Great Writing Book 2 Unit 1

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

Max prefers to _________________ things like clothes and shoes.

• achievement

• purchase

• flight

• catchy

That music is really ______________! Everyone knows it and is singing it.

• purchase

• catchy

• flight

• achieve

Choose the correct word or phrase that is related to the vocabulary word:

He came in 2nd in the 20 mile race. That's a great ______________.

• flight

• catchy

• achievement

• state

Choose the correct word or phrase that is related to the vocabulary word:

The officer _________________that the park closes at 8 PM.

• purchase

• stated

• was

• is

Choose the correct word or phrase that is related to the vocabulary word:

We can board our _________ 30 minutes before departure.

• flight

• purchase

• bike

• car

Match the following

• topic sentence

• starting a line further from the margin (end of the paper) than the other sentences

• Main Idea

• controlling idea, what the paragraph is about

• concluding sentence

• the first sentence of a paragraph

• indent

• the last sentence of a paragraph

Complete each sentence with the correct verb:

Both my grandparents (was / were) teachers at the same school.

Complete each sentence with the correct verb: SPELLING COUNTS

(Remember/Remembers) to move your clock back one hour tonight.

Complete each sentence with the correct verb:

Please (come/came) to my house for dinner tomorrow evening.

Complete each sentence with the correct verb:

I (watch/watched) a really good movie on TV last night.