“Warm Up, 9/17.” Most missed questions on Test #3. ANSWER NOT LETTER.
a) dogged b) indignant c) conducive d) wistful e) implore f) subside g) acquit h) leery i) gorge j) bluff
- The root of this word meant “NOT worthy.” _____
- The roots of this word meant “to look with disapproval.” _____
- That embarrassing moment when you realize your llama just wrote a run-on sentence. Fragment, Run-on, OK?
- The llama won the race although he had a broken leg. Fragment, Run-on, OK?
- Up, up, and away in my beautiful llama balloon. Fragment, Run-on, OK?
- The top of Jay Mountain seemed so far away. a) Mountain seemed b) top seemed c) Mountain away d) NOTA
- The last question on the test was hard! a) test was b) test question c) question hard d) question was e) NOTA
- Who said? “I guess we’re different.” a) Pony b) Johnny c) Soda d) Cherry e) Dally f) Two-Bit g) Steve
Debrief Test #3. Several of the above will be on the Test AGAIN!
“Adverbs, 9/17.” Single Words (not phrases) that answer the questions: how? where? when?
- Adverbs describe ____s, ____s, and _____s.
List the adverbs you find in each sentence. (9) - She jumped up rather suddenly, and left the room.
- That llama is absolutely magnificent, and I need it now.
- At the pet shop, a cuddly, little kitten snuggled sweetly up to me, and I nearly bought it..
- The early bird always gets the worm early.
“Vocab, 9/17.”
discreet, discrete, vain, elicit, illicit, hysterical, contemplate, patronize, stamina, indulge
- _____
- _____
- _____
- _____
- He ____(ed) on the poem for a long time, but the meaning (______ed)* him, and he couldn’t grasp it. (* = previous vocab word for +1)
- legal : illicit :: combined : ______
- gossipy : discreet :: nonchalant : _____
- The teacher tried to ____ the correct response from the students by giving hints.
- I did not want to be ___(ed); I felt I was savvy enough to make my own decisions.
- I am never going to ____ that store again after they were so rude to me.
- It’s my birthday. I’m going to ______myself and eat whatever I want to eat.
- The root of this word meant “empty or without substance.”_____
Outsiders to almost the end of Chapter 6. A link to the on-line version in case you are absent.