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September 17, 2024 – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Tuesday, 9/17: Warm Up, Debrief Test #3, Advoibs, Vocab, Outsiders

“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

  1. The root of this word meant “NOT worthy.” _____
  2. The roots of this word meant “to look with disapproval.” _____
  3. That embarrassing moment when you realize your llama just wrote a run-on sentence. Fragment, Run-on, OK?
  4. The llama won the race although he had a broken leg. Fragment, Run-on, OK?
  5. Up, up, and away in my beautiful llama balloon.  Fragment, Run-on, OK?
  6. The top of Jay Mountain seemed so far away. a) Mountain seemed  b) top seemed  c) Mountain away  d) NOTA
  7. The last question on the test was hard! a) test was b) test question c) question hard d) question was e) NOTA
  8. 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?

  1. Adverbs describe ____s, ____s, and _____s.
    List the adverbs you find in each sentence. (9)
  2. She jumped up rather suddenly, and left the room.
  3. That llama is absolutely magnificent, and I need it now.
  4. At the pet shop, a cuddly, little kitten snuggled sweetly up to me, and I nearly bought it..
  5. The early bird always gets the worm early.

“Vocab, 9/17.”
discreet, discrete, vain, elicit, illicit, hysterical, contemplate, patronize, stamina, indulge
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. 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)
  6. legal : illicit :: combined : ______
  7. gossipy : discreet :: nonchalant : _____
  8. The teacher tried to ____ the correct response from the students by giving hints.
  9. I did not want to be ___(ed); I felt I was savvy enough to make my own decisions.
  10. I am never going to ____ that store again after they were so rude to me.
  11. It’s my birthday. I’m going to ______myself and eat whatever I want to eat.
  12. 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.