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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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