8th Grade Language Arts Exam

Which sentence is written correctly?

• She don't like taking risks.

• She doesn't like taking risks.

• She doesn't likes taking risks.

• She don't likes taking risks.

Identify the correct verb tense: "By next year, I will have completed my novel."

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Future Perfect

• Present Progressive

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

• The team of players are winning.

• The team of players is winning.

• The teams of players is winning.

• The teams of players am winning.

Identify the sentence with a misplaced modifier.

• She almost drove her brother to the airport every weekend.

• She drove her brother to the airport almost every weekend.

• Almost every weekend, she drove her brother to the airport.

• She drove almost every weekend to the airport with her brother.

What is the correct use of a semicolon?

• I like ice cream, and he likes cake; we both love desserts.

• I like ice cream; and he likes cake we both love desserts.

• I like ice cream and he likes cake; we both love desserts.

• I like ice cream, he likes cake; we both love desserts.

Identify the sentence with proper parallel structure.

• She likes reading, to paint, and writing.

• She likes reading, painting, and writing.

• She likes to read, painting, and write.

• She likes to read, to paint, and writing.

Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: "Each of the students brought ___ own lunch."

• their

• his or her

• they

• its

Which of the following is written in passive voice?

• The teacher gave the students an assignment.

• The students completed the assignment quickly.

• The assignment was given to the students by the teacher.

• The students were excited to do the assignment.

Identify the correctly punctuated sentence.

• "I can't believe it", she said.

• "I can't believe it!" she said.

• "I can't believe it!" She said.

• "I can't believe it!" she said.

What type of sentence is this? "If you study hard, you will pass the exam."

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex