Pretest 13. 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. The ballay seems to be the most difficult form of dance.
2. Will you teach me your painting technique?
3. The long hike left us weak with fateague.
4. The young actor was nervous about his debue.
5. She is too tall to be called petitte.
6. An amature boxer does not compete for money.
7. The bride carried a beautiful boukay of  flowers.
8. A massage will relax those tight mussels.
9. His anteek chair is hundreds of years old.
10. His directions were so vague--"Go for a litttle bit, untill you see a tree..."--that we got lost.
11. Please sit still while I finish your portrait.
12. The bus crawled along the crowded boulavard.
13. Heavy rains filled the reservoirs.
14. The storm blew debree all over the yard.
15. The dress boutik is having a sale.
16. The view from the platoe is splendid.
17. I have a qupon for a $.99 pizza.
18. The train leaves the deepoe at noon.
19. Our names were engraved on the plack by the door.
20. My aunt would croshay a scarf for you.
21. Ponyboy had experienced too much to be called innocent or nieve.
22. The criminal's actions were caught by the store surveillance camera.
23. It was just a routine day nothing special hapenned.
24. The singing ensamble made beautiful music.
25. The road construction created a detoure.

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.  (Due Wednesday.) resilience, graft (2), poised (2), emanate, expendable,  infinitesimal, aurora, primeval, paradox, subliminal

1. The policeman refused the gangster's offer of __________ to "look the other way."
2. After his accident in the fire, he needed skin ________(s) because of the severity of his burns.
3. (2) Because of a trick of the light, his head seemed to have a bright orange ________ _______(ing) from it.
4. To us the world seems so huge, but it is merely a(n) _________ speck in the gigantic universe.
5. The rain forest looked like the __________ jungle of long ago.
6. The French expression, "The more things change, the more they stay the same" is an example of a ____________.
7. "And the caveman, please note, is not just any __________ man, no! He is an entire future nation."
8. Kids who develop the quality of ____________ are able to cope when things go bad.
9. He was a very ______, very confident public speaker, he never got nervous in front of a crowd.
10. Many people think that playing educational tapes while you sleep can help you learn, because your brain still listens ___________(ly).