2. Good Morning! Write in your agenda that you have a test tomorrow! Read quietly at your desk until the bell rings.

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5. Ask the teacher to come cross off two answers.

6. Quietly ask another group for help.

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8.  A. work together A. work together  C. eat C. eat  B. score B. score  D. run D. run Everyone on the team needs to cooperate in order to play a good game. What does cooperate mean?

9. Back to Board  A. Work Together

10.  A. hid A. hid  C. ate C. ate  B. cooked B. cooked  D. roared D. roared The hungry bear devoured all the berries. What does devoured mean?

11. Back to Board C. ate

12.  A. muted A. muted  C. colored C. colored  B. polished B. polished  D. clouded D. clouded The servant burnished the silver vase, rubbing hard to bring back the shine. What does burnished mean?

13. Back to Board B. polished

14.  A. unreal A. unreal  C. correct C. correct  B. realistic B. realistic  D. funny D. funny The unsubstantial story was as if she were retelling a dream. What does unsubstantial mean?

15. Back to Board A. unreal

16.  A. king A. king  C. sister C. sister  B. lucky B. lucky  D. receiver D. receiver I was the recipient of a beautiful bouquet of roses. What does recipient mean?

17. Back to Board D. Recipient

18.  A. terrible A. terrible  C. unoriginal C. unoriginal  B. original B. original  D. smelly D. smelly Most people thought that Jay’s newspaper column was trite, but I thought it was really original.

19. Back to Board C. Unoriginal

20.  A. swam A. swam  C. ran C. ran  B. walked tiredly B. walked tiredly  D. jumped D. jumped Matt trudged through the mud and rain to get home from school.

21. Back to Board B. Walked tiredly

22.  A. shoved A. shoved  C. teased C. teased  B. flipped B. flipped  D. colored D. colored The boy taunted the puppy by holding the treat in front of his nose. What does taunted mean?

23. Back to Board C. teased

24.  A. chair A. chair  D. bed-like furniture D. bed-like furniture Instead of climbing into bed, she decided to take a nap on the chaise. What does chaise mean?  C. sleeping bag C. sleeping bag  B. floor B. floor

25. Back to Board D. bed-like furniture

26. The hypothetical version of the story was far from what really occurred. In this sentence, the word hypothetical means  A. funny A. funny  C. actual C. actual  D. real D. real  B. made up / uncertain B. made up / uncertain

27. Back to Board B. Made up / uncertain

28.  A. bitter A. bitter The lemon had an acrid taste, unlike the chocolate chip cookie that I had for lunch. In this sentence, the word acrid means  C. sweet C. sweet  B. delicious B. delicious  D. toxic D. toxic

29. Back to Board A. bitter

30.  B. weakening B. weakening Debilitating illnesses include Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis. In this sentence, the word debilitating means  A. happy A. happy  C. strengthening C. strengthening  D. energizing D. energizing

31. Back to Board B. Weakening

32.  C. not tolerable C. not tolerable Scott could not be quiet in class. His behavior was obnoxious, not tolerable.  A. kind A. kind  B. tolerable B. tolerable  D. nice D. nice

33. Back to Board C. Not tolerable

34.  D. bother D. bother Amanda was a nuisance, a pest, in class.  A. smart A. smart  C. student C. student  B. nurse B. nurse

35. Back to Board D. bother

36.  A. unbelievable A. unbelievable It is implausible that there is life on Venus. The idea that there might be life on Mars is also unlikely.  B. not able to clap B. not able to clap  D. true D. true  C. not able to pause C. not able to pause

37. A. unbelievable

38.  A. Your own words A. Your own words Which is the best definition of a summary ?  B. the details that B. the details that support the main idea  D. the first sentence of D. the first sentence of a paragraph  C. A shortened version C. A shortened version of the text

39. C. a shortened version of the text

40.  A. to tell the topic A. to tell the topic What does it mean to paraphrase something?  B. putting the information B. putting the information in your own words  D. to list details D. to list details that support the main idea  C. to tell the main idea C. to tell the main idea

41. B. putting the information in your own words

42.  A. I’m on vacation. A. I’m on vacation. What is the best way to paraphrase this sentence: “I am at the Virginia beach with my relatives.”  B. I’m hanging out with B. I’m hanging out with my family.  D. My family and I are on D. My family and I are on a trip to the ocean.  C. The beach is a good place C. The beach is a good place to go with your relatives.

43.  D. My family and I are on a trip to the ocean.

44.  A. The jewelry had not A. The jewelry had not been worn before. What is the best way to paraphrase this sentence: “The bracelet was brand new.  B. The bracelet was new. B. The bracelet was new.  D. Brand new things are D. Brand new things are fun.  C. I bought a new bracelet. C. I bought a new bracelet.

45.  A. The jewelry had not been worn before.

46.  A. when O’Neill fell 100 feet A. when O’Neill fell 100 feet Kitty O'Neil wanted to become a stunt person. She performed incredible stunts, such as 100-foot falls. O'Neill has been deaf since birth. She says she can concentrate better than most people who can hear. She is not bothered by the sounds around her. What is the main idea of this passage?  B. how O'Neill's disability B. how O'Neill's disability has helped her career  D. how to become a D. how to become a stunt person  C. how long O’Neill has been C. how long O’Neill has been deaf

47.  B. how O'Neill's disability has helped her career

48.  A. how cows are used in A. how cows are used in India Many people in India don't eat beef, but they still find many uses for cattle. Cows provide milk for drinking and for other dairy products. Young cattle are used for plowing fields and carrying big loads. What is the main idea of this passage?  B. which cows plow fields B. which cows plow fields  D. what milk is used for D. what milk is used for  C. where some people do C. where some people do not eat beef

49.  A. how cows are used in India

50.  A. how garlic kills A. how garlic kills harmful bacteria Garlic is one of the ingredients that makes pasta sauce taste so good. Now doctors think garlic has healing powers, too. Early tests show that it can kill harmful germs. Garlic also has been found to have a good effect on the blood. Doctors think it can help protect people against heart disease. What is the main idea of this passage?  B. how garlic affects B. how garlic affects the blood  D. how garlic can help D. how garlic can help keep people healthy  C. what goes into pasta C. what goes into pasta sauce

51.  D. how garlic can help keep people healthy

52. How long do you plan to study tonight? What materials are you going to study? Use this time to silently study by reviewing notes and activities.