Spelling Pretest #4  -- In your notebook, write the correct spelling of each boldfaced, underlined word, then click. Also be on the lookout for any other mechanical mistakes to fix for extra credit; there are several. Theme? __________________

1. The ________ seems to be the most difficult form of dance.  a) ballay  b) balley  c) ballet  d) baillet  e) balay
2. Will you teach me your painting __________?  a) tecnique  b) technique  c) teqnique  d) technic  e) techniche
3. The long hike left us weak with _____.  a) fatigue  b) fateege  c) fateage  d) fateegue  e) fategue
4. The young actor was nervous about his _______.  a) dabue  b) debue  c) debut  d) debute  e) debuy
5. She is too tall to be called _______.  a) pettite  b) petite  c) petitte d) pitite  e) pitete
6. An ________ boxer does not compete for money.  a) amature  b) amatuer  c) ameture  d) amateur  e) ameteur
7. The bride carried a beautiful ________ of  flowers.  a) boukay  b) bouquet  c) booquet  d) bouket  e) bouquay
8. A ________ will relax those tight mussels.   a) message  b) masage  c) mesage  d) massage  e) massaj
9. His _________ chair is hundreds of years old. a) antique  b) anteek  c) anteeque  d) anteque  e) anteak
10. His directions were so ________ --"Go for a little bit, untill you see a tree..."--that we got lost.  a) vaige  b) vauge  c) vaugue  d) vaigue  e) NOTA
11. Please sit still while I finish your _________ .  a) potrate  b) portait  c) portrait  d) portraite  e) pourtrait
12. The bus crawled along the crowded _________.  a) boulevard  b) boulavard  c) boulavarde  d) boulevarde  e) bolevard.
13. Heavy rains filled the __________(s), like Lake Nacimiento.  a) reservoire  b) reserver  c) researvoir  d) resevoir  e) reservoir
14. The storm blew _______ all over the yard.  a) debrit  b) debrise  c) debrite  d) debris  e) NOTA
15. The dress _________ is having a sale. a) boutike  b) bootique  c) bouteke  d) boutique  e) NOTA
16. The view from the ________ is splendid.  a) plato  b) plateau  c) platteau  d) plattoe  e) platoe
17. I have a _______ for a $1.99 pizza. a) qupon  b)  quepon  c) coupon  d) quopon  e) NOTA
18. The train leaves the ________ at noon.  a) depoe  b) depote  c) deepot  d) deepoe  e) depot
19. Our names were engraved on the ________ by the door.  a) plack  b) plaque  c) placque  d) placke  e) NOTA
20. Ponyboy had experienced too much to be called innocent or ________.  a) naive  b) niave  c) neive  d) nieve  e) NOTA
21. The criminal's actions were caught by the store ________ camera.  a) surveilance  b) surveillence  c) surviellance  d) surveillance  e) NOTA
22. It was just a _________ day nothing special hapenned.  a) rutine  b) routine  c) routien  d) rutiene  e) routiene
23. The singing ________ made beautiful music.  a) onsomble  b) enemble  c) ensamble  d) enseamble  e) NOTA
24. The road construction created a ________.  a) detoure  b) deatour  c)  deature  d) detour  e) deatoure

Vocabulary  -  intrigue, palpable, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, transgression, aghast, ebb, nondescript, enhance, supplementary

1. After a while, her anger had ________(ed), and I was able to talk to her. POS:____ Synonym:______________
2. The little boy tried to ____________ another favor out of his mom by doing that "cute face." POS:_____ Synonym:___________________
3. The detective __________(ed) through the evidence to find the important clues.  POS:_____ Synonym:___________________
4. He was ___________(ed) by some of the habits the criminal had. He would have to look more closely.  POS:_____ Synonym:___________________
5. In his classroom, the least ___________ is met with serious consequences. POS:_____ Synonym:___________________
6. By definition, a ghost or spirit is NOT ____________.  POS:_____ Synonym:___________________
7. Ponyboy was ____________ about appearing in juvenile court.  POS:_____ Synonym:___________________
8. "Work?" Two-Bit said,  __________. And ruin my rep?"   POS:_____ Synonym:___________________
9. Because we needed extra practice, we did the ____________ exercises in our math books.  POS:_____ Synonym:___________________
10. Both his clothing and his manner were rather __________. He was easy to lose in a crowd.  POS:_____ Synonym:_________________
11. The dinner was really _________ by the sparkling conversation.  POS:_____ Synonym:________________