Gr 8 Language Revision: Basics

Gr 8 Language Revision: Basics

By Hele Lategan

Multiple Select

Which of the following are 'parts of speech'?

• Simile

• Verb

• Noun

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What is a noun?

• A word that describes a noun

• An action/doing word

• A word that names things such as people and places

• words we use to replace a noun

Multiple Choice

What is a verb?

• A word that describes a noun

• A doing/action word

• A word that names things such as places and things

• A word that replaces a noun

Multiple Choice

Look at the following sentence and identify the part of speech.

The student sits in the room.

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Pronoun

Multiple Choice

Look at the following sentence and identify the part of speech.

The student sits in the room.

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Pronoun

Multiple Choice

Look at the following sentence and identify the part of speech.

The student sits in the room.

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Pronoun

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What do we call a noun that refers to a specific person, place or thing?

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What do we call a noun that refers to general objects like a chair, desk, etc?

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A pack of cards is a

noun.

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This type of noun describes emotions and feelings.

Order of a sentence

Look at this sentence: The student eats. ​

A subject is the person or thing doing the verb.

​The subject of the sentence = the student

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A verb is the doing word.

​The verb = eats.

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Multiple Choice

Find the subject in the following sentence: My siblings started a fight last night.

• My siblings

• started

• a fight

• last night

Multiple Choice

Find the verb in the following sentence.

Everyone is wearing a uniform.

• Everyone

• is

• is wearing

• a uniform

​They bought their friends donuts.

​Direct Object = Is usually a thing (a common noun)

What did they buy? Donuts.

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Indirect Object = Is usually a person (a common noun/pronoun) to whom/for whom?

For whom did they buy donuts? Their friends.

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Multiple Choice

Identify the function of the underlined part. I received a food parcel at the picnic.

• Subject

• Verb

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

Multiple Choice

Identify the function of the underlined part. My brother gave me his phone.

• Subject

• Verb

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

Multiple Choice

Identify the function of the underlined part. My brother gave me his phone.

• Subject

• Verb

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

​1.Donuts were bought by them.

2.The picnic was enjoyed by me. ​

3. The thieves were caught by the police. ​

​Passive Sentence

1.They bought donuts. ​

2. I enjoyed the picnic.

3.The police caught the thieves. ​

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​Active Sentence

An active vs a passive sentence. ​

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Multiple Choice

Change this to the passive voice: Our friends lost the locker key.

• Our friends lost the keys.

• Our friends lose the locker key.

• The locker key was lost my me.

• The locker key was lost by our friends.

Multiple Choice

Change this to the passive voice: My grandmother baked pies.

• My grandmother bakes pies.

• Pies are tasty.

• Pies were baked by my grandmother.

• Pies were baked by grandmothers.

She was lovely (adjective).

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I was dreaming. ​(verb)

I love you. (verb)

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I have a dream. (noun)​

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Changing parts of speech

Some text here about the topic of discussion

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Change the underlined word into an adjective: I stepped in mud.

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Change the underlined word into an adjective: I noticed the sun.

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Change the underlined word into an adjective: I forgot the answer.

Multiple Choice

What is the homophone for 'flower'?

• Flower

• Flowers

• Flour

• Flour's

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Give a homophone for 'male'

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Give a homophone for 'see'.