Transcript Week 2 Warm-ups - North Bend Middle School
W EEK 2 W ARM UPS December 13 th -17 th
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Locate the verb in each of these sentences. Then, using the first letter of each verb, find the answer to the question at the bottom of the slide.
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The man watered his flowers every morning.
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Happiness has its many pleasures.
Eventually Eddie enlisted in the army.
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Neither a borrower nor a lender needs additional advice.
A cat inched its way toward the mouse.
These creatures terrified the smaller rodent.
Many players intimidate their opponents before the game.
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Our coach shuffled the players in and out of the game.
The humorous teacher added the numbers on the blackboard.
Joseph justified his actions to the committee members.
She answered the questions on the difficult examination.
Mary replied quite readily.
WHEN IS A DOOR NOT A DOOR? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Locate the twenty adverbs in these sentences.
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He crudely grabbed the paper from Jami’s hands.
Yesterday Dusty readily helped with the project.
Raina usually does her work silently.
David meekly asked if he could casually mention the fact.
Cautiously Taylor approached the closed door.
Dancia openly admitted that Mason rashly hit the wall.
Felecia merely said that he acted insanely and cowardly.
Strider keenly pointed to the guilty man.
Rarely will you see a player exactly like Steven.
Apparently the paper will precisely print the news item.
The players were distributed evenly.
The class members stood rigidly awaiting the results.
W
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Advisory day today, so a short warm-up…
How many words can you make from the word
CHRISTMAS
Reminder: All words must be three letters long or longer! And—no names! (Ex. shirt, trim, sat, etc.)
T HURSDAY , D ECEMBER 16 TH W ARM UP Principal Parts
A verb has four principal parts: present , present participle , past , and past participle .
PRESENT: PRESENT PARTICIPLE: PAST: PAST PARTICPLE: walk is/am/are walking walked has/have/had walked Choose three verbs from the list below. Write the verb’s four principal parts. play wrestle
EXAMPLE: Present: eat Past: ate
stop rain bake sit
Present Participle: is eating Past participle: had eaten
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Does Greenland belong to Canada, Denmark or the United Kingdom?
What invention helped Martin Luther to spread his ideas?
What is a “silent letter”?
What did Sophocles, Aeschylus and Aristophanes have in common?
On a history test, Jared got 19 out of 20 questions right. What is his score percentage?
What is melted rock deep in the earth called?
What city is the capital of India?
The Stone Age had the largest, most dangerous dinosaurs. True or false?
“Jacob bent over backwards to help.” What was Jacob doing?
When cats jump, how do they land? (On all fours? One foot at a time? Two feet at a time?)