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“Warm Up, 9/29.” (5p) Write the main subject and the main predicate each sentence.
Example: The llama passed the test because he studied. llama passed
- The store where I bought my llama went out of business.
- When he started his company, he had nothing.
- Joe ran to the store with his llama.
- After I ate a doughnut, I felt blissful.
- The reporters fired too many questions at Ponyboy until Darry made them stop.
- BONUS: When you try to use a DEPENDENT clause as a sentence, that mistake is also called a _______.
“Clauses, 9/29.” I = Independent Clause D = Dependent Clause
Choices: a) I + D b) D + I c) I + I d) D only e) I only
- Write a sentence that is I + D.
- After I ate a doughnut, I felt blissful.
- We climbed slowly up the very steep hill.
- Jimmy ate 17 doughnuts , but he didn’t get sick.
- The llama passed the test because he studied.
- You must say, “Sir,” when you say, “Mr. Coward.”
- I ate a second doughnut , and I still felt good.
- Where I bought my llama.
- Joe ran to the store with his llama.
- When he started his company, he had nothing.
Checking SMYK’s.
“Vocab, 9/29.” barrage, circumvent, reminisce, sullen, siege, defunct, exploit, delirious, dispel, pensive
- The large farm owners are often accused of ____(ing) the workers who pick the crops.
- Grandpa Simpson likes to ____ about his days as a young man when things were “better.”
- I was _____ and bored when Mom made me go to my sister’s ballet recital.
- The school newspaper has been __ for a long while, but they hope to revive it next year.
- Ponyboy was ____ when he woke up in the ambulance.
- Two-Bit told Pony about one of his ____(s) while Pony did the dishes.
- The thief ____(ed) the alarm system, and was able to steal the jewels.
- The root of this word evolved from “to weigh” to “to think.” _____
- The root of this word meant “to drive apart.” _______
- The root of this word meant “to bar” or “to ban.” _______
- The roots of this word meant “around to come.” ________
The Outsiders.