Wednesday, 10/21/09. Checking: Vocabulary.
Warm Up. Click and Copy.
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savvy : professional :: _____ : amateur
a) ballet b) ensemble c) debut d) naive e) routine
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throw : bouquet :: cruise : _____
a) naive b) portrait c) plateau d) boulevard e)
plaque
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professional : amateur :: farewell : ____
a) debris b) detour c) antique d) fatigue e) debut
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coupon : savings :: marathon : ______
a) detour b) fatigue c) depot d) technique e) petite
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extraordinary : routine :: specific : _____
a) technique b) surveillance c) vague d) amateur
e) detour
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city : map :: person : ______
a) naive b) portrait c) plateau d) boulevard e)
amateur
Commas II. Yes, you may use your pink sheet.
(You sort of have to.)
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"I had cried too if you want to know the truth
because Soda never really wanted anything except a horse and he'd lost
his." a) too, truth, Soda, b) horse, c) too,
truth, horse, d) too, truth, e) Correct as is.
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"Maybe he was still a junior at eighteen and
a half and maybe his sideburns were too long and maybe he did get boozed
up too much but he sure understood things." a) Maybe, eighteen,
half, long, much, b) half, long, much, c) Maybe,
half, long, much, d) Maybe, half, long, up, much e) half,
long, much, understood
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The town of El Queso Grande I believe has
an 18 foot wheel of cheese. a) town, Grande, believe, wheel,
b) Grande, believe, wheel, c) Grande, believe, d) believe,
e) believe, wheel,
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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,
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Which sentence on p193 contains an example
of an appositive? (Check the pink sheet.) a) #1 b) #3
c) #4 d) #5 e) None of the above.
Go over vocabulary
homework. Vocabulary Pretest #8
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After Mr. Shmarty lost his ring at the beach,
they _______(ed) through the sand until they found it. a) enhance
b) wheedle c) intrigue d) ebb e) sift
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The candidate's popularity _________(ed) as
scandal after scandal was uncovered. a) aghast b)
wheedle c) enhance d) ebb e) sift
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While Mr. Buffy was in training, he took several
different vitamin ___________. a) enhances b) supplements
c) palpables d) transgressions e) manifests
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Third period tried to ___________ Mr. Coward
into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
a) enhance b) wheedle c) palpable d) ebb e) sift
(Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
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The class was ________ that someone would
be silly enough to commit a ___________ like that in front of Mr. Coward.
a) palpable/enhanced b) nondescript/supplement c)
apprehensive/aghast d) intrigued/sift e) aghast/transgression
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The new landscaping in front of the house
really ___________(ed) its value. a) enhance b) aghast
c) transgress d) ebb e) sift
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After testing out several kinds of toilet
paper, Mr. Sensitive found that one brand was ___________ better than the
others for comfort. a) enhance b) supplementary c)
palpably d) transgression e) aghast
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I found your story __________(ing), but ultimately
unbelievable. a) enhance b) nondescript
c) apprehensive d) intrigue e) aghast
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Genevieve's wardrobe was rather __________
and boring until she went on the show What not to Wear.
a) enhanced b) nondescript c) apprehensive
d) intriguing e) supplementary
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The class's relief was __________ when Mr.
Coward canceled the test. A giant sigh escaped from every student. (Then
they woke up.) a) enhance b) nondescript
c) apprehensive d) intrigue e) palpable
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Another name for detention might be "__________
behavior training." a) aghast b) nondescript
c) apprehensive d) intrigued e) supplementary (Bonus:
What's this kind of expression called?)
The Outsiders
- Chapter
7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9