Wednesday, 2/25/09
Test Tomorrow: Spelling,
Vocabulary, PoS Sentence, a couple more TS questions, Husker Du's.
Warm Up. Copy and click (or vice versa).
Check vocabulary h/w.
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forgive : blame :: release : _____
a) wane b) immobilize c) irrational d) jeer e)
accompany
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Dally : irresponsible :: Humpty Dumpty : _______
a) irrational b) illegible c) illiterate d) irreparable
e) stupor
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try : attempt :: project : _________
a) arrest b) irreplaceable c) assignment d) account
e) prodigious
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mock : jeer :: decrease : ________ a)
immobilize b) wax c) assure d) wane e) bode
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rowdy : unruly :: unripe : ________
a) irreparable b) immature c) illegal d) assortment
e) illiterate
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police : arrest :: pen pal : ________
a) immeasurable b) irresistible c) irrational d) correspond
e) accompany
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(Husker Du? 12/11/08) ...many ____ ideas
were good... a) people's b) peoples' c) peoples
d) peoples's
Parts-of-Speech III. (Interjections, Adverbs)
SOLO this time. Exemption: 27/30 or 10/10
today.
D'oh! I tripped very awkwardly,
but luckily did not get my fat head stuck in the door.
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I a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
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tripped a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
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very a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
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awkwardly a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
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but a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
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luckily a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
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not a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
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my a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
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fat a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
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in a) noun b) pronoun
c) verb d) adjective e) adverb f) preposition g)
conjunction
Go over vocabulary
homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.
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After a while, interest in yoyos
_________(ed) and some other fad took over. a) jeer b) clamor
c) bode d) wax e) wane
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The echoes of Tom's shouts in
the cave sounded like ________(ing) laughter that mocked them. a) clamor
b) jeer c) wane d) perishable e) bode
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Tom felt a little sorry for
Injun Joe, "for he knew how this _________ had suffered." a) effusive
b) jeer c) wretch d) stupor e) prodigious
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Tom went behind the limestone
"waterfall" in order to use his candle to light it up for Becky's __________.
a) imperishable b) stupor c) clamorous d) gratification
e) bode
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You should refrigerate ________(s)
like milk and eggs, because they quickly go bad if you don't. a)
clamor b) jeer c) wretch d) perishable e) bode
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As the month goes on, the moon
will ________ until it is full, and then ________. a) wax, wane b)
wane, wax c) jeer, bode d) bode, jeer
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When the boys came back from
"the dead," Aunt Polly _________(ly) hugged and kissed Tom, and then embarrassed
Huck by doing the same to him. a) effusive b) jeer c) gratifying
d) stupor e) prodigious
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The sub didn't have much control
over the class, and there was quite a(n) ________ when the principal walked
in. a) effusive b) jeer c) gratifying d) stupor
e) clamor
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Tom thought that Huck's dream
about rats was __________(ing) that trouble was ahead. a) effusive
b) jeer c) gratifying d) stupor e) bode
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He ate a(n) __________
amount of hot dogs in the hot dog eating contest. a) effusive
b) jeer c) gratifying d) stupor e) prodigious
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After the rumble, Ponyboy was
in a ________ as Dally dragged him to the hospital to see Johnny.
a) jeer b) wretch c) clamor d) stupor e) wane
Read some Huck
aloud