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8th Grade – 2nd Quarter

Ms. C. Smith

Parts of Speech: For each sentence below, determine the correct part of speech for each underlined word.

1. I played at Tommy’s house yesterday.

a. noun b. verb c. adjective d. preposition

2. Write in complete sentences.

a. noun b. verb c. adjective d. preposition

3. What is the problem with your car?

a. noun b. verb c. adjective d. preposition

4. Can my brother ride with you to the game this weekend?

a. noun b. verb c. adjective d. preposition

5. I am certain that I gave you my keys.

a. noun b. verb c. adjective d. preposition

6. My mother and I were going to the play, but she had to stay home because she got sick.

a. Conjunction b. interjection c. preposition d. pronoun

7. Whoa! You have got to be kidding me.

a. Conjunction b. interjection c. preposition d. pronoun

8. Jonathan was going to the store; however, he had to stop by the gas station first.

a. Conjunction b. interjection c. preposition d. pronoun

Prepositions: Select the correct answer for each.

9. Which word in the sentence below is the object of the preposition?

Mrs. Little Feather will choose the lead actors during the rehearsal.

a. choose b. actors c. during d. rehearsal

10. Which word in the sentence below is the object of a preposition?

Before you go to the park, you need to empty the garbage.

a. you b. park c. go d. the

11. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?

Do any of your dogs like to play fetch?

a. do any b. of your dogs c. like to play d. fetch

12. Which word in the following sentence is a preposition?

Our family had a feast on Thanksgiving.

a. Our b. had c. a d. on

Phrases & Clauses: Correctly identify each underlined portion of the sentence.

13. My mother and I were going to the play, but she had to stay home because she got sick.

a. Prepositional phrase b. verb phrase c. independent clause

d. dependent clause e. appositive phrase

14. I am certain that I gave you my keys.

a. Prepositional phrase b. verb phrase c. independent clause

d. dependent clause e. appositive phrase

15. Can my brother ride with you to the game this weekend?

a. Prepositional phrase b. verb phrase c. independent clause

d. dependent clause e. appositive phrase

16. My mother and I were going to the play, but she had to stay home because she got sick.

a. Prepositional phrase b. verb phrase c. independent clause

d. dependent clause e. appositive phrase

17. Tommy, my only brother, is going to visit us over the holidays.

a. Prepositional phrase b. verb phrase c. independent clause

d. dependent clause e. appositive phrase

Sentence Purpose: Correctly identify each sentence type.

18. We took Mark to the doctor because he had been running a very high fever.

a. Declarative b. interrogative c. exclamatory d. imperative

19. Stop shouting names in the hallway.

a. Declarative b. interrogative c. exclamatory d. imperative

20. When will this rain stop so that we can play more baseball games?

a. Declarative b. interrogative c. exclamatory d. imperative

21. Stop shouting names in the hallway!

a. Declarative b. interrogative c. exclamatory d. imperative

22. Please take this over to Ms. Gordon’s room and wait for her to read it.

a. Declarative b. interrogative c. exclamatory d. imperative

Sentence Structure: Correctly identify each sentence structure.

23. Can my brother ride with you to the game this weekend?

a. Simple b. complex c. compound

24. We took Mark to the doctor because he had been running a very high fever.

a. Simple b. complex c. compound

25. Stop shouting names in the hallway!

a. Simple b. complex c. compound

26. When will this rain stop so that we can play more baseball games?

a. Simple b. complex c. compound

27. I need to go to the mall and buy some presents for the holidays.

a. Simple b. complex c. compound

28. Robin asked me to go to the dance with her, and she also asked Sam if he would take her.

a. Simple b. complex c. compound

Objects: Correctly identify the underlined word in each sentence.

29. I gave Maria the money for the pizza when she arrived.

a. Direct Object b. Indirect Object c. Object of the Preposition d. none of these

30. I gave Maria the money for the pizza when she arrived.

a. Direct Object b. Indirect Object c. Object of the Preposition d. none of these

31. I gave Maria the money for the pizza when she arrived.

a. Direct Object b. Indirect Object c. Object of the Preposition d. none of these

32. I am certain that she put it on the table.

a. Direct Object b. Indirect Object c. Object of the Preposition d. none of these

33. I am certain that she put it on the table.

a. Direct Object b. Indirect Object c. Object of the Preposition d. none of these

34. I am certain that she put it on the table.

a. Direct Object b. Indirect Object c. Object of the Preposition d. none of these

Pronouns: Correctly identify the type of pronoun underlined in each sentence below.

35. Please do not do that again.

a. Indefinite pronoun b. objective pronoun c. possessive pronoun d. demonstrative pronoun

36. Can anyone tell me when Tatiana will be home?

a. Indefinite pronoun b. objective pronoun c. possessive pronoun d. demonstrative pronoun

37. Bryan wants to know if you have his math book.

a. Indefinite pronoun b. objective pronoun c. possessive pronoun d. demonstrative pronoun

38. Here is the football, but do not throw it in the house.

a. Indefinite pronoun b. objective pronoun c. possessive pronoun d. demonstrative pronoun

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs: Determine whether each underlined verb is transitive or intransitive and mark the correct answer.

39. When Shalaka ran to the store, she forgot to take her purse.

a. Transitive b. intransitive

40. To those who much is given, much is expected.

a. Transitive b. intransitive

41. Pick up your clothes from the bedroom floor, and place them in the laundry hamper.

a. Transitive b. intransitive

Verbs: Correctly identify each of the underlined verbs.

42. When Shalaka ran to the store, she forgot to take her purse.

a. Action verb b. linking verb c. helping verb

43. To those who much is given, much is expected.

a. Action verb b. linking verb c. helping verb

44. Pick up your clothes from the bedroom floor, and place them in the laundry hamper.

a. action verb b. linking verb c. helping verb

45. To those who much is given, much is expected.

a. Action verb b. linking verb c. helping verb

Capitalization and Punctuation: In each of setsentences, choose the one that is correct.

46. a. When Carlton finishes his test he should work on his homework for Ms. Smith.

b. When Carlton finishes his test, he should work on his homework for Ms. Smith.

c. When Carlton finishes his test, he should work on his homework for Ms Smith.

d. When Carlton finishes his test he should work on his homework for Ms Smith.

47. a. Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma, but they don't know the reasons for it.

b. Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma; but, they don’t know the reasons for it.

c. Doctor’s are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma; but they don’t know the reasons for it.

d. Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate for asthma but they don’t know the reasons for it.

48. a. Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from Asthma, because it is a treatable illness.

b. Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma; because it is a treatable illness.

c. Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from Asthma, because it is a treatable illness.

d. Doctors are concerned about the rising death rate from asthma because it is a treatable illness.

Extra Credit: Diagramming

49. I gave Maria money when she arrived from the mall.

I gave money

Maria

When

She arrived

from

mall

the

50. Charles has found a rare plant in his yard.

Charles has found plant

In a rare

Yard

his

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