Spelling Pretest #1 -- Eighth Grade. Prefixes. In your notebook, write the correct spelling of each boldfaced, underlined word. Some are already correct, most are not. Also be on the lookout for any other mechanical mistakes to fix for extra credit.
trans = _______, para = _________, sub = ________, pro = _______, pre = ______, co(n) = ______
  1. The bus is one form of transpartation.
  2. How much was your contrabution worth?
  3. I was losing bad, and had to consede.
  4. He remained submurged for 3 minutes before he came up for air.
  5. He moved from the city to a suberban neighborhood.
  6. This patient needs a blood transfuson now!
  7. The subtaranean passage caved in.
  8. Cover the pan with something transpairant so we can see what's inside.
  9. After the first tardy each subsaquent tardy will cost you one detention.
  10. He was cited for being a transiant, and told to move along.
  11. Please try to coordinate your efforts, so you won't make mistakes.
  12. The transfromation from caterpiller to butterfly is unique in nature.
  13. The court transcription proved what he said.
  14. Subconscously he knew what he was doing was wrong, but he did it anyway.
  15. His transiton to a new school was surprisingly easy.
  16. I now praclaim you man and wife...
  17. The king's proclaimation declared July 17th a holiday.
  18. The man's prejadise against brown-eyed people was strange.
  19. Prenatel care refers to the care you get while still inside Mom.
  20. Another name for Fate is predestination.
  21. Another way to say summarize is parephrase.
  22. Are those two lines paralell?
  23. He was a paramdedik with the fire department.
  24. Did you make any pravision for bad weather, like a tarp or something?
  25. He was bleeding profusly after the attack.
 Use this side to practice writing the ones you missed 5x each correctly.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vocabulary. If not exempt: 1) Look up the words below, and write the definition and part-of-speech for each one in your notebook.  2) Fill in the blanks. 3) For extra credit, you may write a sentence of your own for each word. (Due Wednesday.)   brazen, deft, fetish, lapse, perverse, reverie, prodigy, boisterous, perfunctory, petulant
  1. The party was so _____________, the neighbors called the police.
  2. The teacher taught in such a _______________ way that you could tell he was sick of his job.
  3. After I told my boy he couldn't have candy before dinner, he got very _____________, and refused to eat his pasta.
  4. The shortstop ___________(ly) scooped up the grounder and fired to first base.
  5. By the looks of her room, she seemed to have some sort of a shoe _________; there must have been hundreds of pairs strewn everywhere.
  6. He was so __________ that he would come late to class noisily, winking and grinning att all his friends.
  7. (2) Sitting all alone on a warm afternoon, I __________(ed) into a ____________, imaging all things I wanted to do some day.
  8. She was a piano ___________, able to play Mozart by the age of 4.
  9. She got a _____________ sort of pleasure from denying herself things she liked.