Thursday, 12/6/07
Warm Up. Copy (1-6) and Click.
  1. Actions that might be permitted in some _______(s), might not be permitted in others. a) authority  b) method  c) context  d) complex  e) conduct
  2. It was a very _______ financial transaction, understood by only a few.  a) authority  b) evidence  c) context  d) complex  e) feature
  3. He didn't quite grasp the ______ of doing homework regularly.  a) authority  b) consist  c) context  d) complex  e) concept
  4. Ariel was so _______(ed) in her book, she didn't notice class had ended.  a) involve  b) consist  c) context  d) complex  e) significant
  5. The ________ that he was the culprit was very _______, so he was convicted.  a) evidence/involve  b) aspect/prolific  c) prolific/evidence  d) factor/compelling  e) evidence/compelling
  6. obvious : subtle :: audacious : _______  a) bona fide  b) diligent  c) diffident  d) compelling  e) incognito
  7. What major historical event took place on 12/7/__?  (9/11/01 is often compared to it.)
Pink Sheet Review IV. Click Only.
  1. _______ joins the parts of a _______ subject. a) A noun / multiple  b) A noun / compound  c) A conjunction / noun  d) A verb / noun  e) A conjunction / compound
  2. Pony and Johnny ran into the burning church and saved the kids.  a) compound subject  b) compound verb  c) both  d) neither
  3. Can you name two Australian birds  a) declarative  b) imperative  c) interrogative  d) exclamatory
  4. Here is the food for our supper. (subject/verb) a) here/is  b) food/is  c) food/is here  d) food/here  e) none of the above
  5. Are boats available at that campsite? (subject/verb)  a) campsite/available  b) boats/are  c) boats/are available  d) campsite/available  e) none of the above
  6. Much madness is divinest sense to a discerning eye.  a) possessive noun  b) past tense verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) pronoun
  7. Mrs. Jones low-rider...  a) Mrs. Jones'  b) Mrs. Jones's  c) Mrs. Jone's
  8. _____ never use an apostrophe.  a) possessive nouns  b) possessive pronouns  c) contractions  d) All of the above sometimes use an apostrophe.
  9. ____ never been a problem for a rat to find ____ nest.  a) It's/its  b) Its/it's  c) Its/its  d) It's/it's
  10. ID the pronoun/antecedent: Orion can be seen in the sky, along with his faithful dog, Spike.  a) Orion/dog  b) his/dog  c) his/Spike  d) Orion/hunter  e) none of the above
Results.

Transitions II.

Test tomorrow:  AW, Vocab, 4-5 questions about shtuff in class, MWA
 

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