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Worksheets8th Grade Midterm Part 1
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
The largest mountains in Europe are the Alps.
declarative
interrogative
exclamatory
imperative
Is that the mountain range that begins near the Mediterranean Sea?
declarative
interrogative
exclamatory
imperative
Look at all the snow-covered peaks.
declarative
interrogative
exclamatory
imperative
Do you know how tall Mont Blanc is?
declarative
interrogative
exclamatory
imperative
Tell me about Sir Walter Raleigh.
declarative
interrogative
exclamatory
imperative
Identify the simple subject and the simple predicate.
The Rocky Mountains are the largest mountain range in North America.
Rocky Mountains; are
range; are
North America; largest
Identify the simple subject and the simple predicate.
The Rockies serve as the Continental Divide.
Continental Divide; serve
Rockies; serve
Rockies; as
b. Rockies;
Identify the simple subject and the simple predicate.
Wyoming, New Mexico, and Idaho are three of the states through which the Rockies pass.
Wyoming, New Mexico, Idaho; pass
Wyoming, New Mexico, Idaho; are
half; includes
Identify the simple subject and the simple predicate.
Pikes Peak is named for him.
Pikes Peak; is
Pikes Peak; is named
Pikes Peak; named
The Andes Mountains, the longest chain of mountains above sea level in the world.
sentence
fragment
comma splice
fused sentence
The word Andes comes from the word anti, this is the Quechuan word for copper.
sentence
fragment
comma splice
fused sentence
One of the most popular volcanoes, Nevado del Ruiz in Columbia.
sentence
fragment
comma splice
fused sentence
The Appian Way, the first and most famous passageway.
sentence
fragment
comma splice
fused sentence
Early Christians sometimes met in these tombs they often used the catacombs as places of refuge.
sentence
fragment
comma splice
fused sentence
The bony structure around the eye is the socket.
S-TrV-DO
S-TrV-IO-DO
S-InV
S-LV-PN
The muscles around the eye move the eye and the eyelid.
S-TrV-DO
S-TrV-IO-DO
S-InV
S-LV-PN
The color of the iris depends on the amount of pigment in the eye.
S-TrV-DO
S-TrV-IO-DO
S-InV
S-LV-PN
He spent a fortune in the colonization of America.
S-TrV-DO
S-TrV-IO-DO
S-InV
S-LV-PN
They explored from North Carolina to Florida.
S-TrV-DO
S-TrV-IO-DO
S-InV
S-LV-PN
We need to do a research paper for English class.
indicative
imperative
subjunctive
Although born a slave, Douglass escaped at the age of 27.
indicative
imperative
subjunctive
Listen to Douglass’s quote on education: “Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.”
indicative
imperative
subjunctive
If I knew about Fredrick Douglass before, I would have done my paper on him last year.
indicative
imperative
subjunctive
He slipped past the British blockade and entered the country through its southern border.
common
proper
He and his followers overthrew the old government and set up a new system called the Consulate.
common
proper
Reform within the country was his next priority.
common
proper
Two years later, the French Senate made Napoleon the emperor of France.
common
proper
Napoleon's goal was to control all of Europe.
count
noncount
Great Britain stood in his way.
count
noncount
Napoleon turned instead to the land, where his domination was clear.
count
noncount
When Russia refused to cooperate, France was faced with the difficult decision to go to war.
count
noncount
In 1813 Napoleon gathered his soldiers for one more campaign and was eventually defeated at the Battle of Nations.
compound noun
noun
Napoleon was banished to the Isle of Elba, but his desperate need for power was his downfall.
compound noun
noun
As soon as he saw his opportunity, he left the island and returned to Paris.
compound noun
noun
His comeback was staged at the Battle of Waterloo, which ended in his complete and final defeat.
compound noun
noun
He spent the remaining six years of his life under house arrest on the small South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
compound noun
noun
Identify the antecedent
Lions and their prides are found in southern Africa and western India.
Lions
prides
Africa
Identify the antecedent
Because the female stalks the prey, she sometimes must leave her cubs.
female
prey
cubs
Identify the antecedent
The cub has its mother as an example of hunting and stalking.
example
cub
hunting
Identify the antecedent
Although the females do the actual fighting, they are much smaller than the male lions.
lions
females
male
Leopards almost never fight among themselves.
intensive
reflexive
A leopard normally stays by itself.
intensive
reflexive
The leopard himself is very territorial.
intensive
reflexive
On the field trip to the game reserve, we saw the mother leopard herself.
intensive
reflexive
Have you yourself ever petted a leopard?
intensive
reflexive
