MS 7 Grammar Test 2 Review

Thunder had been _____ off to a side gate, and Cody walked slowly toward him.

Scott’s home is a classic example of aristocratic life in the early 1800s in Scotland.

As he ______ on the soft dirt, he realized the flag was still waving.

Reagan decorated the hot brownies with chocolate frosting.

Reagan shared the brownies with Joey.

Abbotsford was his home in Scotland.

His family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River.

Dr. Naismith creatively hung peach baskets on the end walls of the gymnasium.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens began life in Florida, Missouri.

United States soldiers brought basketball to Europe during World War I.

The other team aggressively blocked the toss.

Samuel Clemens chose the pen name “Mark Twain.”

Cody climbed back on the feisty beast and _____ firmly in the saddle.

A few minor adjustments have been made in the game of basketball.

Scott's estate feels majestic.

Mom gave Reagan and Joey a glance.

Reagan's mom promised him chocolate brownies.

His real love may have been life on the Mississippi River.

Chocolate frosting dripped on the living room carpet.

The leadsman on the riverboats called loudly the “mark,” or depth, of the river.

Copland became a composer, author, conductor, and lecturer.

The crowd was hushed as they waited to see if the horse and rider would _____ up.

He grew popular from his writings.

Reagan and Joey ate the new, pale version of brownies.

Copland studied music in France.

The library in his home remains undisturbed.

The game of basketball soon became a worldwide sport.

James Naismith, a YMCA® instructor from Canada, invented and developed basketball in Massachusetts in 1891.

The walls of the entry hall are full of weapons.

For a short time during the Civil War, Clemens served as a Confederate soldier.

Reagan now eats in the kitchen at the table.

Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Little is known about the exact origin of most major sports.

Thousands of people stood and _____ the National Anthem.

Spot remover fixed the problem.

One of the two teams skillfully tossed a soccerball toward the hanging basket.

Appalachian Spring fills the air with folk tunes from the mountains.

Cody _____ to a tense, waiting crowd.

Later his mom baked Reagan and his friend blondies.

The horse named Thunder had _____ with Cody hanging on.

Evern though Thunder had _____ Cody, Cody's thoughts were not on himself but on the flag he was carrying.

His home on the River Tweed remains original.

Cody _____ the wild horse from last week's rodeo.

Clemens often heard “On the mark, twain.”

Abbotsford became a popular tourist attraction.

Scott’s accent sounded extremely Scottish.

Copland is best known for his American style of music

Sir Walter Scott was the author of Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, and the Waverly novels.

This game keeps athletes in shape during the off-season.

A loud noise _____ in Cody's ears.

Brownies disappear quickly in Reagan's house.

The river was two, or “twain,” fathoms deep on Clemens’s section of the river.

Athletes became less competitive in the off-season between football and baseball.

He also worked as a typesetter, a prospector, a Mississippi River pilot, and a journalist.

Clemens became an apprentice to the town printer at the age of twelve.