Pretest #15 -- 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. How would you contrast frogs and toads?
  2. She takes classes at the art instatute.
  3. A marble statchue of a lion is at the entrance.
  4. Start the projecter for the slide show.
  5. We can reject the offer if it is too low.
  6. Carry the portible computer in it's case.
  7. My objective is to finish the job by noon.
  8. The fallen tree was an obstacal in the road.
  9. Tom and Huck believed in many silly superstitons.
  10. Many ranchers transport their cattel by rail.
  11. Which newspaper reportor wrote that story?
  12. Use a pump to inject air into the flat tire.
  13. What circimstances made you change your mind?
  14. He had memerized every stansa of the poem.
  15. Homer's famous "d'oh" is an example of an interjection.
  16. A porter carried our bags to our hotel room.
  17. More than one adjactive can modify a noun.
  18. They deported the illegal immigrant.
  19. A person's taste in music is subjective, each person has his or her own opinion.
  20. The senators voted on the proposed statute, begginning a curfew for teens under 18.
  21. His writing portfolio is very impressive.
  22. Most of the laws in this country are based on the Constatution.
  23. The state now has educational standerds which say what students at each grade level should know.
  24. The projectial travelled at 300 miles per hour.
  25. At Laguna, they call substatute teachers guest teachers.
Latin Roots: port = __________  sta/sti = _____________   ject = __________

Vocabulary -- Definition, POS, fill-in-the-blanks due Wednesday.
amiss, forlorn, canvass (v), earnest, crestfallen, diverge/converge, sinuous, proscribe, precarious, conjecture, omniscient, apathetic

  1. Don't base your decision on _______________; find out for sure.
  2. He made a(n) ____________ effort, and his hard work paid off.
  3. He could tell something was _________ when he first entered the room; something just wasn't right.
  4. The volunteers ________(ed) the neighborhood, talking to people, and trying to get them to vote.
  5. The lost, little girl stood ___________(ly) in the crowded bus station, looking for her mommy.
  6. After the Raffle King said no, Mr. Coward _________(ed) the use of a "cheat sheet" on the pretest.
  7. He teetered in a ___________ position at the edge of the cliff.
  8. By definition, God is ____________.
  9. (2) The road ___________(ed), and then ____________(ed), forming an "x."
  10. The cave was like a labyrinth, full of dead-ends and _________ twists and turns.
  11. One reason that few people vote is because many are ________ about politics and goverment.
  12. Tom was _________ when Becky again rejected him.