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Eighth Grade (Grade 8) Grammar Questions

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Grade 8 Parts of Speech
Is the participle a present or past participle? Is it used as a verb or adjective?
The freezing lady put on her sweater.
  1. present participle-verb
  2. present participle-adjective
  3. past participle-verb
  4. past participle-adjective
Grade 8 Parts of Speech
Is the participle a present or past participle? Is it used as a verb or adjective?
Allan should have looked at the price tag first.
  1. present participle-verb
  2. present participle-adjective
  3. past participle-verb
  4. past participle-adjective
Grade 8 Editing
Which choice correctly punctuates and capitalizes the words in the following sentence?

st patricks day comes once a year
  1. St. Patricks day comes once a year.
  2. St. Patrick's Day comes once a year.
  3. St Patricks Day comes once a year.
  4. st patrick's day comes once a year!
Grade 8 Combining Sentences
Which way is the best way to combine these sentences? We saw a movie during our vacation. The movie was interesting.
  1. We saw a movie during our interesting vacation.
  2. Interesting, we saw a movie during our vacation.
  3. We saw an interesting movie during our vacation.
  4. none of the above
Grade 8 Parts of Speech
Is the participle a present or past participle? Is it used as a verb or adjective?
I made a running leap to clear the last hurdle.
  1. present participle-verb
  2. present participle-adjective
  3. past participle-verb
  4. past participle-adjective
Grade 8 Capitalization
Choose the words that should be capitalized in the following sentence.

you must go 10 miles north to get to edinburgh.
  1. You, Destination, North
  2. You, Miles, Destination
  3. North, Edinburgh
  4. You, Edinburgh
Grade 8 Subject-Verb Agreement
Grade 8 Fragments and Run-ons
Which of the following is a sentence fragment?
  1. An extremely loyal friend and inspiration.
  2. Julie is a special cat who loves sunbathing.
  3. She loves living in a creative environment.
  4. The balcony holds magnificent flowers.
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