Mastering 8th Grade Grammar

What part of speech is the word 'quick' in the sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'?

• verb

• adjective

• noun

• adverb

Identify the subject in the following sentence: 'The students are studying for their exams.'

• The students

• For their exams

• Studying

• The exams

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly? A) I love pizza, and ice cream. B) I love pizza and ice cream. C) I love pizza and, ice cream.

• I love pizza and ice cream.

• I love, pizza and ice cream.

• I love pizza and ice-cream.

• I love pizza; and ice cream.

What is the correct form of the verb in the sentence: 'She (go) to the store every Saturday'?

• goes

• going

• gone

• goed

Choose the correct pronoun: 'Neither of the boys brought (his, their) lunch.'

• his

• their's

• its

• his or her

Identify the type of sentence: 'Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.'

• Declarative sentence

• Compound sentence

• Simple sentence

• Complex sentence

What is the correct conjunction to complete the sentence: 'I wanted to go for a walk, (but, and) it started to rain.'

• so

• but

• or

• because

Which of the following is a compound sentence? A) I like to read. B) I like to read, and I like to write. C) Reading is fun.

• I enjoy writing.

• I read every day.

• Writing is my favorite hobby.

• B) I like to read, and I like to write.

Correct the punctuation in this sentence: 'Its a beautiful day outside'

• It's a beautiful day outside.

• It's beautiful day outside.

• Its a beautifull day outside.

• Its a beautiful day outside.

What is the past tense of the verb 'to run'?

• runed

• ran

• raned

• runned