my Firefly Pre-test

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UPDATED: Thursday, August 24, 2006 23:44
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MSG

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 4:28 PM

Ok I had to show you the section of the new English pre-test I wrote for my classes to take. The other English teachers are using it too. Hopefully, I can convert them soon:)

Directions: Change each verb to it's contraction.
1- Kaylee should not be finished.
2- Mal does not like Inara's job.
3-Jayne did not hit Simon with the bat.
4- Shepherd Book will not be able to fix the problem.
5- The girl's name could not be River and it should be Summer.

Directions: Circle the subject of each sentence.
1- Summer likes shoes
2-When did Nathan get here?
3-As soon as the phone rang, Adam answered it.
4-Over the bridge, the troll found Ron and Joss hiding.
5-Gina and Alan and Jewel all ran as fast as they could to escape the soldiers.
6- It's a hard time for Sean right now.
7-Once upon a time, in a far away country called Serenity Valley, a group of people made an army to fight the Alliance.

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

PENGUIN

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 4:46 PM

I hope I did OK...College was a LONG time ago!

Directions: Change each verb to it's contraction.
1- Kaylee shouldn’t be finished.
2- Mal doesn’t like Inara's job.
3-Jayne didn’t hit Simon with the bat.
4- Shepherd Book won’t be able to fix the problem.
5- The girl's name couldn't be River and it should be Summer.

Directions: Circle (BOLD) the subject of each sentence.
1- Summer likes shoes
2-When did Nathan get here?
3-As soon as the phone rang, Adam answered it.
4-Over the bridge, the troll found Ron and Joss hiding.
5-Gina and Alan and Jewel all ran as fast as they could to escape the soldiers.
6- It's a hard time for Sean right now.
7-Once upon a time, in a far away country called Serenity Valley, a group of people made an army to fight the Alliance.

It's great to see you are trying to indoctrinate your class!

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 4:53 PM

I will definately use this for my English classes next summer!

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QUIETSERENITY

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:06 PM

Um, I don't want to be an ass, but should I tell you that there's a mistake in the directions on your test?

A contraction where there should be one?

I loves me my grammar

Mal: You know, you ain't quite right.
River: It's a popular theory.

DONCOAT

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:45 PM

Maybe MSG really did mean to say: Change each verb to it is contraction.

Gotta love it when an English teacher slices one into the rough.

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MSG

Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:50 AM

Um no- change each verb to it's ( it's is a possessive not a contraction of it is, indicates that specific verb's contraction) I promise my statement follows all rules of grammer:) ...besides it's mean to pick on the poor exhausted teacher who's( who has - this is a contraction) been teaching to prepare for her student's( possessive meaning something attached to them)back to school night.

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

DEEPGIRL187

Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:55 AM

If only there were more teachers like you, MsG. School would have been a lot more fun.

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YINYANG

Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:59 AM

Quote:
Um no- change each verb to it's ( it's is a possessive not a contraction of it is, indicates that specific verb's contraction) I promise my statement follows all rules of grammer:) ...besides it's mean to pick on the poor exhausted teacher who's( who has - this is a contraction) been teaching to prepare for her student's( possessive meaning something attached to them)back to school night.

Its - possessive
It's - contraction; it is

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ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:05 AM

Hehe that's so cool! I wish my teachers would do that sort of thing...

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YLESS

Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:07 AM

Quote:

If only there were more teachers like you, MsG. School would have been a lot more fun.

Quote:
Maths:

Basic:

If you have 6 crew memebers and 3 more join at persepone, how many crew members do you have?

Advanced (/Physics):

Plot the displacement/time graph of serenity during a Crazy Ivan.

Art:

Any fan art.

Languages:

Chineese.

Yeah, would have been far more interesting.

And I'm glad someone else answered them, I thought the contraction to:

1- Kaylee should not be finished.

was:

Kaylee should be finished

I thus got a bit stuck on:

5- The girl's name could not be River and it should be Summer.

Having said that and thus shown off my amazing English skills, shouldn't it be:

Gina, Alan and Jewel

as it's a list?

Edited to make the post clearer as there's lots of separate lines.

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