Grade 8 Preassessment

What is a noun?

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a person, action, thing, or describing word

• an action or state of being

Choose the sentence with the capitalized word that is NOT a noun.

• I love POLAR BEARS and zebras.

• After this, we'll drive HOME.

• NANA picked me up from practice.

In addition to being an action, a verb can also be a...

• thought

• place

• state of being

Which two questions does an adjective answer?

• Which? How many?

• Who? What?

• How? Which?

I own two jackets. Which word is the adjective?

• jackets

• own

• two

Which of these is NOT a question adverbs answer?

• Why?

• How?

• What?

• To what extent?

A preposition shows what?

• time

• position

• direction

FANBOYS are what?

• conjunctions that connect sentences/clauses

• boys who really like something

• a type of article

Articles are actually which other part of speech?

• prepositions

• adverbs

• adjectives

Choose the correctly capitalized sentence.

• Kate Middleton, Duchess of cambridge, has never been to Maryland.

• Kate middleton, duchess of Cambridge, has never been to Maryland.

• Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, has never been to Maryland.