Thursday, 12/12/13
Tomorrow's Test: spelling (pretest), vocabulary (pretest), pronouns (see below), husker du, MWA.
Warm Up. Could be spelling, could be vocabulary. Not telling which. (5p)
  1. compliment : taunt :: MYOB : ______
  2. mourning : revelry :: clarity : _______
  3. daft : rational :: required : _______
  4. ordinary : legendary :: minimal : _____
  5. scream : whisper :: bustle : _____
  6. Bonus: Which vocabulary word and spelling word have similar meanings?
Rufus!  Pronouns II. 12/12 = Exempt tomorrow! NO CHEAT SHEET! Click it!
  1. It was the first permanent English settlement in our country. Pronouns?  a) in  b) it, was, our  c) it, our  d) it, our, in  e) NOTA
  2. The first colonists were men and boys who thought they would find gold.  Pronouns?  a) they  b) men, boys  c) who  d) men, boys, they  e) who, they
  3. THEIR.  a) 1st person, plural, subject  b) 1st person, plural, possessive  c) 3rd person, plural, subject  d) 1st person singular, object  e) NOTA
  4. She became angry with them for allowing her daughter to be kidnapped. How many pronouns?  a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4  e) NOTA
  5. She became angry with them for allowing her daughter to be kidnapped.  a) 2nd person, plural, object  b) 3rd person, plural, subject  c) 1st person, plural, object  d) 3rd person, singular, object  e) NOTA
  6. He and her are both 1st person pronouns.  a) True  b) False
  7. A mother would teach her children to read and write.  The only pronoun in that sentence is the word her.  a) True  b) False
  8. They tended the garden and preserved its produce.  Pronouns?  a) they  b) its  c) they, its  d) they, its, and  e) NOTA
  9. He, like them, remained young and beautiful forever in his home on Mt. Olympus. Pronouns?  a)  he  b) he, and  c) he, them  d) he, them, and  e) NOTA
  10. He took her to the underworld to be queen of his kingdom. Each of the pronouns in that sentence has a different case.  a) True  b) False
  11. He took her to the underworld to be queen of his kingdom. Each of the pronouns in that sentence has a different person. a) True  b) False
  12. Have you ever been to Jamestown?   a) 1st person, subject  b) 2nd person, possessive  c) 3rd person, subject  d) 2nd person, subject  e) NOTA

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