Homework from 4/4/08

1. Hinder is to impede as excuse is to ____delay___________.blamepardondelayblock2. Noun is to adjective as verb is to ___action____________.actionbeingpluraladverb3. Exit is to out as ___enter____________ is to in.doorhouseenterextra4. Drink is to ______liquid_________ as eat is to solid.gasliquidmilkfood5. Mercury is to first as Mars is to _____fourth__________.secondthirdfourthfifth6. Labyrinth is to maze as medicine is to ___doctor____________.drugdoctorpharmacysickness7. Hurricane is to meteorologist as star is to ___astronomer____________.geologistentomologistbiologistastronomerIrregular Plural NounsMost nouns in English are made into plural nouns by adding an s to the singular form. If the noun ends with an s, ch, sh, or x, an es is added to make the noun plural. Plural nouns that are not made plural in this way are irregular plural nouns.There are two or more plural nouns in each sentence. Only one of them is an irregular plural noun. Underline the irregular plural noun in each sentence and write the singular form. The first sentence has been done for you.1. Vincent helped the women choose their costumes. woman2. The hunters never noticed the two deer by the apple trees.3. Are the geese chasing the other farm animals?4. Do turtles have teeth?5. The children told their parents about the matches.6. You should place the knives and spoons to the left of the plates.7. The children stood on boxes to see the parade.8. We took pictures of the oxen as they pulled the wagons.9. Sandy knew that many mice were living in the walls of the old houses.10. Please keep your hands and feet inside the car.11. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men ate scrambled eggs.Regular and Irregular VerbsTo make the past tense or past participle form of most verbs (regular verbs) we simply add “ed” at the end.Examples using the verb “walk”:Past Tense: I walked through the maze.Past Participle: I have walked through the maze.(The past participle form is used in the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses. The above example is written in the present perfect tense.)Irregular verbs are not that simple. We sometimes need a dictionary to help us write the different forms of irregular verbs.Examples using the verb “see”:Past Tense: We saw the secret maps.Past Participle: We have seen the secret maps.Look up the word “see” in the dictionary. Notice that the different forms of the word are given. Look up “walk.” Notice that the dictionary doesn’t bother to give the different forms of regular verbs.Change the verb that comes after each sentence to its past tense form and write it in the blank. You may refer to a dictionary. The first sentence has been completed for you.1. I did all my homework in study hall. do2. She _thought___________ of a better way to do it. think3. Sam ___reminded_________ us to lock the doors. remind4. They ___placed_________ their names on the list. put5. Who ___borrowed_________ my new shoes? borrow6. We never __knew__________ his real name. knowChange the verb that comes after each sentence to its past participle form and write it in the blank. You may refer to a dictionary. The first sentence has been completed for you.1. I have never driven such a wonderful car! drive2. Frank had ___ate_________ the whole pizza before we arrived. eat3. They’ve ___known_________ and trusted her for years. know4. Osgood has always ____________ others for his mistakes. blame5. The candidates have _written___________ their opinions on our site. write6. He’s __picked__________ his favorite song for the ceremony. pick