Mastering 8th Grade Grammar

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

• verb

• adjective

• noun

• adverb

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CCSS.L.3.1A

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

• The students

• For their exams

• Studying

• The exams

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

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; and ice cream.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

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

• goes

• going

• gone

• goed

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

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

• his

• their's

• its

• his or her

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Identify the type of sentence: 'Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.'

• Declarative sentence

• Compound sentence

• Simple sentence

• Complex sentence

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is the correct conjunction to complete the sentence: 'I wanted to go for a walk, (but, and) it started to rain.'

• so

• but

• or

• because

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which of the following is a compound sentence? A) I like to read. B) I like to read, and I like to write. C) Reading is fun.

• I enjoy writing.

• I read every day.

• Writing is my favorite hobby.

• B) I like to read, and I like to write.

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Correct the punctuation in this sentence: 'Its a beautiful day outside'

• It's a beautiful day outside.

• It's beautiful day outside.

• Its a beautifull day outside.

• Its a beautiful day outside.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

What is the past tense of the verb 'to run'?

• runed

• ran

• raned

• runned

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D