8th Grade Language Arts Review

Read the sentence below. Determine the function of the word BURNING as it is used in the sentence below.
Amazingly, the man climbed out of the burning vehicle unharmed.

• Burning acts as a noun
• Burning acts as an adverb.
• Burning acts as a verb.
• Burning acts as an adjective.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following statements is written in the active voice?

• The rules were followed by most of the students.
• After everyone left, the dishes were washed by Greg.
• Danielle accidentally threw away the tickets to the concert.
• The bill was signed by the president on August 13, 1927.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Which of the following statements uses passive voice?

• The alarm was sounded by the fire department.
• The fire department sounded the alarm.
• The firemen put out the fire.
• They were able to save a family of four that lived upstairs.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Which of the following statements uses active voice?

• The suspects were taken into custody and questioned by the police.
• The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Pistachio nuts are grown in Iran.
• The burglar fled the scene before the cops arrived.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Where do commas need to be inserted in the sentence below?
Diana like many girls her age loves listening to music and attending concerts.

• After the words like and age.
• After the words Diana and age
• After the words music and attending
• After the words many and listening

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Where do commas need to be inserted in the sentence below?
While shopping Rick remembered he still needed to pick up the dog stop at the post office and put air in his tires.

• after the words shopping, needed, and office.
• after the words shopping, remembered, and stop
• after the words shopping, dog, and office
• No commas are needed.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

An ellipses [...] is used to indicate the trailing off of a thought, a hesitation or omission in a sentence. Where would an ellipses be placed in the sentence below?
I wish you would tell me when you oh, nevermind.

• I wish you would tell me when...you oh, nevermind.
• I wish...you would tell me when you oh, nevermind.
• I wish you would...tell me when you oh, nevermind.
• I wish you would tell me when you...oh, nevermind.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

The day my son Laurie started kindergarten, he renounced corduroy overalls and began wearing blue jeans with a belt; I watched him go off the first morning with the older girl next door.
What does the word "renounced" mean in the text?

• wore
• gave up
• clothes
• stripped

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

But we loved with a love that was more than love--
I and my Annabel Lee--
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me
What does the word SERAPHS mean in the text above?

• Messengers
• Rulers
• Angels
• Birds

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

He felt that the stars had been pulverized by the sound of the black jets, and that in the morning the earth would be covered with their dust like a strange snow.
What does the word pulverized mean in the text above?

• demolished
• extinguished
• burnt
• blown away

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4