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In my book, I reflect on my past teachers and the lessons they taught me.
a. to bend back light from a surface
b. to bring blame or discredit
c. to express carefully considered thoughts
to express carefully considered thoughts
What is an adjective?
a word or phrase that modifies or describes a noun.
example: She is well.
Mrs. Beasley who is my teacher has three kids.
Mrs. Beasley, who is my teacher, has three kids.
Which sentence has an inconsistent tone?
1. I am interested in attending Mississippi State University.
2. I believe my skills make me a good candidate for the program.
3. I was raised a MSU fan and have spent each football season in the stands.
4. Anyway, give my a ring whenever you can (228)333-5588.
What type of surgery did Mrs. Beasley just have?
Appendectomy
What would you use to find information on George Washington?
dictionary?
encyclopedia?
thesaurus?
encyclopedia
What is an adverb?
a word or phrase that modifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb.
Example: The meat was cooked well.
We could go to the mall or if you wish we could just stop at dollar general.
We could go to the mall, or if you wish, we could just stop at dollar general.
Which of the following sentence is formal in tone??
a. I'm super friendly and love chatting with people.
b. Your consideration would be greatly appreciated.
c. It'd be totally cool to be a server at your restaurant.
b. Your consideration would be greatly appreciated.
What indoor sport is the most popular in the US?
Basketball
What type of words are found in a thesaurus?
lists of words with the same meaning
What is a verb?
word used to describe an action.
example: Happiness welled up inside me when I saw my granddaughters.
Put dashes in the following sentences CORRECTLY.
Santa's reindeer, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blixen, and Rudolph, mainly live off of eating sugar cookies.
Santa's reindeer-Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blixen, and Rudolph-mainly live off of eating sugar cookies.
Edit the following sentence:
A cat can run up too 98 mph it can reach this speed in 2 seconds.
A cat can run up to 98 mph, and it can reach this speed in about 2 seconds.
What galaxy do we live in?
The Milky Way
Mrs. Beasley is an ace at grading essays.
Which dictionary definition is correct for the word ACE.
a. a playing card
b. a single spot or pip on a playing card
c. a person who excels at something
c. A person who excels at something
What is a noun?
Person place or thing
Example: I went down to the well to get some water.
Put parenthesis into the sentence correctly.
Brownies are high in sugar, almost half of their volume, and are very bad for you even though they are delicious.
Brownies are high in sugar (almost half of their volume) and are very bad for you even though they are delicious.
Which sentence is not formal?
I am about to go to the lake.
As I was about to leave my teacher stopped me.
My little sis ran up to me.
My little sis ran up to me.
Sis is not a word. So it is slang. Same with "bro"
Name all of the seven dwarfs in Snow White.
Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful, Grumpy
Mrs. Beasley had severe pain in her stomach, even the slightest movement caused acute pain.
Which definition is the closest to the meaning of acute?
a. intense; sharp with respect to effect.
b. sharp with respect to perception or understanding
c. having an end that is pointed.
a. intense; sharp with respect to effect.
Label the adverb in the following sentence.
The students all performed well on the last DA.
Well
Do they want to eat lunch now? Do they want to wait and eat an early dinner?
Do they want to eat lunch now or do they want to eat an early dinner?
Which sentence makes the most sense??
a. For me, the people were made of clay.
b. To my surprise, all of the people were made of clay.
c. Surprised, all off the people were made of clay.
Who was the first man to step foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong