8th GMAS Review

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To sleep is all I want to do over Spring Break. The 2 underlined phrases are what type of verbal?

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Infinitve

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CCSS.L.8.1A

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Scampering down the street, the cat ran from the large dog chasing it. What type of verbal phrase is this?

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Participial phrase

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CCSS.L.8.1A

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While eating dinner, our running toilet decided to overflow, causing a great mess in the hall. The underlined word is what type of verbal?

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Participle

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CCSS.L.8.1A

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Their main goal is to eat as much food as possible. The underlined phrase is what type of verbal phrase?

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Infinitive phrase

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CCSS.L.8.1A

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The underlined word "Swimming" is what type of verbal? Options: Participle, Infinitive, Gerund.

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Gerund

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CCSS.L.8.1A

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Gerunds always act like what part of speech?

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Nouns

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CCSS.L.8.1A

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Convert to passive voice: Three men were chasing after an escaped pig.

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An escaped pig was being chased.

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CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.1D

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It’s raining cats and dogs outside would be an example of what?

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Idiom

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CCSS.L.8.5A

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"The clouds are giant cottons balls" would be an example of what?

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Metaphor

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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What directly compares two unlike things by saying that one thing actually is the other?

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Metaphor

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4