Wednesday, 9/16/09 - (SSI - Test II Retake)
Warm Up. Click and Copy.
  1. The sun has many bad _________(s) on your skin.    a) affect  b) effect  c) potential  d) restrict  e) resource
  2. I would recognize his ____ voice anywhere.  a) potential  b) distinctive  c) impact  d) restriction  e) procedure
  3. Try to ______ the structure of your sentences.  a) potential  b) strategy  c) impact  d) vary  e) proceed
  4. He didn't realize the great ___ of his small action.  a) consume  b) perception  c) perceive  d) vary  e) impact
  5. The Boy Scouts teach you to be _______(ful). a) design  b) resource  c) restrict  d) principle  e) site
  6. The house was ______(ed) by fire before the firemen arrived.  a) obtain  b) vary  c) consume  d) perceive  e) design
Alternative Warm Up (for those who scored 18+ on Monday's AW pretest).
The Importance of Punctuation I. Sometimes punctuation marks can totally change the meaning of the words.
Each of the sentences below can be made to have another meaning by simply inserting or removing punctuation marks. Rewrite each sentence, punctuating it differently. (You may have to capitalize letters, but don't change any of the words.) Can you think of more than one way to change some of the sentences?
  1. Don't do anything stupid.
  2. The committee consists of Mary Jane, Sue Ann, and Louise.
  3. The team said the coach is great.
  4. Well, leave it alone.
  5. The ladies have cast off clothing at the garage sale.
Verbs Etc. II. Verb! Mr. Morton!
  1. A verb expresses action, being, or _______.  a) feeling  b) state of being  c) past, present, future  d) thought  e) being in action
  2. The word ________ is another name for the main ________ in a sentence.  a) subject/verb  b) predicate/adjective  c) noun/verb  d) predicate/verb  e) noun/predicate
  3. The words am, is, are, was, were are all forms of the same word.  a) True  b) False
  4. An article, (a, an, the) is always a signal of a(n)...   a) adjective  b) verb   c) noun   d) It's not always a signal.
  5. Only _______  have a past, present, and future tense.   a) adjectives   b) verbs   c) nouns   d) NOTA
  6. Thor was fabulous in the play.  a) adjective  b) verb   c) noun  d) NOTA
  7. Fritz's leap across the pool was a failure.   a) adjective  b) verb   c) noun  d) NOTA
  8. The climb up Walton mountain took us two hours. a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) NOTA
  9. Lucille's party at the pool was a failure.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) NOTA
  10. Lenny had to time the race for us with his watch.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective   d) NOTA
Go over vocabulary homework.     |     Vocabulary Pretest #3.  (Oh, Raffle King?)
  1. Johnny persisted ______(ly) in asking about his parents.  a) ironic  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) indignant  e) leery
  2. The students _______(ed) the teacher to go easy on them. a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) indignant  e) implore
  3. My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with.  a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) wistful  e) leery
  4. I can't eat Snickers any more since I _______(ed) on them at Halloween.  a) bluff  b) dogged  c) leery  d) implore  e) gorge
  5. I waited until Mom's anger ________(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.  a) acquit  b) dogged  c) bluff  d) subside  e) leery
  6. At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough, but there were too many of them and they were drunk.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) implore  e) gorge
  7. Since I studied, I __________(ed) myself quite well on the test.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) acquit   d) implore  e) gorge
  8. A good attitude is very _______ to doing well in school. a) ironic  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) acquit
  9. The team's _______ defense is what kept them in the game.  a) leery  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) subside
  10. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one. a) leery  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) bluff
  11. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) gorge
  12. "You’re hungry?" he said _____(ly), "I'm the one who hasn't eaten all day!"   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) implore
  13. Sitting on the steps of the church, Ponyboy thought ________(ly) of his life back home.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) wistful  e) gorge