Josh's Warm Up 5

What is the verb?

100

The used car was starting to break down.

Was starting

Used=?, To break=?

*Break down means stop working.

200

Studying English helps her to understand her boss better.

Helps

Studying=?, To understand=?

300

He bought the book required for his writing class.

Bought

Required=?, Writing=?

400

He had fallen from the broken ladder while painting.

Had fallen

Broken=?, Painting=?

500

Surprisingly, the challenging game even interested the bored students enough to keep them amused.

Interested

Surprisingly=?, Challenging=?, Bored=?, To keep=?, Amused=?

What am I?

100

Noun: An area of very dry land that is usually covered with sand and is very hot

A desert

200

Noun: an unpleasant emotion caused by being aware of danger

Fear

300

Noun: a child's toy in the form of a baby or small person

A doll

400

Noun: an opinion or suggestion about what someone should do

Advice

500

Noun:  the course or path on which something is moving or pointing

or

a statement that tells a person what to do and how to do it: an order or instruction

Direction(s)

What verb tense?

100

Josh (hurt) his back while he (move) furniture last weekend.

Hurt, Was moving

200

She (be) exhausted because she (be) awake since 3 a.m.

Is, Has been

300

The last time I (go) to the doctor's office, I (spend) 45 minutes waiting to be seen!

Went, Spent

400

I (take) my car to the garage three times and they still (no fix) my car!

Have taken, Haven't fixed

500

Josh (retire) from teaching because we (learn) everything there is to know!

Is retiring, Have learned

Numbers

100

You are paid fifty cents for every call you make. On Monday, you make six calls. On Wednesday, you make twelve calls. On Friday, you make seven calls. How much money did you make this week?

Twelve dollars and fifty cents.

6+12+7=25

25 x.50= 12.50

200

You are paid ten dollars an hour. You work thirty hours a week. How much money do you make in a month?
(Don't worry about taxes)

One thousand two hundred dollars per month.

10 x30=300

300 x4=1200

300

You and three friends go to dinner. You each order a large soda. A large soda costs one dollar. You order two medium pizzas for the whole group. Each pizza costs thirteen dollars. You decide to split the cost of dinner. How much does each person have to pay?

Seven dollars and fifty cents

4 x $1.00=4.00, 2 x $13.00=26.00

$26.00 + $4.00=$30.00, $30.00 / 4=$7.50

400

You go shopping for clothes. You buy one pair of jeans for eighteen dollars. You also buy two shirts. Each shirt costs fourteen dollars. There is a ten percent tax on clothes. How much is the total cost?

Fifty dollars and sixty cents.

$18+$14+$14=$46

10% of $46 is $4.60

$46+$4.60=$50.60

500

If A equals five, B equals ten, and C equals twenty, what does D equal in the problem below:

A plus D equals C minus B

D equals five also!

5+5=20-10

Articles(A, An, The, or None)

100

There isn't (A) wireless network here, so we can't connect to (B) internet.

(A) A

(B) The

200

Please look at (A) page eight in (B) book for (C) example.

(A) None

(B) The

(C) An

300

Her son is going to (A) University of Virginia to study (B) Art.

(A) The

(B) None

400

(A) teacher gave us (B) hour to study (C) information before (D) test.

(A) The

(B) An

(C) The

(D) The

500

(A) advice (B) teacher gave me was to read (C) article from (D) Washington Post every day.

(A) The (or some)

(B) The

(C) An

(D) The