Week 7 Homophones

This week's challenge is homophones. Which word correctly completes each sentence. This activity is worth .2X12= 2.4 bonus points.
1.I'm not sure which (pair / pear) of shoes to wear for the wedding.
2. Do you know why she has (scene / seen) that movie five times?
3. If you (wait / weight) ten minutes, I'll go with you.
4. Be careful when driving in wooded areas because you could hit a (dear / deer).
5. Sometimes I can't (here / hear) people when they call me on their cellphones.
6. That (meet / meat) will spoil if you leave it out too long.
7. When you (sea / see) the second gas station, turn left at the next stop sign.
8. With my (fair / fare) skin, I have to be careful in the sun or I'll burn.
9. During the summer, many people walk around in (bear / bare) feet.
10. It was such a disappointment when my pen wouldn't (write / right) and Tom Welling was just about to give me an autograph.
11. (Where / Wear) your most comfortable clothes during the long car ride.
12. You have just finished the (whole / hole) bonus activity for Week 7.

Week 6's Answers

Thanks to the 29 participants. The majority of you did a fantastic job. Antecedents must be pretty easy.

1. ride

2. toddler

3. band

4. soda

5. Sophia

6. Mara

7. Charles

8. Mary and Meghan

9. family

10. tiger

WEEK 6 ANTECEDENTS

Antecedents are the words that the pronouns refer to in a sentence. Read each sentence and identify the antecedents for each underlined pronoun. This activity is worth .25 X 10= 2.5 bonus points.

1.The ride was broken so it was shut down for the day.

2. After eating his cotton candy, the toddler's hands were a sticky mess.

3. As the band played, they threw out free t-shirts to the fans.

4. Because the soda cost three dollars for a small drink, Max chose not to buy it.

5. While playing the dart throwing game, Sophia popped the balloon and won herself a stuffed dog.

6. During the bumper car ride, Mara got hit so badly she had a headache for the rest of the day.

7. With the spinning ride coming to a stop, Charles knew he was going to be sick.

8. In the Funhouse, Mary and Meghan got lost in the maze of mirrors and it took them thirty minutes to find their way out.

9. At the end of the day, the family was sweaty, exhausted, and broke from their long day at the park.

10. Jenny was excited she won a giant white tiger, but she had no idea how it would fit in her car.

WEEK 5'S ANSWERS

Thanks to the 29 participants this last week. We even had a couple of new participants. I hope everyone's summer is going well. The answers to the plurals can be found below.

1. glasses

2. teeth

3. deer

4. words

5. data

6. potatoes

7. matches

8. sheep

9. flies

10. selves

11. lunches

12. parties

13. information

14. dice

15. runways

16. cloths or clothes

17. loaves

18. people but sometimes persons

19. feet

20. berries

Week 5's Activity

This week we have some practice with plurals. I will give you the singular form of a word and you will give me the plural. Spelling must be correct in order to receive credit. Also, please don't look the answers up. Try to do it on your own. Thanks!

There are 2 bonus points possible. Each is worth .1 of a point.

1. glass

2. tooth

3. deer

4. word

5. datum

6. potato

7. match

8. sheep

9. fly

10. self

11. lunch

12. party

13. information

14. die

15. runway

16. cloth

17. loaf

18. person

19. foot

20. berry

Week 4 Answers

Well another week gone. Summer seems to be slipping away. This week we had 26 participants. The answers were as follows.

1. Toy Story = Italics
2. Tom and Jerry = Italics
3. Far Away = Quotes
4. Sunday Afternoon ....= Italics
5. The Road Not Taken = Quotes
6. The Great Sadness = Quotes
7. Thriller = Quotes
8. The Raven = Quotes
9. Elf = Italics
10.Live at Madison Square Garden = Italics
11. You are My Sunshine = Quotes
12. The Love Boat = Italics

Point Correction

It has been brought to my attention that last week's activity was worth 2.5 bonus points and not 2. Therefore, if you earned 2 points you really earned 2.5 points. Otherwise, take the number you got right times .25 and you will have your correct total. If you are confused, please feel free to e-mail me and I will tell you your new total.

Week 4 - Italics and Quotations

We had the biggest number of participators so far. Thanks to the 29 who did last week's sentence type activity.



As for this week's, I must apologize for the delay in posting this week's activity. I am remodeling a room and the holiday interrupted my plans to jump online and post. Therefore, although it is a day late, here it is. This week, you will need to tell whether the underlined title needs to be italicized or put in quotes. Remember big works are italicized and little works are put in quotes. All together the activity is worth 2.4 points with each question being worth .2.



1. One of my favorite Pixar movies is Toy Story.

2. A cartoon that always makes me laugh is Tom and Jerry.

3. I've listened to the song Far Away by Nickelback at least a hundred times.

4. The painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte amazes me everytime I look at it.

5. In life, I try to live by the message of Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken.

6. Long chapters are common in the book The Shack with The Great Sadness being one of the longest.

7. With Michael Jackson's death, his most famous songs, like Thriller, will never be forgotten.

8. Whenever I hear or read the poem The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, I think of Halloween.

9. At Christmas time, I love to laugh and watch the movie Elf with Will Ferrell.

10. Since Michael Buble is one of my favorite singers, I should want to buy his new album Live at Madison Square Garden but I'm not since all of the songs I already own.

11. As a child and an adult, I like the song You are my Sunshine.

12. When I was a little girl, I wanted to be on the TV show The Love Boat, because I always wanted to take a cruise.



Good luck!

Week 2 and 3 Answers

Week 2:
1. bees = S flew = P
2. boys and girls = S splashed = P
3. roller coaster = S can be = P
4. Disney World = S is = P
5. fireworks = S explode = P
6. Bike riding and swimming = S are = P
7. America's Got Talent = S starts = P
8. students = S read = P
9. Beaches and waterparks = S fill = P
10. flip flops and sandals = S keep = P

Week 3:
1. Declarative
2. Imperative
3. Declarative
4. Interrogative
5. Exclamatory
6. Interrogative
7. Declarative
8. Imperative
9. Exclamatory
10. Imperative