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

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

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

• The exams

• Studying

• For their exams

• The students

Tags

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, ice cream.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

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

• goed

• goes

• go

• going

Tags

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.'

• their's

• his or her

• his

• its

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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

• Compound sentence

• Declarative sentence

• Complex sentence

• Simple sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Identify the adjective in the sentence: 'The tall building was visible from miles away.'

• visible

• tall

• miles

• building

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

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.

• Writing is my favorite hobby.

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

• I read every day.

Tags

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 the following sentence: 'Its a beautiful day today'

• Its a beautiful day, today

• It's a beautiful day today

• Its a beautifull day today

• Its a beautiful day today

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

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

• runned

• ran

• runed

• raned

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D