Spelling Pretest #2 -- Seventh Grade
In your notebook, write the correct spelling of each boldfaced, underlined word. Some are already correct, most are not. Also be on the lookout for any other mechanical mistakes to fix for extra credit.
  1. Which composer wrote that symfoney?
  2. Please speak into the micraphone so we can hear you.
  3. Old phonagraf records can sometimes be valuble.
  4. The dancers studied the choreography for the recital.
  5. He claims to have Babe Ruth's autagraph.
  6. Most people call an automobile a car.
  7. May I use your telafone to call home?
  8. His reports bibleography listed six sources.
  9. Look up the fonetic spelling of that word. I want to see how its pronounced.
  10. We studied the major river in Geography.
  11. I used special film to take that photagraf.
  12. The  grafix on his web page were cool.
  13. A paragraph should only deal with one topic.
  14. The burgler tripped the autamatic alarm.
  15. In the "Old West", people often sent messages by telagraph.
  16. Each award certificate was written in caligraphy.
  17. My autobiography covers the first ten years of my life.
  18. Which band instrament do you play?
  19. He is a musiscian in the band.
  20. The audience was very respectful of the performers.
  21. There was an intermision between the two acts of the play.
  22. What a preformance the singer gave!
  23. When the whole class talks at once, the result is a cacophony of sounds.
  24. The police officer used a megaphone so the crowd could hear him.
  25. We studied fonix when we learned to read.
phon = __________  auto = __________ graph = ___________  tele = ___________

Vocabulary: First, look up the words below, and write the definition and the part-of-speech (POS) for each in your notebook. Then fill in the blanks below with the correct words. New sentences of your own are extra credit.
aloof, elite, dumbfounded, ornery, contemptuous, gallant, foreshadow, stereotype
1. He wasn’t unfriendly, just a little __________.
2. The soldiers __________(ly) rode into battle to defend their homes.
3. The small children were getting a bit _________ and needed a time-out.
4. He looked at the criminal ________(ly). This guy deserved any punishment he got.
5. Sometimes an author will ____________ what will happen next.
6. I was ____________ when we found the treasure. I never thought we would.
7. He thinks he is part of an ________ group of people who are "better" that the rest of us.
8. Dally seems like the _____________ of a greaser. Pony doesn't seem like the type.