WW Lesson 1
WW Lesson 2
WW Lesson 3
Grammar
Grammar
100
After slipping to third place during a _____________ season of ups and downs, the Red Sox were ____________ enough to ultimately regain first place.
turbulent resilient
100
Ella ran her tongue _________over the spot where her wisdom tooth had been extracted, but it was so painful that she still ___________.
gingerly grimaced
100
Since the teacher realized that she needed more time to truly ____________ the information into her students' minds, she decided to __________ the day's lesson.
instill modify
100
What are the questions an adverb answers AND what 3 parts of speech does it modify?
-how, when, where, to what extent or in what way -verb, adjective or other adverb
100
What questions does an adjective answer and what 2 parts of speech does it modify?
-which one, what kind, how much, how many -nouns and pronouns
200
After the girl felt __________ by her brother's _______________ jokes that made fun of her brain injury, she _________ his request to help him with his homework.
demeaned despicable rebuff
200
The police chief ______________ that one of his employees had had stolen the money, but he _____________ to find more evidence to _________________ his hunch.
surmised endeavored corroborate
200
The antagonist used ___________ to trap the protagonist in a high tower; the main character realized it was __________ that she _____________ herself quickly before any more harm came to her.
guile imperative extricate
200
Define pronoun and antecedent and give an example.
A pronoun takes the place of a noun. The antecedent is the noun that the pronoun replaces. Jack(antecedent) ran home. He (pronoun) was late.
200
1. What does a prepositional phrase ALWAYS begin with and end with and what will it NEVER have in it? 2. So what is the subject in this sentence? All of the girls are happy.
1. It starts with a preposition and ends with a noun. 2. It will never have a subject or a verb in it. 3. The subject is the pronoun "all."
300
The Bubonic Plague, which _____________ England during the 1300s', caused the sufferers to experience ____________ pain; many _____________ were forced to close down their shops.
pervaded excruciating proprietors
300
The young girl, _________ in her favorite party gown, felt so ______________ all day by the idea of attending the party, that she forgot to eat and drink; later she fainted out of hunger and ______________.
clad electrified dehydration
300
The science fiction _____________ was filled with the most famous stories of that genre. The authors spanned 3 different ____________________, and some were known while others were _________________. The motifs of robots and aliens were _______________ in most of the stories.
anthology generations anonymous prevalent
300
What is the definition of a subject that I have asked you to learn this year AND what is a trick to see if a word is a noun?
-The subject is the noun or pronoun that does the action. -You can check to see if a word is a noun by putting an article (a, an, the) before it or a possessive pronoun (his, her, their).
300
1. What are the 3 kinds of verbs and define them. 2. Identify each type in the sentence below. Jack has been running around the block for an hour; he is tired.
1. Action shows an action, linking shows a state of being, and helping helps another verb. 2. Has been = helping Running = action Is = linking
400
When a woman was finally ________________ as the first president of the corporation, many who looked up to her were __________ to give congratulatory speeches; they promised they would keep them _________.
inaugurated avid concise
400
Provide the two parts of the definition of cursory, the 2 definitions of succumb, and the 2 definitions of abrasive/abrasion.
-Cursory is done quickly AND with little attention to detail -Succumb means to give into someone and to die -Abrasion can be a physical scrape and abrasive can be a rough personality
400
The woman usually had such a calm _____________. We ______________ that her ______________ decision to jump up from the table and run around frantically must have been caused by a reaction that _________ whenever she accidentally eats pepper.
disposition conjectured spontaneous recurs
400
1. Define clause (what 2 parts of speech must every clause have?) 2. What are the two types of clauses. 3. What is the difference between the clauses?
1. Every clause has its own subject and verb 2. Independent and Dependent 3. Independent stands on its own as a sentence and dependent is a fragment that needs another clause.
400
Identify every part of speech in the sentence below. (Do not forget to identify the subject(s) in every clause.) Jan has bought an adorable kitten; she adores it.
Jan = subject (noun) has = helping verb bought = action verb an = article adorable =adjective kitten = noun she = subject (pronoun) adores = action verb it =pronoun
500
In 1 sentence, use the following words correctly in a way that shows the meaning and correct usage: brusque, evoke, pseudonym,
Answers will vary. One example: When we surprised the author on the street and asked her why she used as pseudonym to disguise her identity, we evoked a brusque response from her; she answered that she did not enjoy being asked questions by strangers on the street!
500
Give the definition of derive, gruesome, and simulate AND give the 3 uses of inventory.
-Derive = to get from a source (derive the answer from the book or derive joy from basketball) -gruesome = gory/causing shock or horror -simulate = copy/fake -inventory = to make a list of goods, the list of goods, the goods themselves
500
Give two definitions for the word pivot AND then tell which word from lesson 3 is a close synonym to pivotal. Also, define encompass.
-Pivot means to turn on one foot (or pivot) or it means the rod on which something turns (like a door). -Pivotal means imperative (important) -Encompass means to surround or enclose
500
Tell the three types of conjunctions, define all three, and give examples.
1. Coordinating join sentence parts that are the same and work alone (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) 2. Correlatives join sentence parts that are the same and work in pairs (relatives) (either...or, not only...but also, both...and, whether...or, neither...nor) 3. Subordinating conjunctions start dependent clauses and turn an independent clause into a dependent clause (after, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since).
500
Identify all of the nouns in the following sentence. Sally, my favorite aunt, buys her dogs cute clothing from the shop in the mall; she is a loving owner.
Sally =sub aunt = app dogs =IO clothing = DO shop =Op mall = OP owner = PN
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