8th Grade Language Arts Pre-Test

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) 
Blowing bubbles on a windy day is a fun activity for children.

• bubbles
• activity
• blowing
• children

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Scampering down the street, the cat ran from the large dog chasing it.

What type of verbal phrase is this?

• Participial phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Gerund phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

To sleep is all I want to do over Spring Break.

The 2 underlined phrases are what type of verbal?

• Participle

• Infinitve

• Gerund

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Gerunds always act like what?

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• all three

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.

• Enjoying
• Enjoying, jumped
• Enjoying, threw
• Enjoying, jumped, threw

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is a participle?

• verb pretending to be a noun

• verb pretending to be an adjective

• noun pretending to be a noun

• adjective pretending to be a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Participles and Infinitives are both verbals. This means they are formed from what part of speech?

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Infinitives can function as what part of speech?

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

_{Find the infinitive in each sentence.
To conquer Mt. Everest is my goal.} 

• To conquer
• Mt. Everest
• is my goal. 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Active or Passive?
I hate homework.

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A