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Common Core Standards Bellringers

Grade 8 ? English Language Arts Set Student Edition

Second Edition Includes Language, Reading, and Writing

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Common Core Standards Bellringers

Grade 8 ? English Language Arts, Language Section Student Edition

Second Edition

Copyright 2013 by Great Educators All rights reserved.

Common Core State Standards Bellringers Student Edition: ELA Set, Second Edition

8TH Grade Language: L.8.1

Problem: Identify the gerund in the following sentence.

Running is my favorite pastime. a. Running b. Favorite c. Pastime

Answer: a

This type of question has to do with gerunds, participles, and infinitives. What are some things to remember about this type of question?

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Answer the following questions about gerunds, using the following sentences.

My grandmother is practiced in knitting. Knitting is no longer a popular hobby. 1. Identify the gerund in the first sentence.

a. Grandmother b. Practiced c. Knitting

Answer:

2. What part of speech is the gerund used as in the first sentence? a. Subject b. Object c. Object of preposition Answer:

3. What part of speech is the gerund used as in the second sentence? a. Subject b. Object c. Object of preposition Answer:

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Common Core State Standards Bellringers Student Edition: ELA Set, Second Edition

8TH Grade Language: L.8.1

Problem: Identify the form of the verb in the following sentence.

I rake leaves in the yard every autumn.

a. Active b. Passive

Answer: a

This type of question has to do with active and passive voice. What are some things to remember about this type of question?

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Answer the following questions about active and passive voice, using the following. The trees produce a lot of leaves at this time of the year. A lot of falling acorns are produced by oak trees.

1. Identify the form of the verb in the first sentence. a. Active b. Passive Answer:

2. Identify the form of the verb in the second sentence. a. Active b. Passive Answer:

3. The way to identify the passive voice is: a. Sentences with passive voice contain a form of to be and a past participle. b. Passive voice sentences direct an action toward the subject. c. Both a and b. Answer:

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Common Core State Standards Bellringers Student Edition: ELA Set, Second Edition

8TH Grade Language: L.8.1

Problem: The following sentence is an example of the indicative mood:

a. Can you stay in our yard when you go out to play?

b. Stay in our yard when you go out to play.

c. I wish you would stay in our yard when you go out to play.

Answer: a

This type of question has to do with indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood. What are some things to remember about this type of question?

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Instructions: Identify the mood as identified in the sentences below.

1. Imperative mood: a. Please don't jump rope in the living room. b. I like to jump rope in the living room. c. Either a or b Answer:

2. Indicative mood: a. I like riding skateboards with my friends. b. Do you like riding skateboards? c. Both a and b. Answer:

3. Subjunctive mood: a. If he had known, he would have asked you to play. b. He had known. c. He had asked you to play. Answer:

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Common Core State Standards Bellringers Student Edition: ELA Set, Second Edition

8TH Grade Language: L.8.1

Problem: Which sentence is correct? a. My sister liked parties because they are always fun. b. My sister likes parties because they are always fun.

Answer: b

This type of question has to do with recognizing inappropriate shifts in verb voice and/or mood. What are some things to remember about this type of question?

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Instructions: For each set of sentences, select the correct one.

a. If I were more organized, I would become a party planner. b. If I was more organized, I would become a party planner.

Answer:

c. If it was not for the playgrounds in the neighborhood, I would not have a place to go after school.

d. If it were not for the playgrounds in the neighborhood, I would not have a place to go after school. Answer:

e. Joe was headed for the community center, where he realized he had forgotten his tutoring assignment.

f. Joe was headed for the community center, where it was realized that he had forgotten his tutoring assignment. Answer:

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Common Core State Standards Bellringers Student Edition: ELA Set, Second Edition

8TH Grade Language: L.8.2

Problem: Which sentence is correct?

a. Only one drink is my favorite; green tea.

b. Only one drink is my favorite-- green tea.

Answer: b

This type of question has to do with properly using punctuation. What are some things to remember about this type of question?

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Instructions: For each set of sentences, select the correct one.

a. After trying a lot of different restaurants she decided to choose the deli to cater her reception.

b. After trying a lot of different restaurants, she decided to choose the deli to cater her reception. Answer:

c. She tasted and tasted the samples...and then tasted some more. d. She tasted and tasted the samples: and then tasted some more.

Answer:

e. Her decision--a last minute one--is final. f. Her decision; a last minute one; is final.

Answer:

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Common Core State Standards Bellringers Student Edition: ELA Set, Second Edition

8TH Grade Language: L.8.2

Problem: Where has the material been omitted? "Where is my book?...Why does it keep disappearing?"

a. Material is omitted before the first sentence.

b. Material is omitted between the sentences.

Answer: b

This type of question has to do with properly using an ellipsis. What are some things to remember about this type of question?

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Instructions: True or false: the sentence is correctly rewritten using ellipses.

1. Original: "Beth was too bashful to go to school; it had been tried, but she suffered so much that it was given up, and she did her lessons at home with her father." Rewritten: "Beth was too bashful to go to school; it had been tried, but she suffered so much that it was given up..." Answer:

2. Original: There were six dolls to be taken up and dressed every morning, for Beth was a child still, and loved her pets as well as ever. Not one whole or handsome one among them; all were outcasts till Beth took them in; for, when her sisters outgrew these idols, they passed to her, because Amy would have nothing old or ugly. Beth cherished them all the more tenderly for that very reason, and set up a hospital for infirm dolls. No pins were ever stuck into their cotton vitals; no harsh words or blows were ever given them; no neglect ever saddened the heart of the most repulsive: but all were fed and clothed, nursed and caressed, with an affection which never failed. Rewritten: There were six dolls to be taken up and dressed every morning, for Beth was a child still, and loved her pets as well as ever...No pins were ever stuck into their cotton vitals; no harsh words or blows were ever given them; no neglect ever saddened the heart of the most repulsive: but all were fed and clothed, nursed and caressed, with an affection which never failed. Answer:

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