Essentials of English Grade 8

A complete sentence includes these two parts.

• beginning and end

• subject and predicate

• phrase and punctuation

• capitalization and paragraph

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1F

Define the "subject" of a sentence.

• who or what the sentence is about

• the action part

• the where part

• all the nouns and pronouns

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1F

Define the "predicate" part of a sentence.

• information that tells "what about" the subject

• it comes before the subject

• it tells when and where

• the first part of a sentence

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1F

Select the sentence that is written correctly.

• jim, and mary went to the park.

• Jim and Mary went to the park.

• Jim, and Mary, went to the park.

• Jim and Mary went to the park

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CCSS.L.2.2C

Select the correctly written sentence.

• He walked into the room from the kitchen.

• He walked in to the room from the kitchen.

• He walked in two the room from the kitchen.

• He walked in too the room from the kitchen.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1C

Select the correctly written sentence.

• because he wanted to get good grades he studied hard.

• Because he wanted to get good grades he studied hard.

• Because he wanted to get good grades, he studied hard.

• Because he wanted to get good grades, he studied hard

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Fill in the blank to best complete the sentence:

Mark had ______ of courage.

• alot

• a lot

• allot

• alots

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Fill in the blank to best complete the sentence.

Billy _____ know where he left his Chromebook.

• dosent

• dose'nt

• does'nt

• doesn't

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.4.1C

Fill in the blank to best complete the sentence.

The game was canceled ______ of the bad weather.

• becuase

• because

• cause

• becuz

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Select the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

• Even though she studied she failed the test.

• Even though, she studied, she failed the test.

• Even though she studied she, failed the test.

• Even though she studied, she failed the test.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A