Test #6. Eighth Grade.Record: Last week's Charlie KBAR (/40), this week's combined KBAR (/40), the scores on all the corrected Charlie quizzes (/10, /6, /5), your vocabulary homework score for the week (/20), any extra credit you may have earned this week (+5 min/ +10 max), and your extra (or negative) credit for "FFA" Jeopardy.  No crossword? -10.

Spelling/Roots/Etc. -- All take all. (** means not a spelling word.)

  1. intramural, interjection, interogate, intersection, all correct
  2. interstate, interscholastic, intersperse, superstition, all correct
  3. intervenous, counterpart, counteract, intervention, all correct
  4. supervise, intercept, interpret, superintendant, all correct
  5. intermediate, superlative, counterfiet, regress, all correct
  6. interchangable, superficial, naive, interference, all correct
  7. beginner : intermediate :: comparative : _________
  8. "between burst thing" = _____________
  9. "over look" = ____________
  10. get : verb :: d'oh : ___________
  11. "between scatter" = ___________
  12. "between throw thing" = __________
  13. "against make" = _________
  14. "between/within the middle" = ___________
  15. "over stand thing" = ____________
  16. **comma : phrase :: semicolon : ________
  17. **(2) While he was raking the leaves the gardener had a heart attack. The underlined part of the sentence is called a(n) _________   __________.
  18. **(2) While he was raking the leaves the gardener had a heart attack. The underlined part of the sentence is called a(n) _________   __________.
 Vocabulary. Write "exempt" and skip, if you are exempt. You will use words more than once.
regression, progressive, superfluous, naivete, convoluted, fissure, obscure
  1. (2) famous : _________ :: straight : __________ [antonyms]
  2. (2) The _________ in the water-damaged ceiling was  _______(ly) widening each day it rained.
  3. bendable : flexible :: excessive : __________
  4. The failure of the experiment should not ________ the fact that we learned from it.
  5. People with Alzheimer's experience a gradual ____________ in mental ability.
  6. In my __________, I believed his smooth-talking lies.
  7. savvy (adj.) : gullible :: savvy (n.) : _________
  8. His explanation for his absence was long and ___________, and I lost track after a while.
Test #5 Key for Self Correction.
Subtract minuses from 50, add back in extra credit and mental floss (but not Trackwords.) Total out of 50.
Spelling.  -1 each incorrect. Yes, the order matters.
1. chord, cord  2. choral, coral  3. cymbal, symbol, 4. aisle, isle  5. ascent, assent  6. stationary, stationery  7. site, cite  8. phase, faze  9. descent, dissent  10. carat, caret  11. callus, callous
Vocabulary.  -1 each incorrect. Yes, it must be spelled correctly and have the suffix.
1. relative  2. vacuous, opportunistic  3. vacuous  4. perception, vacuous  5. sensation  6. opportunists  7. tangible  8. inference  9. sensation
CCS:  -1 each missing or wrong. 1. cat; accident,  2. succession,  3. robbed,   4. muscles; houses,  5. though;  6. ingredients: Jello, cheese,
FFA:  1. Adam and Eve and the apple. 2. When Dr. Strauss admits he only knows a couple languages. 3. "mathematical variance equivalent in Dobermann's 5th Concerto" 4. Laugh at him too.  5. Go off on the crowd.  6. He was laughing too.  7. Looking through a keyhole.