Thursday, 10/7/10 - SEVENTH GRADE
Test tomorrow (Sample Questions): (9) Warm Up.10/7/10. Copy. * = spelling word.  ** = vocabulary word.
  1. *antagonist : protagonist :: villain : ______
  2. *Do you understand the _____(s) of dividing fractions?
  3. *Red and green are ________ colors.
  4. *_______ books are ______?
  5. (2) The *_______ stupidity of his actions showed how **_______ he was about his daughter's disappearance.
  6. (3) It is rather **______ to me that you have no **_______ for the kid *______ being bullied.


Commas III. (18/20 or 10/10 = Exempt.)

  1. The town of El Queso Grande, I believe, has a 48 foot wheel of cheese.  a) correctly punctuated  b) incorrectly punctuated
  2. I was late to class so, I got detention.  a) correctly punctuated  b) incorrectly punctuated
  3. The sentence in #1 contains an appositive.  a) True  b) False
  4. A lot of cake was served, during Cindy's wedding.  a) correctly punctuated  b) incorrectly punctuated
  5. Captain Queso, the chief of police directed traffic during the president's visit.  a) correctly punctuated  b) incorrectly punctuated
  6. We waited in a long line to climb to the top of the giant wheel of cheese but, it was a disappointment. a) correctly punctuated  b) incorrectly punctuated
  7. Training was based on apprenticeship and students learned from older students.   a) apprenticeship, b) apprenticeship, and, c) and, d) Ok as is.
  8. Kenny an Australian nurse aroused controversy due to her treatment methods.   a) Kenny,  nurse,   b) Kenny, c) nurse, d) nurse, controversy,
  9. A pastor in Germany began an early nurses' training program Future Nurses.   a) Germany,  program,  b) Germany, c) began, program,  d) program,
  10. What rule should be followed when you put commas in the following sentence?  The Germans took Brussels and they arrested her for treason.   a) Before the but.  b) Three in a row.  c) Intro phrase.  d) Appositive.  e) Double adjective.


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Thursday, 10/7/10 -- EIGHTH GRADE
Test tomorrow:


(10) Warm Up. 10/7/10. Copy. * = spelling word.  ** = vocabulary word.

  1. *length : centimeter :: weight : _________
  2. *unfeeling : callous :: healthy : ________
  3. (2) The *______ into Hell didn't really *_______ Dante. He was cool with it.
  4. (2) Extension *______(s) are found in the electronics *_______.
  5. (2) The searchers **________(ly)  *______(ed) the neighborhood, looking for the missing girl.
  6. (2) Your excuses do not **_________ the fact that you **________(ly) ignored my orders.

Parallelism #3.  (18/20 or 10/10 = Exempt.)
Click A if the sentence has an ERROR in parallel structure.
Click B if the sentence is CORRECT.
 
 
 

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