Introduction to 8th Grade Grammar concepts

Identify the subject of the sentence:

Being on time is very important to John.

• time

• work

• Being on time

• important to John

• Being

Identify the complete verb of the sentence:

The robot lawn mowers never should have been created.

• should

• have been

• been created

• created

• should have been created

Which of the following can be helping verbs?

• can

• swim

• read

• am

While the waitress had cleaned off the table.

• Complete Sentence

• Sentence Fragment

Which best describes highlighted portion?

Chatting with her friends is my mom's favorite pastime.

• Participial Phrase

• Infinitive Phrase

• Gerund

A gerund is a...

• Verb ending in -ing, acting like a noun:

  (swimming is fun, running is not)

• Verb preceded by the word "to" & acting like a noun:

  (I like to eat)

• Verb with -ing or -ed, acting like an adverb:

  (Exhausted, he collapsed ont he bed.)

Identify the green portion of the sentence:

Until you learn how to play defense, you will have to sit the bench.

• Independent Clause

• Dependent Clause

• Phrase

Identify the green portion of the sentence:

Until you learn how to play defense, you will have to sit the bench.

• Independent Clause

• Dependent Clause

• Phrase

Identify the green portion of the sentence:

Colin, my son's best friend, is an excellent student.

• Independent Clause

• Dependent Clause

• Phrase

Choose the TWO correctly punctuated sentences:

• When summer ended the students rejoiced.

• When summer ended, the students rejoiced.

• The students rejoiced, when summer ended.

• The students rejoiced when summer ended.