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Monday, May 31, 2021 & Tuesday June 1st, 2021

 

*Use creative adjectives

*DO NOT LEAVE LINES BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS 




Goodnight Barbados. I am ________________ reporting for _______News. In tonight's headlines, there has been a report of a _________ fire in _____________. 

Reports suggest that the fire first started when ____________________. Residents report seeing _____________________. One resident, __________, said " _________________________". 



The damage is extensive. ___________(describe the damage)____________. 

Fire officials are warning Barbadians that there are ways to avoid fires. First, you can ___________________(tip 1)___________. Secondly, you can _________(tip 2)___________. Fire prevention is up to us all, Barbados. 

I am _______ reporting for _____ News. 


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Section A










Section B

7. On a test, Kyle scored 9 out of 20. What was his percentage?


8. There are 20 footballs in a box. 17 of them are black and white. What percentage of the footballs are black and white?


9. What percentage is 20/25?


10. A vendor has 50 snacks on sale. 29 of them are Cheez-Zees. What percentage of the snacks are Cheez-Zees?


11. Diana made $50 last week. She spent $30 of it on snacks. What percentage of her money did she spend on snacks?


12. There are 25 children in a group. 8 of them live in St. Michael, 3 live in St. John and the rest live in St. James. 

a. _____% live in St. Michael.

b. _____% live in St. John.

c. ______% live in St. James.


Homework

Section A- Percentages

1. There are 10 computers in a shipment. 3 of them are faulty. What percentage of the computers are working?

2. Massy Supermarket has 50 types of cereals. 20 of them are made from corn. What percentage of cereals are not made from corn?

3. My teacher gave a spelling test with 20 words. I got 8 of the words wrong. What percentage of the words did I get correct?

4. A guest house has 25 lightbulbs. 5 of them have blown. What percentage of the lightbulbs are working?

Section B- Word Problems

1. A company donates 935 pencils to a school. The pencils are divided evenly among 9 classrooms. The rest of the pencils are given to the library. 
a, How many pencils were donated to each classroom
b. How many pencils were given to the library?

2. Gina paid $4.16 for a sandwich. She paid $0.95 for a piece of fruit. What is the total amount Gina paid for the sandwich and fruit?


3. There are 17 bicycles and 5 tricycles in the storage area at Linda's apartment building. Each bicycle has 2 wheels and each tricycle has 3 wheels. How many wheels are there in all?


4. Emmy  was born in 1982. In what year did she celebrate her 27th birthday?

5. The swimming club went to a meeting in another town. They took 4 cars and 3 vans. There were 4 people in each car and 5 people in each van. How many people went on the trip?


6. There are 17 bicycles and 23 cars in the garage at Kobe's apartment building. How many wheels are there in the garage?
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    Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

    9 am- Multiplying & Reducing to Lowest Terms
YOUR ANSWERS MUST BE IN LOWEST TERMS.




































9:45
 
Choose the best answer to complete the sentence in the PRESENT TENSE.
1. He ............... to work by bus.
a. go     b. goes     c. went     d. going

2. She ................... with a strange accent. 
a. speaks     b. was speaking     c. had spoken     d. has spoken

3. This room ..................... very little sunshine.
a. get     b. gets     c. got     d. will get

4. We ......................the puppy on bread and warm milk.
a. feed     b. feeds     c. is fed     d. has feeding
 
5. People ........................ food and water.
a. want     b. wanted     c. wants     d. are wanted

6. The child ........................ lessons before goes to bed.
a. study     b. studys     c. studies     d. studied

7. The baby ........................ loudly.
a. cry     b. cried     c. crys     d. cries

8. I ...................... two ball pens and one highlight marker.
a. buy     b. buys     c. bought     d. am buying

9. Peter ................... his car by himself.
a. fix     b. fixs     c. fixes     d. has fixed

10. She .......................... at school 7:30 a.m.
a. arrive     b. will arrive     c. has arrived     d. arrives

11. Mary and I ....................... them English when we see them once a week.
a. teach     b. teachs     c. teaches     d. taught

12. Saturday ....................... usually our busiest day.
a. is     b. are     c. be         d. does

13. I often ......................... through the park on my way home from school every
a. go     b. goes     c. going     d. went

14. Sometimes I take food with me and sometimes I .................... food when I’m
there.
a. buy     b. buys     c. bought     d. has bought

15. The children always ....................... to be hungry.
a. seem     b. seems     c. will seem     d. have seem

For each sentence, write the adjective form that completes the sentence correctly. 

1. My new blanket is (softer, softest) than my old one.  

2. Kim is the (older, oldest) of my three sisters. 

3. Sirius is the (brighter, brightest) star in the southern sky. 

4. Geneva’s memory is (worse, worst) than mine, but Barb’s is the (worse, worst) one of all.  

5. The (most unusual, unusualest) costume was awarded the prize.

 6. Darrin’s interest in conservation is (more strong, stronger) than most people’s. 

7. The (more beautiful, most beautiful) time of day at the lake is the morning.  

8. Euclid Avenue is (longer, more long) than Prospect Avenue.  

9. Charisse has little interest in ballet, but Rita is even (less interested, least interested) than Charisse. 


10. I think that my roses are the (prettiest, more pretty) flowers in my garden.



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Finding a Percentage of a Number

1. Find 10% of 800. 


2. Find 10% of 120. 


3. What is 20% of 400?


4. A store has 500 toy boxes. 25% of them contain legos. How many toy boxes contain legos?


5. A man earned $2000. He spent 5% of it on food. How much money did he spend on food?


6. Tropical Beach Hotel has 400 visitors. 10% of them are from England, 20% are from New York and the rest are from the Caribbean. 

a. How many are from England?
b. How many are from New York?
c. How many are from the Caribbean?



Homework

Section A- Adjectives

 Complete the following using adjectives formed from the given words.

 1. The ______________ girl. (care) 

 2. ________________ position. (thirteen) 

 3. ________________ prism. (rectangle) 

 4. ________________ motion. (circle)

 5. ________________ island. (desert) 

 6. ________________ farmer. (anger) 

 7. ________________ young lady. (charm) 

 8. The _______________ team posed for the photograh. (victory) 

 9. It is _______________ to fear wild animals. (nature) 

10. Dalandro is a _____________ boy. (health) 

11. That is a _______________ thing to do. (fool) 

12. We saw a _______________ character near our school. (suspect)


Section B- Percentages

1. What is 25% of 360?

2. What is 25% of 800?

3. If you have $700, what is 20% of your money?

4.  Your mother allows you to watch 240 minutes of YouTube each day. What is 20% of this time?

5. A laptop costs $1400.  You have 50% of the money. How much money do you have?



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