Thursday, 2/28/13 - Tomorrow's Test: Spelling, Warm Up Reruns,
Vocabulary, Pre-PO-sitions, TS.
Warm Up. Write the incorrectly spelled word correctly. If all are correct,
write "all correct."
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a) secretary b) impartial c) technical d) all correct
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a) souvenire b) hysterical c) temporary d) all correct
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a) temperature b) separate c) permenant d) all correct
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a) theary b) treasurer c) valid d) all correct
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a) presence b) restaraunt c) behavior d) all correct
Vocabulary Pretest. Write the word. Yes, you will use words more than once.
You might not use them all.
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The class told Mr. Coward that they ______(ed) to watch a video, but
he told them they should use that word for more meaningful things like
love and success. a) vindictive b) genial c) saunter
d) yearn e) revelry
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The virus ______(ed) destruction on his computer and slowed it to a
crawl. a) melancholy b) genial c) rapt d) wreak
e) exacting
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The war _____ of the Apache tribe was on display at the museum.
a) regalia b) revelry c) yearn d) melancholy
e) saunter
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When the town thought the boys were dead, it was a time of ____ for
the whole village. a) regalia b) revelry c) yearn
d) melancholy e) saunter
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The chips used in computers have to be made to very ____ standards;
the least flaw will ruin a chip. a) vindictive b) exacting
c) regalia d) saunter e) nigh
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After Tom talked to Muff Potter, he was feeling very __ about Muff's
situation. a) nigh b) vindictive c) revelry
d) melancholy e) genial
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vengeful : vindictive :: demanding : ___ a) rapt b)
wreak c) yearning d) melancholy e) exacting
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When Tom testified at the trial, the audience was "___ in the ghastly
fascination of the tale." a) vindictive b) melancholy
c) genial d) wreak e) rapt
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He was a good salesman, and part of it was that he was naturally a very
_____ man. a) revelry b) genial c) melancholy
d) rapt e) vindictive
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Some groups of people are preparing for the end of the world, because
they think the end is _____, and a _____ God will punish the nonbelievers.
a) exacting, vindictive b) nigh, genial c) rapt, vindictive
d) nigh, vindictive e) nigh, melancholy
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aloof : genial :: distracted : ____ a) sauntered b) genial
c) rapt d) wreaked e) exacting
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Tom and Joe ___(ed) out to the playground, and casually lit up their
pipes. a) saunter b) genial c) rapt d) wreak
e) nigh
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Tom __(ed) for the glory of winning the Bible prize, not the Bible
itself. a) yearn b) exact c) indulge d) rapt
e) revelry
"The Busy P's" Pink Sheet, p128. Prepositions.
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Circle 3-7 in Part A and Part B. We we will do the others together.
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Do 3-7A and 3-7B solo.
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Trade and grade for bonus/exemption
Steps to Identifying Prepositions. I. Make
sure it's not something else, like an article. II. Check to
see if it's followed by a verb. Yes? It's part of the verb, not a preposition.
III. Ask, _____what? If there is an answer to that question, it's a preposition.
If there isn't, it's an adverb.
Tom Sawyer.
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"Little hands, and weak--but they've helped Muff Potter a power, and they'd
help him more if they could." (p151) Why is this ironic?
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"Tom was out late that night and came to bed through the window." (p151)
Where did he go?
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If the lawyer promised not to reveal Huck's name, why is Huck still worried
about Injun Joe knowing about him?
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Which of these was the original caption for this picture from chapter 24?
a) Injun Joe's Final Revenge. b) Tom Dreams. c) The Return
of Injun Joe. d) Injun Joe's Latest Victim. e) Tom and Injun
Joe
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