Wednesday, 10/7/09
Warm Up. Click/Copy. (#2-#5 are straight
from the spelling portion of the test.)
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advise
: counsel :: cut: ______ a) counsel b) hostile c) sheer
d) shear e) border
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Cheerios
: _____ :: #25489 : ____ a) serial/cereal b) cereal/cerial
c) cerial/serial d) cereal/serial
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nugget
: __ :: rank : __ a) cernel/kernel b) colonel/kernel
c) kernel/kernal d) kernel/colonel
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renter
: ____ :: line : ____ a) boarder/border b) border/border c)
boreder/border d) boarder/boerder
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praise
: ____ :: match : ___ a) complement/complemint b) compliment/complemint
c) compliment/complement d) complement/compliment
Pink Sheet II. Types
of Sentences/Subjects.
What are the four types?
Where's the subject in a question? What's the subject of a command?
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"Please tell me where Australia
is located" is a(n) _________ sentence. a) declarative b) interrogative
c) imperative d) exclamatory
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"Will you tell us about Australia's
history" is an example of a(n) _______ sentence. a) declarative
b) interrogative c) imperative d) exclamatory
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A sentence like you might find
in an encyclopedia entry would be called a(n) _______ sentence. a)
declarative b) interrogative c) imperative d) exclamatory
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A sentence where you instruct
someone to do something is called a(n) ______ sentence. a) declarative
b) interrogative c) imperative d) exclamatory
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In that type of sentence, the
subject is almost always _____. a) do b) what c) you
d) I e) NOTA
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Is the koala a native of Australia
a) declarative b) interrogative c) imperative d) exclamatory
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List three ways these animals
are different a) declarative b) interrogative
c) imperative d) exclamatory
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What kind of sentence is this
a) declarative b) interrogative c) imperative d) exclamatory
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An exclamatory sentence must
contain an interjection such as wow, OMG, or oh. a) True
b) False
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What is the subject of this
sentence? a) what b) subject c) sentence
d) this
Go over vocabulary
homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #6. "Oh
Raffle
King!?"
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The coaches watched each potential
player, looking for any natural ______(s) he might have, in order to choose
the proper assignment to put those talents to work. a) empathy
b) disposition c) adherance d) aptitude e) hoard
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Which is more important, your
genes or the environment you are raised in? This is often called
the nature vs. ______ question. a) disposition b) nurture
c) disquieting d) chortle e) aptitude
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When 3 year old Esteban took
the apple home from the grocery store, he was _______(ed) by his
mother. a) distraught b) disquiet c) chortle d)
nurture e) chastise
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After Halloween, I hid my ______
of candy so my brother wouldn't steal any of it. a) hoard b)
empathy c) chastise d) chortle e) disposition
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Please ______ carefully to the
instructions given. Failure to do so will be costly. a) hoard
b) distraught c) adhere d) empathy e) disposition
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The root of this word means
"to feel." a) chastise b) aptitude c) chortle d)
empathy e) disquieting
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The ________ mourners burst
into tears at the funeral. a) disquieting b) distraught
c) chastised d) empathy e) nurturing
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Holly wasn't exactly scared
by the incident the other night, just a little ________. a) chortled
b) empathied c) distraught d) disquieted e) chastised
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The teacher's crabby ________
sort of brought the whole class down. a) hoard b) disquieting
c) distraught d) empathy e) disposition
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Homer _______(ed) to himself
as he thought of the bear driving the little car. a) distraught b)
disquiet c) chortle d) nurture e) chastise
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The characters in The Outsiders
are so realistic, that we ______(ize) with them and their problems. a)
disquiet b) distraught c) chastise d) empathy e)
nurture
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The tape didn't _______ too
well to the brick, and the poster fell down. a) empathy b)
disposition c) adhere d) chortle e) hoard
Justification
Example #1. Ummm. This one is obviously
not an A.
The Outsiders.
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"