Thursday, 10/23/08 -- Manana: AWR, Vocabulary, Grammar.
Grammar Review II.
Click and copy the ones with a star* (if you didn't get 10+ on Tuesday).
  1. *The main verb phrase in a sentence is called... a) the simple predicate b) the complete predicate  c) the subject   d) Mr. Morton  e) NOTA
  2. *You can see the penguin from here  a) declarative  b) imperative  c) interrogative  d) exclamatory
  3. *Off on a trip went the happy family.  This is an example of an inverted sentence.  a) True  b) False
  4. *Only __  have a past, present, and future tense.   a) adjectives  b) verbs   c) nouns   d) NOTA
  5. *_______ you ever hear of Harriet Tubman?  a) have  b) has  c) did  d) had  e) does
  6. There goes a family of raccoons through the woods. S/V? a) there/goes  b) raccoons/goes  c) family/goes  d) raccoons/go there  e) NOTA
  7. The climb up Walton mountain took us two hours. a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) NOTA
  8. Running down the hill, Mayor McCheese tripped. a) adjective  b) verb   c) noun   d) NOTA
  9. She speaks so softly that I can hardly hear her.  a) softly - adjective  hardly - not  b) softly - not  hardly - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  10. We waited in a long line to climb to the top of the wheel but it was a disappointment. a) line, wheel,  b) wheel,  c) but,  d) wheel, but,  e) line, wheel, but,
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.
  1. The song "On the Couch" sings the praises of __________.  A. Conspicuous consumption B. Jauntiness  C. Obsolescence  D. Indolence  E. Intricacy
  2. Many rappers "sing" the praises of "bling" and __________.  A. Conspicuous consumption B. Jauntiness  C. Obsolescence  D. Indolence  E. Intricacy
  3. Much to her relief, the doctor said the tumor was ________.  A.  Benign  B. Indolent  C. Frigid  D. Obsolete  E. Intricate
  4. After she fell, she got up and tested her leg _________(ly) to see if it would support her weight   A. Excruciating B. Intricate C. Conspicuous D. Tentative E. Unnerve
  5. Sending letters via “snail mail” is becoming more and more _________ as e-mail becomes more and more popular.  A. Frigid  B. Unnerve  C. Benign  D. Obsolete  E. Jaunty
  6. I tried to be as (in)____________ as possible as I passed the note in class, but Mr. Coward still caught me.   A. Frigid  B. Conspicuous  C. Jaunty  D. Indolent  E. Unnerve
  7. Rappers are trying to look "hard" when they wear their hats at a ________ angle.  A. Frigid  B. Jaunty  C. Excruciating  D. Conspicuous  E. Unnerve
  8. The more closely you looked at the diagram, the more __________ it looked. A. Frigid  B. Unnerve  C. Excruciating  D. Intricate E. Tentative
  9. The performance was so bad, it was ___________ to watch.. A. Excruciating  B. Frigid  C. Conspicuous  D. Jaunty  E. Benign
  10. Being pulled over for speeding is a very __________(ing) experience.  A. Obsolete  B. Tentative  C. Indolent  D. Unnerve E. Intricate
  11. A sloth leads a very ________ life; sleeping and eating.   A. Intricate  B. Indolent  C. Excruciating  D. Conspicuous  E. Obsolete
  12. The tourist stood out because of his __________ cameras and maps. A. Frigid  B. Conspicuous  C. Excruciating  D. Indolent E. Unnerve
  13. After the bride had a fight with her best friend, her friend's reception at the reception was rather _________.  A. Indolent  B. Frigid  C. Conspicuous  D. Jaunty  E. Benign

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cool Down.
Copy the definition, and then copy each euphemism and try to translate it.
Euphemism (n - U FEM ISM):
A "nice" way of saying something (usually) unpleasant.
Examples: passed on = died, sanitation engineer = garbage man, waitress in the sky = flight attendant

  1. visually disabled =
  2. involuntary servitude =
  3. solid waste =
  4. landfill =
  5. economically disadvantaged =
  6. undocumented transborder migrant =
  7. vertically challenged =
Time?
What is freedom? What should you be allowed to do?
Read: "Old Glory" p203.