Grade 8 ELA Skills Quiz

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

• She don't like going to the park.

• She doesn't like going to the park.

• She doesn't likes going to the park.

• She don't likes going to the park.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.4.1C

Read the following sentence and choose the option that best describes the use of commas: "In the morning, we will go hiking, and, after lunch, we will visit the museum."

• The commas are used correctly.

• There should be no comma after "and".

• There should be no commas around "after lunch".

• There should be a comma after "morning" and "lunch" only.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What does the word "benevolent" mean?

• Malevolent

• Kind-hearted

• Indifferent

• Mysterious

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Identify the type of sentence: "Did you finish your homework?"

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Exclamatory

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: "Each of the students __________ a book."

• have

• has

• are

• were

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a semicolon?

• I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight.

• I have a big test tomorrow, I can't go out tonight.

• I have a big test tomorrow: I can't go out tonight.

• I have a big test tomorrow - I can't go out tonight.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

In the sentence "The cat, which was very old, slept all day," what is the purpose of the commas?

• To add a list

• To indicate direct speech

• To set off a nonrestrictive clause

• To separate two independent clauses

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the antonym of "ascend"?

• Climb

• Rise

• Descend

• Soar

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Choose the sentence that correctly uses "their," "there," and "they're."

• Their going to love going there for their vacation.

• They're going to love going there for their vacation.

• There going to love going their for they're vacation.

• They're going to love going their for there vacation.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Identify the main idea of a paragraph that discusses the importance of recycling, the process of recycling, and the benefits of recycling to the environment.

• The process of recycling is complicated.

• Recycling is beneficial to the environment.

• Everyone should learn how to recycle.

• There are many ways to recycle.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2