test0711

Test #7. Name: Date: Period:
Warm Ups: 10/12: ____/8 10/13: ____/8 Crossword: ___/10 Non-Clicker Extra Credit:

Spelling. Do the ones you missed Tuesday.

The ________ seems to be the most difficult form of dance. a) ballay b) balley c) ballet d) baillet e) balay
Will you teach me your painting __________? a) tecnique b) technique c) teqnique d) technic e) techniche
The long hike left us weak with _____. a) fatigue b) fateege c) fateage d) fateegue e) fategue
The young actor was nervous about his _______. a) dabue b) debue c) debut d) debute e) debuy
She is too tall to be called _______. a) pettite b) petite c) petitte d) pitite e) pitete
An ________ boxer does not compete for money. a) amature b) amatuer c) ameture d) amateur e) ameteur
The bride carried a beautiful ________ of flowers. a) boukay b) bouquet c) booquet d) bouket e) bouquay
A ________ will relax those tight muscles. a) message b) masage c) mesage d) massage e) massaj
His _________ chair is hundreds of years old. a) antique b) anteek c) anteeque d) anteque e) anteak
His directions were so ________ --"Go for a little bit, until you see a tree..."--that we got lost. a) vaige b) vauge c) vaugue d) vaigue e) NOTA
Please sit still while I finish your _________ . a) potrate b) portait c) portrait d) portraite e) pourtrait
The bus crawled along the crowded _________. a) boulevard b) boulavard c) boulavarde d) boulevarde e) bolevard.
Heavy rains filled the __________(s), like Lake Nacimiento. a) reservoire b) reserver c) researvoir d) resevoir e) reservoir
The storm blew _______ all over the yard. a) debrit b) debrise c) debrite d) debris e) NOTA
The dress _________ is having a sale. a) boutike b) bootique c) bouteke d) boutique e) NOTA
The view from the ________ is splendid. a) plato b) plateau c) platteau d) plattoe e) platoe
I have a _______ for a $1.99 pizza. a) qupon b) quepon c) coupon d) quopon e) NOTA
The train leaves the ________ at noon. a) depoe b) depote c) deepot d) deepoe e) depot
Our names were engraved on the ________ by the door. a) plack b) plaque c) placque d) placke e) NOTA
Ponyboy had experienced too much to be called innocent or ________. a) naive b) niave c) neive d) nieve e) NOTA
The criminal's actions were caught by the store ________ camera. a) surveilance b) surveillence c) surviellance d) surveillance e) NOTA
It was just a _________ day; nothing special happened. a) rutine b) routine c) routien d) rutiene e) routiene
The singing ________ made beautiful music. a) onsomble b) enemble c) ensamble d) enseamble e) NOTA
The road construction created a ________. a) detoure b) deatour c) deature d) detour e) deatoure
Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
Many rappers "sing" the praises of "bling" and _____ consumption. A. conspicuous B. intricate C. obsolescence D. indolent E. benign
Ponyboy dreamed of a(n) _____ life in the country, away from the furious pace of the city. A. sullen B. inconspicuous C. intricate D. indolent E. unnerve
I tried to be as _______ as possible as I passed the note in class, but Mr. Coward still caught me. A. sullen B. inconspicuous C. intricate D. indolent E. unnerve
The performance was so bad, it was ______ to watch. A. excruciating B. composure C. conspicuous D. obsolete E. benign
disquieting : unnerving :: uncertain : _________ A. obsolete B. tentative C. indolent D. unnerve E. intricate
A sloth leads a very _____ life; sleeping and eating. A. intricate B. indolent C. excruciating D. conspicuous E. obsolete
The tourist stood out because of his ______ cameras and maps. A. sullen B. conspicuous C. excruciating D. indolent E. unnerve
Since he had practiced, when Joe read in front of the class, he had great ______. He was confident and it showed. A. excruciating B. composure C. tentative D. sullen E. benign
painful : excruciating :: obvious : _______ A. sullen B. conspicuous C. excruciating D. indolent E. unnerve
Commas. Skip if exempt.
The town of El Queso Grande, I believe, has a 48 foot wheel of cheese. a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
I was late to class so, I got detention. a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
The sentence in #35 contains an appositive. a) True b) False
A lot of cake was served, during Cindy's wedding. a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
Captain Queso, the chief of police directed traffic during the president's visit. a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
We waited in a long line to climb to the top of the giant wheel of cheese but, it was a disappointment. a) correctly punctuated b) incorrectly punctuated
Training was based on apprenticeship and students learned from older students. a) apprenticeship, b) apprenticeship, and, c) and, d) Ok as is.
Kenny an Australian nurse aroused controversy due to her treatment methods. a) Kenny, nurse, b) Kenny, c) nurse, d) nurse, controversy,
A pastor in Germany began an early nurses' training program Future Nurses. a) Germany, program, b) Germany, c) began, program, d) program,
Husker Du?
advise : ____ :: committee : ____ a) councel/council b) counsel/council c) council/counsel d) counsil/council
Months may pass between rainfalls, but when storms do occur, they may be violent. a) Fragment b) Run-On c) Complete Sentence
The coaches watched each potential player, looking for any natural ______(s) he might have. a) empathy b) disposition c) adherance d) aptitude e) hoard
Holly wasn't exactly scared by the incident the other night, just a little ________. a) chortled b) empathied c) distraught d) disquieted e) chastised
The characters in The Outsiders are so realistic, that we ______(ize) with them and their problems. a) disquiet b) distraught c) chastise d) empathy e) nurture
The part of The Outsiders we are in now would be called the... a) exposition b) inciting incident c) rising action d) foreshadowing e) NOTA
throw : bouquet :: cruise : ______ a) #7 b) #12 c) #18 d) #16 e) NOTA
professional : amateur :: farewell : ____ a) #4 b) #10 c) #11 d) #20 e) #20