Wednesday, 10/7/09
Warm Up. Click/Copy. (#2-#5 are straight from the spelling portion of the test.)
  1. advise : counsel :: cut: ______  a) counsel  b) hostile  c) sheer  d) shear  e) border
  2. Cheerios : _____ :: #25489 : ____ a) serial/cereal  b) cereal/cerial  c) cerial/serial  d) cereal/serial
  3. nugget : __ :: rank : __  a) cernel/kernel  b) colonel/kernel  c) kernel/kernal d) kernel/colonel
  4. renter : ____ :: line : ____ a) boarder/border  b) border/border  c) boreder/border  d) boarder/boerder
  5. 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?

  1. "Please tell me where Australia is located" is a(n) _________ sentence.  a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) imperative  d) exclamatory
  2. "Will you tell us about Australia's history" is an example of a(n) _______ sentence.  a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) imperative  d) exclamatory
  3. A sentence like you might find in an encyclopedia entry would be called a(n) _______ sentence.  a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) imperative  d) exclamatory
  4. A sentence where you instruct someone to do something is called a(n) ______ sentence.  a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) imperative  d) exclamatory
  5. In that type of sentence, the subject is almost always _____.  a) do  b) what  c) you  d) I  e) NOTA
  6. Is the koala a native of Australia    a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) imperative  d) exclamatory
  7. List three ways these animals are different    a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) imperative  d) exclamatory
  8. What kind of sentence is this     a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) imperative  d) exclamatory
  9. An exclamatory sentence must contain an interjection such as wow, OMG, or oh.    a) True  b) False
  10. 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!?"

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Please ______ carefully to the instructions given. Failure to do so will be costly.  a) hoard  b) distraught  c) adhere  d) empathy  e) disposition
  6. The root of this word means "to feel."  a) chastise  b) aptitude  c) chortle  d) empathy  e) disquieting
  7. The ________ mourners burst into tears at the funeral.  a) disquieting  b) distraught  c) chastised  d) empathy  e) nurturing
  8. Holly wasn't exactly scared by the incident the other night, just a little ________.  a) chortled  b) empathied  c) distraught  d) disquieted  e) chastised
  9. The teacher's crabby ________ sort of brought the whole class down.  a) hoard  b) disquieting  c) distraught  d) empathy  e) disposition
  10. Homer _______(ed) to himself as he thought of the bear driving the little car. a) distraught  b) disquiet  c) chortle  d) nurture  e) chastise
  11. 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
  12. 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"