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Week 2 Warm-ups

Practice locating verbs in sentences and identifying their principal parts. Also includes exercises on adverbs, word creation, and general knowledge questions.

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Week 2 Warm-ups

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  1. Week 2 Warm-ups December 13th-17th

  2. Monday, December 13th Warm-ups 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. • The man watered his flowers every morning. • Happiness has its many pleasures. • Eventually Eddie enlisted in the army. • 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. • 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? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

  3. Tuesday, December 14th Warm-up Locate the twenty adverbs in these sentences. • 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.

  4. Wednesday, December 15th Warm-up 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.)

  5. Thursday, December 16th Warm-up Principal Parts A verb has four principal parts: present, present participle, past, and past participle. PRESENT: walk PRESENT PARTICIPLE: is/am/are walking PAST: walked PAST PARTICPLE: has/have/had walked Choose three verbs from the list below. Write the verb’s four principal parts. play wrestle stop rain bake sit EXAMPLE: Present: eat Present Participle: is eating Past: ate Past participle: had eaten

  6. Friday, December 17th Warm-up • 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?)

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