(8)Test #3. Name:
Date:
Period: AWS/Pink Sheet:____/15
Warm Ups: 9/14: ___/6 9/15:___/8
9/16:___/8 Non-clicker Extra Credit:
Academic Words. Skip if exempt.
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When you comment about the book, please _______ your opinion with examples.
a) impact b) justify c) consequence d) appropriate e)
focus
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The greater the ______(ity) the greater the opportunity for failure. a)
features b) complex c) maintenance d) administration
e) focus
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He ______ help from the _____ for his problems with the teacher. a)
impacted, conduct b) sought, administration c) justified, consequence
d) selected, acquisition e) commission, conduct
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The maniac could not make the ________ between right and wrong. a) acquisition
b) aspect c) complex d) impact e) distinction
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The ______ of your research should be trying to prove your thesis.
a) features b) complex c) maintenance d) administration
e) focus
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A big part of the financial business is called mergers and _______(s).
a) acquisition b) traditional c) institute d) administration
e) commission
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There was one _______ of the problem I hadn't looked at.
a) aspect b) select c) sought d) conduct e) focus
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He didn't realize the great ___ of his small action. a) traditional
b) impact c) institute d) focus e) appropriate
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The government publishes the ______ Price Index, which lists current prices
for stuff. a) consumer b) complex c) maintenance
d) administration e) focus
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He had the dubious _______ of being the only one in the class who failed.
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a) complex b) commission c) consumer d) sought
e) distinction
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Mr. Coward received a D in _______ because of his disruptiveness.
a) aspect b) select c) sought d) conduct e) focus
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It was after a bad day of pencil-borrowing that Mr. Coward ______(ed) a
rental fee for pencils. a) administration b) institute
c) aspect d) consequence e) appropriate
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Congress _______(s) millions of dollars every year toward silly research.
a) traditional b) complex c) institute d) acquisition
e) appropriate
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A specialized medical _______ might not be the best source for research.
a) complex b) consequence c) conduct d) administration
e) journal.
Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
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Miss Narwin thought Phil was being _______; he thought he was being funny.
a)
insolent b) foil c) facilitate d) bedlam e) allocation
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By not saying anything, he was ______(ing) the bully's actions. a) foil
b) condone c) facilitate d) squelch e) arbitrary
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The king's arena in LoT is a good example of a(n) __________ decision.
a)
facilitate b) raucous c) allocate d) condone e)
arbitrary
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The school does not __________ ____________ attire. You will have to put
on your pe clothes. a) squelch, raucous b) condone,
squelch c) foil, bedlam d) condone, provocative e) facilitate,
arbitrary
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In our new novel, the younger, nuttier teacher will serve as a _______
for the older more old-school teacher. a) facilitate b) squelch
c) arbitrary d) allocate e) foil
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He offered a bribe to the head waiter to "________" getting a good table
more quickly. a) foil b) condone c) facilitate
d) squelch e) arbitrary
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Even if I agree with your motives, I cannot ________behavior like that.
a)
condone b) facilitate c) bedlam d) insolent e)
squelch
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When it first came out, The Outsiders was considered very ______
and not appropriate for school. It it still looked at that way in some
schools. a) bedlam b) condone c) arbitrary d)
raucous e) provocative
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After the huge concert, it was complete ______ in the parking lot as thousands
of cars tried to leave at once. a) raucous b) bedlam
c) provocative d) arbitrary e) insolence
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At camp, we were each ______(ed) two T-shirts, one hat, and one towel.
a) facilitate b) squelch c) arbitrary d) allocate
e) foil
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The teacher didn't let us vote; he just made a(n) ______ decision.
a)
facilitate b) raucous c) allocate d) condone e)
arbitrary
Simple and Compound Sentences
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What do they call a word that connects two independent clauses? a)
a preposition b) a subordinate clause c) a conjunction
d) a coordinating conjunction e) NOTA
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When you use a connecting word like that, you also need to use... a)
a comma b) a semicolon c) a period d) some other piece
of punctuation e) You don't need to use anything else.
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A simple sentence can have only one subject. a) True
b) False
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It was pouring rain; getting a cab was impossible. a) simple sentence
b) compound sentence
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It was pouring rain; getting a cab was impossible. a) correctly
punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
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The word because is an example of a coordinating conjunction.
a) True b) False
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Astronauts train hard and prepare for the unexpected. a) simple
sentence b) compound sentence
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Leo took the flag down, and Cypress folded it. a) simple sentence
b) compound sentence
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The aliens arrived earlier than expected, but I was ready.
a) simple sentence b) compound sentence
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A good use for the knowledge of simple/compound sentences is for combining
short, choppy sentences into smoother-sounding ones. a) True
b) False
NBTT
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Who is the narrator of the novel? a) Phillip b) Miss
Narwin c) the principal d) some other 3rd person e) NOTA
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Phillip's family is having money problems. a) True b)
False
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Miss Narwin believes that the most important thing about teaching high
school English is getting kids to... a) write well b) use
correct spelling and punctuation. c) understand more vocabulary.
d) read a lot of books. e) realize that literature is important
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Allison tells Phillip that she liked his comment in class.
a) True b) False
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Phillip thinks that doing well in school is like... a) a game
b) a test of strength c) a test of speed d) a test of stamina
e) NOTA
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The real reason Phillip doesn't read CoW is because a dog chewed up
his copy. a) True b) False
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(5) Fill out another comment card about Phillip or Miss Narwin. Base your
comments on what you read on the wall and the new info we read yesterday.
If you posted about Phillip last time, switch to posting about Miss Narwin,
and vice versa.
