous, contraption,
reciprocate, phoenix, bane, adept, repercussion, enigmatic
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"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is another
way of saying that if someone treats you with respect, you _____________.
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Tom Sawyer was very __________ at embroidering reality.
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One of the ways to repel a "werewolf" is with wolfs____,
which is supposedly a poison to them.
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"Tsze Kung asked, 'Is there one word which may serve as a
rule
of behavior for all of one's life?' The Master said, 'Is not __________
such a word?'" --from the writings of Confucius.
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"Big talk! You're like the blind man who catches sparrows
and calls them ___________(es)."
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Usually, the only way to become _________ at something is
to practice, practice, practice.
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Two-Bit ___________(ed) the broken bottle to show the Socs
he was ready to fight.
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The mad scientist tinkered with a large, mechanical __________.
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The crowd ______________(ly) pushed its way up to the stage.
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The ___________ of the huge gun made his ears ring for days.
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She was a(n) ____________ dancer; nobody 's technique could
compare..
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The note was very ___________; it took the detective a long
time to figure out its true message.
Verbs! Action, Linking, Helping.
*Action: What the noun does. Examples: dream, walk
*Linking: Links the subject to the predicate. Examples:
be+, smells, appears
If it links to another noun, it's ususally action.
If it links to an adjective, it's linking.
Example: The chef tastes the desserts.
Tastes is an action verb.
The cake tastes delicious.
Tastes is a linking verb BE+ is always a linking or helping
verb.
*Helping: Help the main verb, usually with the tense.
Together they make up a verb phrase. Examples: has been eating,
was
running
Practice. ID the verb or verb phrase. Label the verbs A or L or H
1. The teacher should take attendance every day.
2. The hard-working plumber was early.
3. Those secretaries appear very busy this afternoon.
4. The police did question a suspect after the incident.
5. Every fireman smells for smoke at the scene of a fire.