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Enjoy daily warm-up exercises from December 15th to 19th to improve verb identification, creativity, verb principal parts, adverb spotting, and trivia questions. Perfect for learning and having fun before the holiday break!
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December 15th-19th Warm-ups One more week before vacation!
Monday, December 15th 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? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tuesday, December 16th Warm-up Most Superheroes have cool powers. Invisibility, the power of flight, super strength…… Make a list of the most uncool Superheroes, and their very, very uncool super strengths or abilities.
Wednesday, December 17th 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 two verbs from the list below. Write the verb’s four principal parts. Then use each of the parts in a sentence. play wrestle stop rain bake swim
Thursday, December 18th Warm-up Locate the twenty adverbs in these sentences. • He crudely grabbed the paper from her hands. • Yesterday you readily helped with the project. • Michael usually does his work silently. • Alaina meekly asked if he could casually mention the fact. • Cautiously I approached the closed door. • Ashley openly admitted that Austin rashly hit the wall. • Rachel merely said that you acted insanely and cowardly. • She keenly pointed to the guilty man. • Rarely will you see a player exactly like Gary. • Apparently the paper will precisely print the news item. • The players were distributed evenly. • The class members stood rigidly awaiting the results.
Friday, December 19th • 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, Connor 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? • “Katelyn bent over backwards to help.” What was Katelyn doing? • When cats jump, how do they land? (On all fours? One foot at a time? Two feet at a time?)