GRADE 7 – ENGLISH - WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT #20
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1.
Select the correct word for each blank. naked native bridle hustle trifle they’re convention education condition attention invitation nephew a.
The ____________________ on the horse needed replacing. (bridle, bridal) b.
It happened during the ____________________of Queen Victoria. (reign, rain) c.
The ____________________ in the house was painted white. (sealing, ceiling) d.
Janet has ___________________ left for school. (already, all ready)
2.
Use LIST WORDS to write antonyms for each clue below. The bold underlined letters will spell a MYSTERY WORD. Write a definition for the MYSTERY WORD. a.
inattention __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ b.
not exact __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ c.
ignore __ __ __ __ __ __ __ d.
permit __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ e.
fall ill __ __ __ __ __ __ __ f.
move slowly __ __ __ __ __ __
MYSTERY WORD: ________________________________________________
DEFINITION: _____________________________________________________

“Wilt the Stilt”
Who was the first professional basketball player to amass more than 30 000 points in his career? Michael Jordan? No.
Who, in one season, averaged 50.4 points a game and scored a total of 4029 points?
Michael Jordan? No, again.
And who is the only professional player to score 100 points in a game? Michael Jordan?
No for a third time.
Michael Jordan, to be sure, is perhaps the greatest recent professional basketball player.
His shooting ability and acrobatic moves have been admired by all. But the records mentioned above belong to a player who displayed his skills some 30 years before Michael Jordan came on the scene. That player is Wilt Chamberlain.
Wilt Chamberlain joined the NBA (National Basketball Association) after an illustrious career at the University of Kansas. In his very first varsity game at Kansas, the 7’11”
Chamberlain scored 52 points. Known as “Wilt the Stilt” because of his height, he played one year with the Harlem Globetrotters before joining Philadelphia (now Golden State) Warriors in
1959. In 1961-62, he led the league with 4029 points, a whopping 50.4-point average a game. In
1965 he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers and in 1968 to the Los Angeles Lakers. He led both of those teams to NBA titles.
One record set by the mighty Wilt may never be broken: that of scoring 100 points in a single game. Wilt accomplished that feat on the night of March 2, 1962, in Hershey,
Pennsylvania. His team, the Philadelphia Warriors, played the New York Knickerbockers.
Neither team had a shot at making the playoffs, and the game turned into a scoring frenzy. Wilt attempted 63 field goals and hit 36 of them. At the free throw line, he was 28 out of 32. The game ended with the Warriors winning 169 to 147.
In a 14-year NBA career, Wilt Chamberlain scored 31 419 points. He was the first player ever to exceed the 30 000-point mark. Would you agree that Wilt Chamberlain was one phenomenal basketball player?
Exercise 1 – Number the following events in order
__________ was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.
__________ became a member of the Philadelphia Warriors.
__________ retired from professional basketball.
__________ scored 52 points in a game at the University of Kansas.
__________ was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
__________ played for the Harlem Globetrotters.
__________ scored 100 points in a game against the New York “Knicks”.
__________ led the NBA with a 50.4 scoring average.
Exercise 2 – Answer the following question.
Do you think any player will ever again score 100 points in a professional basketball game? Why or why not?

Commas
Review (See Weekly Assignment #17, 18 & 19 for examples)
1.
Use a comma in dates, to separate the day of the month from the year. If the date is in the middle of the sentence, place a comma after the year as well.
2.
Use a comma to separate the name of a city from the province/state or country in which it is located. If the name is written in the middle of the sentence, place a comma after the state or country.
3.
Use a comma to set off the name of a person spoken to.
4.
Use a comma after yes, no, or well at the beginning of a sentence
5.
Use a comma to set apart words in a series. (Two things do not make a series. There are always three or more in a series.)
6.
Use a comma after the first complete thought in a sentence with two thoughts. (This is when two complete sentences are being joined by a conjunction – and, or, but, etc…)
7.
Use a comma after the greeting of a friendly letter and after the closing of every letter.
8.
Use a comma to set off a direst quotation from the rest of the sentence.
9.
Use a comma whenever the reader might be confused
10.
Use a comma after the adverbs first, second, third, etc…
11.
Use a comma to separate an introductory word or group of words from the rest of the sentence.
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12.
Use a comma to separate two or more adjectives that precede a noun
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It was a bright, brisk, invigorating day.

That was a long, hard train ride.
Note: Sometimes a comma is not used to separate two adjectives. (If you do not pause between the two adjectives, then a comma is not used) Example – A little old man knocked at the door.
13.
Use a comma to set off words or groups of words that interrupt the flow of a sentence.
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This bike, however, is in better condition than yours.

The answer, I suppose, will never be known.
14.
Use a comma to set off appositives (words used directly after nouns to make them clearer)
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Karen and Maria, our co-captains, accepted the trophy.

Joe, the boy in the blue shirt, is my best friend.
Exercise – Put commas in the following sentences where necessary.
1. Mr. Ingram our French teacher gave us a test.
2. About midnight however I woke up.
3. The blazing red-hot sun scorched the flowers in the garden.
4. Penny plays tennis racquetball and ping pong very well.
5. After painting Kathy went cycling.
6. Please do three things for me: first mail the package; second return these books; and third pick up my dry cleaning.
7. The loud thundering noise woke me up.
8. The announcements I think have already been read.
9. Bill Phillips our pitcher injured his arm in the game on July 29 2010.

Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns this that
Interrogative Pronouns – used to ask questions who what
Indefinite Pronouns all which both few these whom those whose another any anybody anyone anything each either everybody everyone everything many more most much neither nobody none no one nothing one other several some somebody someone something
Exercise 1 – Underline the pronoun in each of the following sentences and label it as
Demonstrative, Interrogative, or Indefinite
1. Who told you about the party on Friday? __________________________________________
2. Many are planning to attend the party. ____________________________________________
3. Someone special is about to arrive. _______________________________________________
4. Do you like these? ____________________________________________________________
5. This tastes good. ______________________________________________________________
6. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? __________________________________________
7. Alice couldn’t hear anything at the concert. ________________________________________
8. Everything is going as planned. __________________________________________________
9. Look at that! _________________________________________________________________
10. What do you want to do on Friday? ______________________________________________
11. Would you like to try some of the cookies? _______________________________________
12. Several of the stories were filled with spelling errors. ________________________________