Wednesday, I / VI / MMX - Checking: Vocabulary Homework
I. Warm Up. Click and Copy.

1. "before say thing"  =   a) projector  b) projectile  c) prediction  d) contradict  e) indictment
2. "around stand thing" =  a) superstition  b) obstacle  c) substitute  d) circumstance  e) constitution
3. "under stand person" =  a) substitute  b) valedictorian  c) predicate  d) statue  e) institute
4. "together throw thing" =  a) adjective  b) interjection  c) projectile  d) projector  e) dictionary
5. "under earth" = a) substitute  b) subterranean  c) dependent  d) benevolent  e) institute
6. "over stand thing" = a) superstition  b) obstacle  c) substitute  d) circumstance  e) constitution

II. Possessive Pronouns II.

1. ______ never use an apostrophe.  a) possessive nouns  b) possessive pronouns  c) contractions  d) All of the above sometimes use an apostrophe.
2. _____ surface is smooth.  a) It's  b) Its
3. _____ book is this?   a) Whose  b) Who's  c) Who'se
4. Joe's low-rider is lower than ___.  a) he  b) my  c) hers  d) it's  e) your's
5. The maple trees lost __ leaves. a) their  b) they're  c) there  d) it's  e) its
6. Our cheese is stinkier than _______.  a) their's  b) yers  c) their  d) there's  e) none of the above.

III. Go over vocabulary homework.
IV. Vocabulary Pretest. You will use two words twice.

1. The meeting with the angry parents was less than ___.  a) diligent  b) dire  c) diffident  d) haggling  e) cordial
2. My mom didn't find my reasons for "needing" a Wii very ___, so I was denied.  a) diligent  b) compelling  c) groveling  d) diffident  e) heedless
3. He read the words of wisdom written on the wall of the old ____. a) diligent  b) privy  c) diffident  d) turmoil  e) cordial
4. He practiced the skate trick ___(ly) until he got it right. a) diligent  b) abundant  c)  haggle d) cordial  e) heedless
5. The "consequences" for misbehavior in schools in the old days were sometimes pretty ___. a) diligent  b) dire  c) heedless  d) cordial  e) privy
6. The hypnotist's voice was strangely ____, and actually almost made you want to cluck like a chicken.  a) diligent  b) compelling  c) cordial  d) diffident  e) abundant
7. We can be sure that Jonas's leaving caused great _____ in the Community.   a) dire  b) privy  c) abundant  d) turmoil  e) groveling
8. Please be discreet when someone makes you _____ to their thoughts and feelings.  a) privy  b) grovel  c) heedless  d) cordial  e) compelling
9. "Now, now, don't be ____; speak up!"  a) diligent  b) compelling  c) grovel  d) diffident  e) heedless
10. After he forgot his wife's birthday, he had to ____ for several days before she forgave him. a) privy  b) grovel  c) haggle  d) cordial  e) compelling
11. Most stores these days don't ___ over the price.  They expect you to pay the marked price.  a) turmoil  b) grovel  c) haggle  d) cordial  e) heedless
12. Beetle (then known as Brat) crawled into the dung heap, ___ of the smell, because she was cold.   a) diligent  b) privy  c) diffident  d) turmoil  e) heedless
13. All of a sudden, there was a(n) ___ of bread at the midwife's cottage. So much bread, that even Beetle got to share some.  a) diligence  b) turmoil  c) abundance  d) haggling  e) cordiality

V. MWA
"Birth and infancy were the most dangerous stages of life for people in the Middle Ages. Records from the time period suggest that approximately 20% of women died during childbirth and 5% of infants died during delivery with another 10-12% dying in their first month. "
- http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/pdailylife.html
"Contents of chamber pots were emptied into the streets. With mud streets, this presented a messy problem. With a heavy rain one could hope for a flushing action to wash the excrement to the river. A light rain only added to the problem. This was a health problem; polluted springs and wells were common. "
-http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gbetcher/373/MedTowns.htm