MATH
Write a rational number that represents these situations:
1. The car lost ¾ of gasoline during the trip.
2. The recipe calls for 2 cups of milk.
3. I won four hundred thousand dollars in the lottery!
1. - 3/4
2. 2
3. $400,000
The engine coughed and died on them.
Does this sentence have a compound subject or compound predicate?
Yes. Compound predicate (coughed and died)
(n.) A sly look or glance
leer
A new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland.
Colony
This type of essay shows the simillarities and differences of two or more things, places, or ideas, among other concepts.
Compare-and-Contrast Essay
|-105| _____ |100|
greater than, ">"
sunshine, money and hope are alll examples of ____ nouns.
Mass or Uncountable Nouns
Exposition
A system of government in which a few people hold power.
Oligarchy
kindergarten, father, pretzel, and spritzer are words with ________ origin.
|3 - 8| x |4 - 7|
15
Consists of two or more verbs or verb phrases joined by a conjunction such as as, or, nor, and but. The verbs share the same subject.
Compound Predicate
Hints about the definition of a word in the text surrounding it. There are four kinds of hints that writers can use so the reader can figure out the meaning easily.
Context Clues: Definition, Antonym, Synonym, and Inference.
During this difficult time, trade slowed down, people made fewer things to sell, and most were very poor. Farmers grew only enough food to feed their families. Many people also stopped writing and keeping records.
Dark Age
-6
(5 ÷ (−5) − (−8)) × (8 + (−6)) =
14
Nouns that can be enumerated. They refer to a person, an object, or an idea. They can be accompanied by the articles, a, an, the, or a number, and they can form plurals.
Count Nouns
How is the color yellow present in Searching for Summer and what is its meaning?
It is present in Lily's yellow wedding dress and in the sun that the she and Tom go looking for. It means the joy and happiness that people miss in their life.
The people from this city-state descended from the Dorians who invaded Greece in the Dark Age. Their economy was based on agriculture and they had a military society that stressed discipline.
Sparta
4 + (9 + 5 - 2) x 2 =
28
1
While the students boarded the bus, Ms. Kelly verified the attendance sheet.
The words in italics are a ________ clause.
Subordinate or Dependent Clause
(v.) to feel or express sorrow or sympathy
commiserate
The ________ civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece.
Minoan civilization
Solon, Peisistratus, and Cleisthenes were leaders of this ancient greek city-state.
Athens