8th Grade 5 A Day Week 8

They found time to rest while on vacation. What is the type and function of the verbal to rest?

• gerund functioning as a noun

• participle functioning as an adjective

• infinitive functioning as and adverb

• infinitive functioning as an adjective

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Use the context clues in this sentence to figure out what deter means. "After several home robberies on m street, my family adopted a German shepherd to deter any uninvited visitors."

• To persuade someone to do something: to encourage.

• To persuade someone NOT to do something: to discourage.

• To protect your home from with an alarm system.

• To attack predators who break into your home.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

Choose the ANTONYM for the following word: conducive

• helpful

• destructive

• fresh

• unfavorable

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Identify if the sentence is active or passive, then identify the sentence that is correctly re-written in the opposite voice.

"Several poems were written by the author."

• active - Several poems were written by the author.

• passive - The author wrote several poems.

• active - The author wrote several poems.

• passive - Several pomes, by the author, were written.

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CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

Which word is misspelled?

• grotesque

• harness

• deminish

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the matching analogy - eye : hurricane

• zoo : animals

• screw : wedge

• motherboard : computer

• motor : sail

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.4

Identify the verb and its mood in the following sentence. "The church serves dinner to the homeless."

• indicative - stating an apparent fact

• imperative - a command

• interrogative - asking a question

• conditional - if something happens, then something else happens

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CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

Which sentence is written correctly.

• "Honesty, dedication and love," Mrs. Smith said are the cornerstones of a successful marriage.

• Honesty dedication and love, Mrs. Smith said, "are the cornerstones of a successful marriage."

• Honesty, dedication, and love, Mrs. Smith said, are the cornerstones of a successful marriage.

• "Honesty, dedication, and love," Mrs. Smith said, "are the cornerstones of a successful marriage."

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

If something smolders it . . .

• remains hot

• could erupt or explode later

• is festering

• is cooling off quickly

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

Add commas where needed in this sentences: "Even though it rained all day the amusement park thankfully was not crowded."

• Even though it rained all day, the amusement park thankfully was not crowded.

• Even though it rained all day, the amusement park, thankfully, was not crowded.

• Even though it rained all day the amusement park, thankfully, was not crowded.

• Even though it rained all day the amusement park thankfully, was not crowded.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A