Tuesday, 2/5/08
Checking 600 Words! Valid dates 1/30-2/5.
Warm Up. Click and Copy.
  1. Even though sky-diving is relatively safe today, the sport is still ______(ly) risky.  a) supplement  b) medium  c) passive  d) concurrent  e) inherent
  2. His argument was ______, and his paper was persuasive.  a) subordinate  b) anticipate  c) compatible  d) coherent  e) mutual
  3. He is the most _______ part of the team; without him the mission would fail.  a) compatible  b) integral  c) inherent  d) coherent  e) protocol
  4. After the strike, a ________(or) was brought in to help settle the dispute.  a) anticipate  b) ethic  c) mediate  d) behalf  e) compatible
  5. He had a very strong work _______, and always gave his full effort.  a) ethic  b) inherent  c) supplement  d) medium  e) protocol
  6. The http you see at the beginning of URLs stands for the ______, or set of rules, that computers use to communicate.  a) ethic  b) medium  c) compatible  d) protocol  e) passive
Prepositional Phrases/Adjectives/Adverbs. Use the sheet to help you.
  1. With his silly attitude, he fits the role of the jester perfectly.  a) adjective  b) adverb
  2. An adverb tells which one, what kind, or how many.  a) True  b) False


  3. During those long summer afternoons, we read books about pirates to pass the time.
  4. "During those long" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adverb.  a) True  b) False
  5. "About pirates" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adjective.  a) True  b) False
  6. "To pass the time" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adverb.  a) True  b) False


  7. Rabbits eat the flesh of other rabbits, and live in dumpsters with the pigeons.
  8. "Of other rabbits" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adjective.  a) True  b) False
  9. "Live in dumpsters" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adverb.  a) True  b) False
  10. "With the pigeons" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adverb.  a) True  b) False

Tom Sawyer Reading Check. Chapter 18.

  1. How did the boys get back from the island?  a) a raft.  b) swam.  c) a stolen rowboat  d) a log.  e) all of the above.
  2. "It ain't much -- a cat does that much."  a) care.  b) eat.  c) dream.  d) play. e) all of the above.
  3. "There must 'a' been an angel there."  a) Aunt Polly, about Tom's dream.  b) Aunt Polly, about how an angel must have kept Tom safe.  c) Sid, about Tom's dream.  d) The minister, about the boys' adventure.  e) NOTA.
  4. What makes Tom feel like the "guiltiest of villains"?  a) Fooling the whole town.  b) Getting hugged by Aunt Polly.  c) When Sid doesn't believe him.  d) Stealing all the stuff they took to the island.  e) NOTA.
  5. "Shut up, Sid."  Who's talking? a) Tom.  b) Aunt Polly.  c) Mary.  d) Joe Harper.  e) NOTA.
  6. Why does Tom think he can do without Becky now?  a) He likes Amy Lawrence better anyway.  b) He was so popular now after his return.  c) He's tired of her being so fickle.  d) He's found someone new. e) NOTA.
  7. Which one of these is NOT Alfred Temple?  a) The boy Becky Tom tries to make Tom jealous with.  b) The kid Tom beat up in Chapter 1.  c) Becky's previous boyfriend.  d) The boy Becky says this to: "Go away and leave me alone, can't you? I hate you!"  e) He is all of these.
  8. Why does Becky dump Alfred?  a) Because he's boring.  b) Because he's mean.  c) Because he's too nice.  d) Because Tom hates him.  e) NOTA.
  9. Becky gets back at Tom by pouring ink on his spelling book.  a) True  b) False


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