Contractions and Negatives

Contractions and Negatives

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Contractions and Negatives

Contractions and Negatives

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.8.4A, L.8.1B, RI.8.4

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Zahra Alkhzraji

Used 5+ times

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the contraction in the following sentence: I can't believe you did that.

cant

can't

cannot

cant't

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Expand the contraction in the following sentence: She's going to the store.

She going to the store.

She's going to the store.

She are going to the store.

She is going to the store.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of using a contraction in informal writing? a) I am not sure b) I'm not sure c) I amn't sure

I amn't sure

b) I'm not sure

I amn't sure

I amn't sure

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Recognize the negative contraction in the following sentence: They haven't arrived yet.

hasn't

hadn't

don't

haven't

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Form a negative contraction for the following sentence: She is here.

She's here

She are here

She isn't here

She not here

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Differentiate between a contraction and a possessive in the sentence: It's raining outside.

In the sentence 'It's raining outside,' 'It's' is a possessive and 'outside' is a contraction.

In the sentence 'It's raining outside,' 'It's' is an adverb and 'outside' is an adjective.

In the sentence 'It's raining outside,' 'It's' is a verb and 'outside' is a noun.

In the sentence 'It's raining outside,' 'It's' is a contraction and 'outside' is a possessive.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the contraction in the following sentence: We'll be there in a minute.

'We'll'

Weall

Weve

We're

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