Tuesday, 1/12/10
Warm Up. Click and copy.
  1. Even huge oil companies get __________(s) from the government.  a) abstract  b) rational  c) inhibit  d) allocate  e) subsidy  f) incorporate
  2. After the third round of the golf tournament, her ___________ score was 245. a) subsidy  b) incentive  c) abstract  d) incidence  e) aggregate  f) explicit
  3. For the introduction to your 120 Seconds, you should provide a(n) ___________ of the novel's plot, and explain its theme.  a) aggregate  b) abstract  c) subsidy  d) rational  e) explicit  f) transform
  4. Modern automobile paints have a rust-___________(or) mixed in to make the car's finish last longer.  a) allocate  b) abstract  c) motive  d) inhibit  e) explicit  f) incidence
  5. At camp, we were each _________(ed) one shirt, one pair of shorts, and a hat.  a) incorporate  b) allocate  c) aggregate  d) enhance  e) acknowledge  f) scope
  6. The introduction to your 120 Seconds doesn't have to cover the entire _________ of the novel; just give us the main points.  a) cite  b) rational  c) abstract  d) allocate  e) incentive  f) scope
Pink Sheet:: Indefinite Pronouns. Round I.
  1. All of the materials in this section ______ nonfiction.  a) is  b) are
  2. A pronoun that does not refer to a specific PPT is called a(n) _______ pronoun.  a) antecedent  b) plural  c) proper  d) interrogative  e) none of the above
  3. Each of the librarians ______ willing to help.   a) is  b) are
  4. Which one of these is NOT an example of this type of pronoun?  a) anyone  b) their  c) nobody  d) some  e) All of the above are examples of this type of pronoun.
  5. few:  a) singular  b) plural  c) either
  6. everybody:  a) singular  b) plural  c) either
  7. Several of the students ______ used the unabridged dictionary already.  a) has  b) have   (Bonus: What does unabridged mean? +1)
  8. Either of the girls ____ allowed in the storeroom.  a) was  b) were
  9. some:  a) singular  b) plural  c) either 
  10. ____ any of those science fiction books by Isaac Asimov?  a) Is  b) Are
120 Seconds.
Volunteers for tomorrow?

MWA chapter 5.