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Common Core Standard L.8.1a Questions

Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.

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Grade 8 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.8.1, L.8.1a
Which of the following sentences does NOT use a participial phrase correctly?
  1. Students who seek their instructors' advice often can improve their grades.Student who often seek their instructors' advice can improve their grades.
  2. Students who often seek their instructors' advice can improve their grades.
  3. Students who seek their instructors' advice can often improve their grades.
Grade 8 Phrases and Clauses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.8.1, L.8.1a
Which sentence has an infinitive phrase?
  1. He wanted beans.
  2. They went to study math.
  3. She went to the market.
  4. They ran from the park.
Grade 8 Phrases and Clauses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.8.1, L.8.1a
Which sentence has a gerund phrase?
  1. I love eating blueberries.
  2. I love to eat blueberries.
  3. I love blueberries.
  4. I love it when blueberries are good.
Grade 8 Phrases and Clauses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.8.1, L.8.1a
Which one of the following sentences uses a participial phrase correctly?
  1. Washed with my clothes, my cellphone no longer worked.
  2. When I washed my cellphone with my clothes it no longer worked.
  3. My cellphone no longer worked, washed with my clothes.
Grade 8 Phrases and Clauses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.8.1, L.8.1a
She went home to grab a snack out of the fridge.

In the sentence above, which group of words makes up an infinitive phrase?
  1. She went home
  2. to grab a snack
  3. out of the fridge
  4. home to grab
Grade 8 Phrases and Clauses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.8.1, L.8.1a
Which of the following sentences uses a participial phrase correctly?
  1. Changing the oil every 3,000 miles, there is an easy way to keep your car running smoothly.
  2. If we change the oil every 3,000 miles, we can keep our car running smoothly.
Grade 8 Phrases and Clauses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.8.1, L.8.1a
Which of the following sentences uses a participial phrase correctly?
  1. Draped neatly over a hanger, William borrowed grandpas suit to wear to the interview.
  2. For the interview, William borrowed grandpas old suit, that was draped neatly over a hanger.

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