Dispatch: 9-18-14 PRACTICE VOCABULARY TEST

Dispatch: 9-18-14 PRACTICE VOCABULARY TEST

Dispatch: 9-18-14 PRACTICE VOCABULARY TEST

(DO NOT WRITE ON THIS TEST!)

PART I (VOCABULARY)--Directions: Take out a sheet of blank paper and number it 1-15. Then, read the following sentence and determine which words from the world bank below fit best in the blanks. Write your answers on your paper. Spell the words correctly and include any necessary endings.

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After writing a/an _1_ about his life as a basketball legend, Michael Jordan began to receive _2_ from all his fans who wanted him to know how much he inspired them to reach their own goals.

Because the physical therapy during his _3_ was so painful, Joseph _4_ (add-ed) that he was fully healed in order to avoid having any more treatments.

Mrs. Smith could tell her students were not _5_ (add-ed) by the new novel she gave them by the way they were _6_ (add-ing) through it instead of carefully reading it.

The President was such a/an _7_ speaker during his speeches that all the students in the speech and debate team wanted to _8_ him so they could also become great speakers.

The little puppy foolishly wandered off into the woods where bears and wolves hunted for food, so it was _9_ that it would soon be _10_ (add-ed) by a hungry beast.

After having a long _11_ in which they argued the advantages and disadvantages of breaking away from England, the American colonists agreed to declare their independence and had Thomas Jefferson write the official Declaration of Independence on a piece of _12_.

Knowing what he was doing was illegal, the _13_ _14_ (add-ed) the area around him for the presence of cops at five minute _15_ (add-s) to avoid getting busted for selling counterfeit musical CDs.

Dispatch: 9-18-14 PRACTICE VOCABULARY TEST

(DO NOT WRITE ON THIS TEST!)

PART I (VOCABULARY)--Directions: Take out a sheet of blank paper and number it 1-15. Then, read the following sentence and determine which words from the world bank below fit best in the blanks. Write your answers on your paper. Spell the words correctly and include any necessary endings.

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assess debate feign engross articulate interval inevitable parchment

After writing a/an _1_ about his life as a basketball legend, Michael Jordan began to receive _2_ from all his fans who wanted him to know how much he inspired them to reach their own goals.

Because the physical therapy during his _3_ was so painful, Joseph _4_ (add-ed) that he was fully healed in order to avoid having any more treatments.

Mrs. Smith could tell her students were not _5_ (add-ed) by the new novel she gave them by the way they were _6_ (add-ing) through it instead of carefully reading it.

The President was such a/an _7_ speaker during his speeches that all the students in the speech and debate team wanted to _8_ him so they could also become great speakers.

The little puppy foolishly wandered off into the woods where bears and wolves hunted for food, so it was _9_ that it would soon be _10_ (add-ed) by a hungry beast.

After having a long _11_ in which they argued the advantages and disadvantages of breaking away from England, the American colonists agreed to declare their independence and had Thomas Jefferson write the official Declaration of Independence on a piece of _12_.

Knowing what he was doing was illegal, the _13_ _14_ (add-ed) the area around him for the presence of cops at five minute _15_ (add-s) to avoid getting busted for selling counterfeit musical CDs.