Spelling Pretest #2 - Roots
In your notebook, write the correct spelling of each boldfaced, underlined word. Some are already correct, most are not. Also be on the lookout for any other mechanical mistakes to fix for extra credit.

1. Which composer wrote that  symfoney?
2. Please speak into the micraphone  so we can hear you.
3. Old phonagraf  records can sometimes be valuble.
4. The dancers studied the choreography  for the recital.
5. He claims to have Babe Ruth's autagraph .
6. Most people call an automobile  a car.
7. May I use your telafone to call home?
8. His reports bibleography  listed six sources.
9. Look up the fonetic  spelling of that word. I want to see how its pronounced.
10. We studied the major river in Geography .
11. I used special film to take that photagraf .
12. The grafix on his web page were cool.
13. A paragraph should only deal with one topic.
14. The burgler tripped the autamatic alarm.
15. In the "Old West", people often sent messages by telagraph .
16. Each award certificate was written in  caligraphy.
17. My autobiography  covers the first ten years of my life.
18. Which band instrament  do you play?
19. He is a musiscian  in the band.
20. The audience  was very respectful of the performers.
21. There was an intermision  between the two acts of the play.
22. What a preformance  the singer gave!
23. When the whole class talks at once, the result is a cacophony  of sounds.
24. The police officer used a megaphone  so the crowd could hear him.
25. We studied fonix  when we learned to read.

phon = __________  auto = _______ graph = ________  tele = _______ photo = ______
geo = _______  inter = _______ micro = _________ mega = ________ biblio =_______
Vocabulary: First, look up the words below, and write the definition and the part-of-speech (POS) for each in your notebook. Then fill in the blanks below with the correct words. New sentences of your own are extra credit. Due Wednesday.
aloof, elite, dumbfounded, ornery, rarity, contemptuous, roguish, gallant, foreshadow, stereotype
1. He wasn’t unfriendly, just a little __________.
2. The soldiers __________(ly) rode into battle to defend their homes.
3. The small children were getting a bit _________ and needed a time-out.
4. He looked at the criminal _______________(ly). This guy deserved any punishment he got.
5. Sometimes an author will _______________ what will happen next.
6. I was ______________ when we found the treasure. I was speechless with surprise.
7. He thinks he is part of an ________ group of people who are "better" that the rest of us.
8. Dally seems like the _____________ of a greaser. Pony doesn't seem like the type.
9. "Dally grinned ____________(ly), 'I'm never nice.'"
10. Pony says that, in his neighborhood, a kid who doesn't drink at least once in a while is a ____________.