Wednesday, 10/1/08 - New! If you are having clicker issues, please use a warm up sheet to record anything that you don't have to copy. Turn it in at the end of the week for recording. On Fridays, use a quiz sheet, if you think you are having problems with your clicking.
Warm Up. Copy and Click.
  1. I would recognize his ____ voice anywhere.  a) potential  b) distictive  c) impact  d) restriction  e) procedure
  2. Try to ______ the structure of your sentences.  a) potential  b) strategy  c) impact  d) vary  e) proceed
  3. He didn't realize the great ___ of his small action.  a) consume  b) perception  c) perceive  d) vary  e) impact
  4. The Boy Scouts teach you to be _______(ful). a) design  b) resource  c) restrict  d) principle  e) site
  5. The sun ______(s) your skin in many bad ways.    a) affect  b) effect  c) potential  d) restrict  e) resource
  6. The house was ______(ed) by fire before the firemen arrived.  a) obtain  b) vary  c) consume  d) perceive  e) design
Pink Sheet II. We're throwing out yesterday's pretest. Fresh start.
  1. Monday night, on the pink sheet, you were underlining the... a) helping verb  b) main verb  c) linking verb  d) a and b  e) b and c
  2. ...also known as... a) the subject  b) the complete predicate  c) the simple predicate  d) Mr. Morton  e) NOTA
  3. The most common helping verbs are forms of the word...   a) help  b) get  c) seem  d) be  e) of
  4. Helping verbs help the main verb express action or show time.  a) True  b) False
  5. A sentence could have as many as 3 helping verbs in its verb phrase.  a) True  b) False
  6. A common helping verb is the word got.  a) True  b) False
    Identify the helping verb(s)/main verb in each sentence.
  7. "Too many things could happen when you are drunk." a) things/could  b) many/could  c) you/are  d) could/happen  e) none of the above
  8. "Who are you callin' bums?" a) are/you  b) are/callin'  c) who are/callin'  d) are callin'/bums  e) none of the above
  9. Jimmy McCheese may have done more for dairy products than anyone else.  a) have/done  b) may/have  c) may have/done  d) may/done  e) none of the above
  10. Do you know any other facts about Jimmy?  a) do/know  b) you/know  c) you/do  d) you/do know  e) none of the above
Go over Vocabulary Homework.  Vocabulary Pretest 4.
My mom was singing along to her oldies station, "You're so (1)_____; you probably think this song is about you..." So, instead of laughing and (2)______(ing) her silly "dance" moves, I figured I might ask about the party again. We had been arguing about whether I was old enough to (3)_____ a dance club by myself.
     "Please, please, please, let me go to the party, Mom!" I said imploringly, but she said she was leery about the crowd I was hanging with. She thought they might influence me into some (4)__________  or illegal activities. I told her that I would be (5)______, and make good decisions, but that only (6)______(ed) an angry response from her. She said I was being too nonchalant about the risks involved, and that I ought to take her more seriously. She explained that life was made up of a million (7)______ decisions, and each one was important.  I got indignant with her for treating me like a gullible little kid. I told her to quit (8)_______(ing) me. I also said,  "Mom, don't get all (9)______ and crazy on me; you've taught me to be savvy  to make the right decisions."
     I guess Mom just didn't have the 10)________ to argue with me any more. She said OK.
  1. A) PATRONIZE  B) STAMINA  C) DISCREET  D) VAIN  E) HYSTERICAL
  2. A) HYSTERICAL  B) STAMINA  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) ILLICIT
  3. A) DISCRETE  B) STAMINA  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) PATRONIZE
  4. A) VAIN  B) ILLICIT  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) HYSTERICAL
  5. A) DISCREET  B) ILLICIT  C) MIMIC  D) DISCRETE  E) HYSTERICAL
  6. A) DISCREET  B) ILLICIT  C) MIMIC  D) ELICIT  E) HYSTERICAL
  7. A) HYSTERICAL  B) STAMINA  C) DISCRETE  D) ELICIT  E) ILLICIT
  8. A) PATRONIZE  B) STAMINA  C) DISCREET  D) MIMIC  E) HYSTERICAL
  9. A) PATRONIZE  B) ELICIT  C) DISCRETE  D) VAIN  E) HYSTERICAL
  10. A) HYSTERICAL  B) STAMINA  C) HYSTERICAL  D) VAIN  E) MIMIC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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