January 4th-8th Warm-ups

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January 4th-8th Warm-ups

• Happy New Year!

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Tuesday, January 5th Warm-up

• Each clue below suggests a word that ends with
  the letters A-T-E. The first one has been done
  for you.
• Act like someone else IMITATE
• To supply with water
• To make angry
• To turn into vapor
• To complete high school
• To find
• A favorite flavor
• You do this on ice
• To ornament or adorn
• To pause briefly
• To split apart
• To make or invent
• Having a backbone
• Free from error
• Mathematical guess

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Wednesday, January 6th Warm-ups

• Read each set of clues below. After figuring out
  the first word, just rearrange the letters to
  form the second word. The first one has been done
  for you.
• long, thin stem VINE carries blood VEIN
• A smile....piece of jewelry
• To run and play.high school dance
• Aching.a flower
• Alike....line made by sewing
• To salvage...ornamental jar
• To slide....slang for children
• Written message.quality of sound
• Walking stick..pimples
• To boastto take rapidly

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Thursday, January 7th Warm-up

• By reading either clockwise or counterclockwise,
  you will find a commonly used 8 letter word in
  each circle below. After finding the word, tell
  whether it is a noun, verb, adjective, adverb or
  pronoun.

adjective
pronoun
noun
adverb
verb
adjective
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Friday, January 8th Warm-up

1. Name the canal that links the Mediterranean and
   the Red Sea.
2. Joan of Arc died in her sleep at the age of 47.
   True or false?
3. What is the hero of a story or play called?
4. In colonial times, what were the people who made
   horseshoes called?
5. How many zeros are in the number fifty billion?
6. Which is a close relative of the yak a cow, a
   horse or a buffalo?
7. What modern day capital city was also the capital
   of the Greek Empire?
8. Which civilization came first Babylon, Sumer of
   Syria?
9. Add a prefix to legal to form its opposite.
10. Which state is known as the Peach State?