1. * friendly : mean :: dependable : ______
2. * damaged : destroyed :: broken : ______
3. * forgive : blame :: release : _____ (2)
4. ** flounder : fish :: ________ : encyclopedia
5. ** pretty : ugly :: rational : ______
6. ** wander : meander :: rush : _____

Adverbs II.

1. The llama is a quadruped, with fins for swimming and wings for flying.  a) with  b) swimming, flying  c) with, for(2), and  d) quadruped  e)  no adverbs
2. The buff llama swam extremely fast across the bay. a) buff, across  b) buff, fast  c) buff, extremely, fast, across  d) extremely, fast  e) extremely
3. Quite suddenly, the llama bolted across the field. a) quite  b) quite, suddenly  c) quite, suddenly, across  d) quite, suddenly, field  e) no adverbs
4. That llama is rather talented; he'll go far if he works hard.  a) rather  b) rather, talented  c) rather, hard, far  d) rather, talented, hard  e) rather, talented, hard, far
5. The scared dwarf was breathing rather heavily as he ran from the drooling dragon. a) scared, rather, heavily, drooling  b) scared, heavily, drooling  c) rather, heavily, drooling  d) rather, heavily  e) heavily

IRP p362-363.

1. Taste buds are examples of receptors. a) True  b) False
2. A neuron is a type of...  a) cell  b) organ  c) receptor  d) cytoplasm  e)NOTA
3. The nerves that connect the arms and legs with the spinal cord are part of the _______ nervous system.  a) peripheral   b) branch  c) lower  d) central  e) NOTA
4. The science article on p363 compares the nervous system to a ______. a) car  b) brain  c) television  d) computer  e) NOTA
5. Which of these is NOT something this lesson will teach?  a) What an impulse is.  b) The difference between the central and peripheral nervous systems.  c) How the brain works.  d) How neurons do their job.  e) All of these will be taught.
6. This is a diagram of a neuron. Identify #1.  a) cytoplasm  b) dendrites  c) peripheral cells  d) receptors  e) NOTA
7. When you remember what a verb is, you are using your peripheral nervous system.  a) True.  b) False.
8. At the end of this lesson, there will be a lab.  a) True.  b) False.
9. The "signal words" in an article like this will probably show parts or categories.  a) True  b) False

Yesterday's Quiz for those classes that ran out of time.
 
 

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. You might use words more than once. You might not use them all.
Write the word for each blank in your notebook.
flounder, conscientious, meddle, efficacy, revelry, whorl, meander, bustle, ample, compendium, daft

1. Esteban's project was almost finished, and then his mother started to ______ with it. He was up all night fixing it.
2. Jane the Midwife _____(ed)  into the room and took charge of the situation.
3. Sometimes the _____ of a cure lies in the mind of the person who believes it will work.
4. From the author's description, Grommet Smith has a rather overly ______ figure.
5. He wasn't a very ______ student so his grades were not very good.
6. The field full of flowers was a ______ of color as the wind blew them this way and that.
7. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading skills, you will _____ in high school.
8. The holiday season is a time for _____  and for quiet family gatherings.
9. The road  "______(ed) easterly and northerly until it ended in the glory that was St. Swithin's Day Fair."
10. exact : approximate  ::  nonchalant : _____
11. wander : meander :: interfere : _____
12. Many times organizations try new things and make major changes without testing the _______ of the changes. Sometimes the changes make things worse.
13. In every ScoobyDoo episode, the villain always curses "those _______(ing) kids" for interfering with his plan.

MWA