Tomorrow’s Test: Adverbs, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders. Preview: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m9dp7dEmh0KdBF9TqMgGdZzAZ69x73JUr-XlaASh8EI/edit?usp=sharing
“Adverbs, 9/15.” (10p) List the adverbs you find in each sentence.
- The sweaty llamas finally finished repairing the pipes today.
- Quite suddenly the wild llama bolted across the field.
- That llama is simply marvelous; he’ll go far in life if he keeps working doggedly.
- Undoubtedly the Lollys can very easily help you with all of your adverb needs.
“FRO’s, 9/15.” Fragment, Run On, OK?
- While my llama gently weeps.
- Up one side and down the other went the llama.
- Although the llama is a quadruped, he also has fins for swimming.
- In the beginning, there was nothing but llamas.
- That is an embarrassing moment when you realize your llama just wrote a run-on sentence.
- You can beat the llama’s score you will be part of the elite llama squad.
- The llama won the race although he had a broken leg.
- The llama couldn’t call his agent his cell phone was dead.
- Across the frozen wasteland, chasing the wild llama.
- Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama balloon.
“Vocab, 9/15.”
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- _____
- _____
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- A good attitude is very ____ to doing well in school.
- Since I studied, I _____(ed) myself quite well on the test.
- Johnny persisted ____(ly) in asking about his parents.
- The roots of this word meant “to look with disapproval.”
- The root of this word meant “to brag.”
- The root of this word meant “to set free.”
- The root of this word meant “throat.”
- The root of this word meant “not worthy.”
The Outsiders.
- Johnny’s behavior (not scared, having fun, very decisive) inside the burning church is both ironic and not ironic. Explain.
- When Pony asks about Dally and Johnny, and Jerry Wood “studies his wedding ring,” what’s going on?