Grammar exam for grade 8

I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.

The word beautiful is..................

• preposition

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Fill in the blank with the correct form.

Jack: Hi David! What are you doing?

David: (I / go) ................ to the post office. What are you doing?

• I am

• I go

• I going

• I am going

The boys always ............

• fights

• fightes

• fight

• are fighting

Which part of speech names a person, place, or thing?

• noun

• preposition

• adjective

• adverb

Put the sentence in order below. Use the appropriate form of Present Continuous Tense.

the/sun/shine. a/is/day/is/nice.

• The sun is shine. It is a nice day.

• The sun shine. It is a nice day.

• The sun is shining. It is a nice day.

• The sun shining. It is a nice day.

Which sentence IS a compound sentence?

• The class went on a field trip, and they learned a lot.

• Maria wanted to go to the mall but didn't.

• Manny and Johnny played video games all day and night.

• My birthday and Fourth of July fall on the same day.

The telephone ................once the day.

• ringes

• rings

• ring

• is ringing

What conjunction should be used in this sentence?

The concert was really fun, ................. it's too bad the weather was not better.

• and

• for

• but

• so

If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.

The word quickly is................

• noun

• adverb

• adjective

• preposition

................they coming over for dinner?

• Is

• Are

• Am