Friday, 4/22: Paper work, Mental Floss, Test 29

Prep sheet for Test #29:
Husker Du: ___/6  ___/6  ___/7   Giver: ___/7  ___/4  ___/8
Vocabulary H/W: ___/20   Vocabulary Practice:  ___/10  ___/11  ___/11
Other Extra Credit: 1st period +3 for Vocabulary Relay

Mental Floss.

    1. For each pair of words, move one letter from one word to the other to make a pair of synonyms.  Example: boast — hip.  Move the S and you get boat — ship. The movement could go either way.
      a) open — cop      b) cave — curt       c) cares — pest
    2. What book can an author never really finish writing?
    3. George Washington’s wife was sweeping when George Washington’s wife slipped and got wet.  How many w’s in ALL?
    4. When is 30 plus 30 equal to 1?
    5. Change the position of just one of the words below so that all the words are in an alphabetical sequence:
      llama, phoenix, hyena, alligator, beaver, elephant, tortoise, antelope
    6. Two friends were talking. Bob said “Have you ever thought about what rhymes with orange?” Ben replied, “Nothing rhymes with orange.””Actually something rhymes with orange,” said Bob. Who is right?

 

Test #29.