Getting Ready for IGC Project II

Review and Quiz

You may use your vocabulary charts and any notes.

Work independently.

Multiple Choice

Both Persepolis and Funny in Farsi are autobiographical, nonfiction memoires written by women.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The authors of each story were born in Iraq.

• true

• false

Fill in the Blank

Both women were born in ______, ____. (city, country)

,

Multiple Choice

As children, both authors moved to another country where they attended school.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Religion doesn't play a part of either memoir.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Both authors have Muslim backgrounds.

• true

• false

Knowing vocabulary will help you comprehend what you read.

Vocabulary

Knowing parts of speech will help you with revising and editing.

Parts of Speech

Let's review POS and vocabulary

Matching

• an abrupt word or phrase like Stop!

• describes or modifies a noun

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that joins

• a word that replaces a noun

• a word that modifies a verb, adjective ,or adverb

• an action word or state of being

• a word that conects or shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun

Meaning

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

• pronoun

• preposition

• conjunction

• interjection

POS

Open Ended

Give an example of an interjection.

Open Ended

Give an example of a noun.

Open Ended

Give an example of a verb.

Open Ended

Give an example of a conjunction.

Open Ended

Give an example of a preposition.

Open Ended

Give an example of a pronoun.

Open Ended

Give an example of an adverb.

Open Ended

Give an example of an adjective.

• shows most

• adds -est

• or uses most

• EX: prettiest, most beautiful

Superlative

• shows more

• adds -er

• or uses the word more

• EX: prettier, more beautiful

Comparative

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Multiple Choice

Who has __________________ story in our class?

• the most interesting
• more interesting
• interesting
• the more interesting

Multiple Choice

Ahren ___________ than Liam. 

• strong
• is strong
• is stronger than
• has stronger than

Multiple Choice

January is ....... than May.

• cold
• colder
• coldier

Multiple Choice

Football is .............. than tennis.

• popular
• more popular
• popularere

Multiple Choice

What's _______________ sport?

• the most dangerous
• the more dangerous
• more dangerous 
• dangerous than

Multiple Choice

My grades are .......... than my sister's grades.

• worse
• more worse
• worst

Multiple Choice

Art is .............  than Maths

• easier
• easy

Multiple Choice

My marks are .......... than yours.

• bad
• badder
• worse

Multiple Choice

That was the ________________ test I've ever taken. (difficult)

• difficulter
• more difficult
• difficultest
• most difficult

Multiple Choice

Friends are ............ than money.

• important
• more important
• importanter

Matching

• to deny the truth or existence of

• the movement or arrangement of a circle

• a complicated network of hallways or paths

• useless; no chance of being successful

• to seek information from

• a violent rotating windstorm

• happening at the same time

• an area of marshy, slow-moving water

• of or relating to the atmosphere

• to simplify, or make easier

Meaning

• coincidentally

• consult

• facilitate

• negate

• futile

• atmospheric

• bayou

• cyclone

• labyrinth

• radial

Term

Multiple Choice

Who wrote Persepolis?

• Marjane Satrapi

• Firoozeh Dumas

• O. Henry

• Chesley Sullenberger

Multiple Choice

Who wrote Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America?

• Marjane Satrapi

• Firoozeh Dumas

• O. Henry

• Chesley Sullenberger