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The dog wanted to go outside.

to go, direct object

100

acme

the highest point

100

The teacher was waiting. She was glaring at the talking students. 

Glaring a the talking students, the teacher was waiting. 

100

Which character in Romeo and Juliet is the accepted foil to Romeo?

Mercutio

100

Shakespeare wrote in...

Early Modern English

200

The man playing the tuba is loud.

Playing the tuba, adjective

200

cryptic

puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

200

The cat caught the spider. The cat was climbing up the curtain.

Climbing up the curtain, the cat caught the spider.

200

What character in The Pearl initially refused to help Coyotito but changes his mind when he thinks the family has become rich. 

The Doctor

200

Most French words were introduced to English following the....

Norman Conquest

300
The girl's crying is annoying.

The girl's crying,noun/subject

300

facetious

humorous, not meant seriously

300

The student passed the exam. They were trying no to cry.

Trying not to cry, the student passed the exam. 

300

In what building was the Secret Annex?

Otto Frank's business

300

American English spelling differences are largely due to which man who wrote the first "American" dictionary?

Noah Webster

400

It is difficult to understand a new lanugage.

to understand, adverb

400

pithy

short but full of meaning

400
Mary Ann was very sick. She had eaten a gallon of ice cream.

Having eaten a gallon of ice cream, Mary Ann was very sick

400

Name the character in Romeo in Juilet who says, "Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou art./Thy tears womanish..."

Friar Lawrence

400

The Old English "Thorn" þ, represented what sound?

th

500
The students are eager to start summer break. 

to start, adverb

500

oblique

slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

500

Alex stopped liking Taco Bell. He had eaten tacos in Mexico. 

Heaving eaten tacos in Mexico, Alex stopped liking Taco Bell. 

500

What does Queen Mab give to lovers?

Dreams of Love

500

Translate the Old English to Modern English :Fæder ure
þu þe eart on heofonum, 

Our father, who(which) are in heaven