English A Quiz (Grade 8)

Descriptive Writing:

Write about 5 - 10 lines describing a character that you would use in a story. (It could be a person, animal, mythical creature, whatever you'd like)

(I'm awarding 5 marks for this)

True or False?

A phrase is a group of words with a subject-verb unit.

• True

• False

Which sentence is correct?

• The class has finished the project.

• The class have finished the project.

• The class has finish the project.

• The class have finish the project.

Which sentence is correct?

• There have been much problem in the city.

• There has been much problems in the city.

• There have been many problems in the city.

• There has being many problems in the city.

Which sentence is correct?

• Yesterday I go to see my friends at the mall.

• I went to go see yesterday my friends at the mall.

• Yesterday I went to saw my friends at the mall.

• I went to see my friends at the mall yesterday.

A run-on sentence is a sentence that ...

• does not include any punctuation mark to separate independent clauses.

• has includes a full stop in the wrong place.

• incorrectly includes a comma instead of a full stop.

• incorrectly uses both commas and full stop.

Fill in the blank.

........... she like chocolate?

• Has

• Is

• Do

• Does

Fill in the blank.

He is the ............ runner I've ever seen.

• Baddest

• Bad

• Worse

• Worst

Fill in the blank.

In England, the banks .......... at 3 pm.

• Are closing

• Closing

• Close

• Closes

SYNONYMS

Liability

• advantage

• responsibility

• adaptability

• spouse