Wednesday, 10/21/09. Checking: Vocabulary.
Warm Up. Click and Copy.
  1. savvy : professional :: _____ : amateur    a) ballet  b) ensemble  c) debut  d) naive  e) routine
  2. throw : bouquet :: cruise : _____    a) naive  b) portrait  c) plateau  d) boulevard  e) plaque
  3. professional : amateur :: farewell : ____    a) debris  b) detour  c) antique  d) fatigue  e) debut
  4. coupon : savings :: marathon : ______   a) detour  b) fatigue  c) depot  d) technique  e) petite
  5. extraordinary : routine :: specific : _____   a) technique  b) surveillance  c) vague  d) amateur  e) detour
  6. 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.)
  1. "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.
  2. "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
  3. 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,
  4. 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,
  5. 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
  1. 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
  2. The candidate's popularity _________(ed) as scandal after scandal was uncovered.   a) aghast  b) wheedle  c) enhance  d) ebb  e) sift
  3. While Mr. Buffy was in training, he took several different vitamin ___________. a) enhances  b) supplements  c) palpables  d) transgressions  e) manifests
  4. 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?)
  5. 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
  6. The new landscaping in front of the house really ___________(ed) its value.  a) enhance  b) aghast  c) transgress  d) ebb  e) sift
  7. 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
  8. I found your story __________(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.  a) enhance    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) aghast
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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?)

 
 
 

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