8th Grade Grammar Practice

Matthew and Lylah are playing a word game. Matthew asks, "What is a noun?"

• A word that describes a verb

• A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that connects two parts of a sentence

• A word that expresses strong emotion

During a grammar class, Andrew asked, "Which type of verb does not take a direct object?"

• Transitive verb

• Adjective

• Intransitive verb

• Conjunction

Jesse and Avery are talking about grammar. Jesse asks, "What is a pronoun?"

• A word used in the place of a noun

• A word that describes a noun

• A word that adds a noun to a sentence

• A word that expresses action

Thaddeus and Andrew are working on a group project. What type of word would they use to connect their ideas in a sentence?

• A word that describes a noun

• A word that expresses action

• A word that connects two or more parts of a sentence

• A word that shows strong emotion

In the sentence, "Avery is reading a book," what is the subject?

• The conjugated verb in a sentence

• The person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something

• A group of words missing a subject

• A verbal ending in -ing

In a sentence about TJ playing soccer, what is the predicate?

• A group of words missing a subject

• The conjugated verb that shows what the subject is or is doing

• A verbal ending in -ing

• A word that describes a noun

Matthew and Lylah are working on a group project. Matthew writes a sentence that contains a subject and a predicate but cannot stand alone. What is this type of sentence called?

• Contains a subject and a predicate and can stand alone

• Contains a subject and a predicate and cannot stand alone

• A word that describes a verb

• A verbal ending in -ing

Yenli is writing a story and wants to make her sentences more descriptive. She uses a verbal ending in -ed or -ing to act as an adjective. What is this verbal called?

• A verbal ending in -ed or -ing that acts as an adjective

• A word that describes a noun

• A word that connects two parts of a sentence

• A verbal ending in -ing that acts as a noun

Genevieve wrote a sentence that contains only one independent clause. What type of sentence did she write?

• 1 independent clause

• 2 independent clauses

• 1 dependent clause

• 2 dependent clauses

During a school play, Andrew, Thaddeus, and Jesse were assigned different roles. Which verb form is NOT a conjugation of 'to be'?

• Am

• Is

• Was

• Be