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 * PIGMAN WORDS**

to pant to hoard to catch on outcast jolly to fib (ten) bucks chicken out snap at clog up  sip dreadful phony killjoy cut (school) omen antagonistic peacock eerie harmless blurt (out) to beam spooky berserk screech porch scrawny roam mull over slip up pick up (girls) mooch (off) plead moan stroke

trespassing
lair belligerent hideous UFO/Flying Saucer skeptical hoax vanish uproar wacko breed
 * ALIEN WORDS: **

For older words - THE GIVER and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH you can go to the 1st or 2nd trimester study guide pages!!! Modal and Verb Tense Sites:

Modals and explanations: @http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html

Modals in the past: @http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g66-past-modals-exercise.php

Verb Tenses: @http://www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com/

Grammar Practice Quiz:
 * Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.**

I __(to fight) with him before you called me. Now I am in a bad mood.__

__Last week I__ _ (to sleep) when the phone rang and woke me up.

When we were little, my brother _ (to watch) cartoons all morning. Now, he prefers to play on the computer.

If we hadn’t noticed he was missing, we never ___ (to find) him.__

__I__ (to call) her six times and I won’t stop until she answers the phone!

We __(to read) two books this year and will read one more.__

__ I wish he ___ (to know) what everyone is saying about him. I (to learn) how to read before I was 4 years old. What _ (to do – YOU) when I called? Why didn’t you answer? Before we studied it, I _ (to realize - NEG) that so many people believe in UFO’s.

**Use models of deduction** (couldn’t / could / might / must) **and verbs.** **YOU MUST USE ALL OF THE MODALS ABOVE (one will be used twice!!)**


 * Lucy got flowers from a secret admirer. She is talking to her friend Sally to try and figure out who sent them. ||

___(1. send) you those flowers?__ __**Lucy:** I don’t know. At first I thought it was Calvin. But he would probably just ask me out, not send me flowers. So it__ ___ (2. be - NEG) him.__ __**Sally:** Well, Dilbert is the shy type. Do you think he__ _ (3. buy) you those flowers? __**Sally:** Oh, I know. It’s Charlie! I’m almost sure it’s him. He is in your class. He is shy. And he__ __likes you. I mean he is always looking at you. He__ __ (5. do)! All of the evidence points to him!
 * Sally:** So, Lucy, you got flowers from a secret admirer. How exciting. Who do you think
 * Lucy:** Maybe, but I don’t think that he is interested in me. He is only into computer games. He ___(4. neg. / do) it. There is no way it was him.__


 * Read the situation and then comment on it using the FIVE DIFFERENT PAST MODALS.**
 * Remember:** This situation happened already!!!

Theresa was sitting in her car with her windows open because it was very hot that day. She was also wearing a gold necklace her boyfriend had given her. A thief saw her and ran up to her car and tried to pull the gold chain from her neck. Theresa grabbed the chain and started to scream. The thief got nervous and pulled even harder, hurting Theresa. Theresa yelled even louder. The thief panicked, took out a knife and cut Theresa’s hand, and finally got the chain. Theresa ended up in the hospital and no gold chain.


 * COULD or COULDN’T ||
 * SHOULD or SHOULDN’T ||
 * MIGHT or MIGHT NOT ||
 * MUST or MUST NOT ||

1. _

2. _

3. _

4. _

5. _


 * D. Complete the sentence with the appropriate modal verb combination. (2 pts. each)**

1. You _____________for the test or Mr. Crack will fail you //(study – strong advice)// 2. You ______________him to give you some extra credit. //(ask – possibility)// 3. You _______________! I can help you study! //(give up – lack of necessity)// 4. You _________________in class a little more //(pay attention - light advice)// 5. You ________________more for the test last week //(study - criticism)// 6. You _____________getting the teacher angry. (//stop – giving an order//) 7. You _________________crazy to fight with Mr. Crack last week! (be – strong probability) 8. I think that you __________________ to him. (apologize – formal advice) 9. He ___________________ you if you apologize to him. (forgive – “maybe” probability) 10. Anyway, it is your life. You __________________ to me (listen – lack of necessity)

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