Test #16 -- Seventh Grade. Please record: your vocabulary homework score (/20), your KBAR score (/40), your Ray Bradbury score (/13), and your extra credit for the week (+5min/+10 max). No Crossword? -10.
Spelling/Roots (26). All do all. Do not copy.
  1. (2) contrast, INSTITUTE, statue, statute, all correct
  2. (2) PROJECTOR, reject, portable, objective, all correct
  3. (2) superstition, transport, OBSTACLE, reporter, all correct
  4. (2) inject, circumstances, stanza, porter, all correct
  5. (2) interjection, adjective, noun, verb, all correct
  6. (2) deported, departed, subjective, portfolio, all correct
  7. (2) constitution, standard, projectile, substitute, all correct
  8. "between throw thing" = INTERJECTION
  9. "against stand thing" = OBSTACLE 
  10. "against throw thing" = OBJECTIVE 
  11. "out carried" = DEPORTED 
  12. "across carry" = TRANSPORT 
  13. "carry page" = PORTFOLIO
  14. "Wow!" INTERJECTION
  15. "Weird" ADJECTIVE
  16. A STATUTE is a law.
  17. (2)  "forward throw thing" = PROJECTILE, PROJECTOR 
  18. Something that is static does not... a) run. b) stop.  c) move.  d) exist. 
 Vocabulary (10). Skip if "exempt." You will not use them all. You might use some words twice. Do not copy.

amiss, recede, forlorn, conjecture, convivial, anachronism, flimsy, retribution, inertia, savor, rapport
  1. SAVOR You should _____ every tasty bite of life. 
  2. RECEDED The storm finally _________(ed), so our plane could take off. 
  3. CONJECTURE Don't base your decision on _______________; find out for sure.
  4. RETRIBUTION rapport : relationship :: punishment : _________ 
  5. INERTIA After sitting on the couch all day, I had too much ______ to move. So I spent the night there.
  6. True or False? Inertia is the tendency of a body in motion to remain in motion.
  7. CONVIVIAL Harry Bittering forced himself to be ______ even though he was uneasy about living on Mars.
  8. FLIMSY My mom found my excuse rather ________, and didn't believe me. 
  9. RAPPORT, AMISS (2) The substitute teacher didn't yet know how to establish a __________ with the students, and so he had a tough time. He also was slow to realize when something was _______; he thought everything was fine. 
Adjectives and Nouns.
  1. (4) Adjectives answer the questions WHICH ONE, WHAT KIND,  HOW MANY about NOUNS.
  2. (6) List the adjectives and nouns you find. He was a hairy bear, he was the scariest thing I had ever seen. ADJ: A, HAIRY, A, SCARY  N: BEAR THING
  3. (5) RAPPORT, INERTIA, CONJECTURE, RETRIBUTION, ANACHRONISM List the words on this week's vocabulary list that are nouns.
  4. (3) FLIMSY, CONVIVIAL, AMISS List the words on this week's vocabulary list that are adjectives.