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Date:________ Start Time:________ End Time:______ Vocabulary Score: ____/14 INDEX: Grammar Score: ____/14 A. Vocabulary – Definitions – (#1-8) Use the hints and the word bank to complete the crossword puzzle. Spelling - Write six sentences using the correct form of They’re, There, and Their: use each form two times. 9.___________________________________________________________________________

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WORD BANK Phonograph Inquisitiveness Incompetent Patent

Phosphorous Pursuing Stock-ticker Devoted

Across 1. An invention protected by a

grant

3. A machine that automatically

prints stocks on a ticket

6. Always questioning and

curious

Down 1. To strive to gain or

accomplish

2. Being very loyal to something

or someone

4. A machine that reproduces

sound

5. Chemical element in the

periodic table that has the

symbol P

7. Being unskillful

Grade – 6

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INDEX: B. Grammar – Figurative Language - Unscramble the tiles to reveal a message. Use the blank tiles as workspace. Then decide what type of figurative language is being used: Allusion, Metaphor, or Personification.

Her stomach growled Figurative Language: Personification

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V 9. Figurative Language:

____________________________________ Parts of Speech - Circle what parts of speech should be used to fill in the blanks. 10. Sometimes it is very easy to make a ____.

a) noun b)adjective c)verb

11. If you find yourself late on a payment, ____ the company immediately.

a) noun b)adjective c)verb

12. The adults ____ it hard to show how they are feeling towards each other.

a) noun b)adjective c)verb

13. The animal control tried to ____ the stray dog.

a) noun b)adjective c)verb

14. The president of the company received a ___ vote of assurance.

a) noun b)adjective c)verb

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AS A TTY SUN AS

SET IS

PRE SHE

BEA LIF CH IS E A

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