8th Grade Baseline Grammar

What is a fragment?

• a part of speech

• an incomplete thought

• a sentence

• no idea

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is an example of fragment?

• I like pineapples.

• Apples, Bananas, and Grapes at the store.

• Yes.

• Close the door.

Which of the following is the correct way to punctuate items in a list?

• I love dogs, foxes, kittens, and otters.

• I love dogs, foxes kittens and otters.

• I love dogs foxes kittens and otters

• I love dogs, foxes, kittens and otters.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

Which of the following is an adjective?

• angrily

• brother

• blue

• swimmingly

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CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.8.6

What is an adverb?

• a describing word

• a word that tells where, when, or how

• an action word

• a word that modifies a noun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is a preposition?

• A place holder word

• A word that shows the relationship between nouns

• A word that modifies adjectives, adverbs, or nouns

• An action word

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?

• A clause has a subject and a verb

• A phrase has a subject and a verb

• A clause only has a subject

• A phrase only has a verb

Which word is a preposition?

• and

• because

• around

• yet

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CCSS.L.8.4D

Which is of the following is a phrase?

• who went to the store

• on top of the desk

• because I like strawberries

• that is down the street

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is a clause?

• Around the world in 80 days

• So that we could make ice cream

• below the window

• of the students' uniforms

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CCSS.W.8.1C