8th Grade Grammar Challenge

What part of speech is the word 'quick' in the sentence 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'?

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The students are studying for their exams.'

• Studying

• For their exams

• The students

• The exams

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly? A) I love pizza, and ice cream. B) I love pizza and ice cream. C) I love pizza and, ice cream.

• I love pizza and ice cream.

• I love pizza; and ice cream.

• I love, pizza and ice cream.

• I love pizza, ice cream.

What is the correct form of the verb in the sentence: 'She (go) to the store every Saturday'?

• gone

• goed

• going

• goes

Choose the correct pronoun: 'Neither of the boys brought (his, their) lunch.'

• his or her

• its

• his

• their's

What type of sentence is this: 'Although it was raining, we went for a walk.'?

• Compound sentence

• Declarative sentence

• Complex sentence

• Simple sentence

Identify the adjective in the sentence: 'The tall building was painted blue.'

• building

• painted

• blue

• tall

Which sentence uses the correct form of 'there'? A) Their going to the park. B) There going to the park. C) They're going to the park.

• C) They're going to the park.

• There going to school.

• Their going to the movies.

• There going to the store.

What is the main clause in the sentence: 'If it rains, we will stay inside'?

• If it rains

• we will go outside

• we will stay inside

• It rains, we stay inside

Correct the punctuation in the following sentence: 'Its a beautiful day to go outside'

• It's beautiful day to go outside.

• Its a beautiful day, to go outside.

• Its a beautiful day to go outside.

• It's a beautiful day to go outside.