Milestone 8th grade review

Which word BEST replaces recoiled without changing the meaning of the sentence? Brayden opened the car door and recoiled at the sharp scent of pine.

• A. blinked

• B. cringed

• C. leaped

• D. hesitated

What does the phrase seemed to nod suggest to the reader? Then the wolf inclined her head towards the boy and seemed to nod, before turning away and disappearing into the purple twilight.

• The coyote disapproves of Brayden’s presence within her territory.

• The coyote believes Brayden is someone who can be trusted.

• The coyote approves of Brayden’s effort to correct his mistake.

• The coyote recognizes Brayden from his many trips to the area.

Correct the sentence. My mother used to ask me what I would want to do.... in charge of running the world.

• if I was

• if I had been

• if I were

• if I have been

Read the sentence. After the swim meet, cheeseburgers were eaten by many hungry kids from the swim team. What is the BEST way to rewrite the sentence in the active voice?

• After many hungry kids on the swim team finished the swim meet, they ate cheeseburgers.

• After the swim meet, many cheeseburgers were eaten by a swim team of hungry kids.

• After the swim meet, many hungry kids from the swim team ate cheeseburgers.

• After cheeseburgers were eaten by many hungry kids, the swim team finished the swim meet.

A student wrote a personal essay about playing an instrument. In some ways, playing the fiddle wasn’t really a choice for me. All of my relatives play music. My mom plays fiddle and my dad plays piano and bass. My grandparents were musicians who met in a bluegrass band. In my family, playing an instrument was kind of taken for granted, like breathing or eating food. I think I was probably six or seven years old before the thought even crossed my mind that playing the fiddle was actually a decision. Sometimes you have a whole lot of different ways of seeing different situations. By that time, I was already hooked. Which revision to the paragraph would make it clearer and more coherent?

• Compare the fiddle with other instruments after sentence 3.

• Add more details about the grandparents after sentence 4.

• Remove sentence 5.

• Remove sentence 7.

A student is writing a report on how screen time affects teenagers. Which source would provide the MOST relevant and credible information for the report?

• a teenager’s blog titled How I Survived a Week without Screens

• a newspaper interview titled “Local Parents See Benefits of Screen Time for Teens”

• a self-help book for teenagers titled Doing More and Watching Less: How to Control Your Screen Time

• an academic article from a university researcher titled “An Analysis of Screen Use and Teenage Health”

What type of verbal is this? Frank agreed to meet with us, but never showed up.

• Infinitive

• Gerund

• Participle

• Direct object

What type of Verbal? Talking on the phone, the woman never saw who took her purse.

• Infinite

• Gerund

• Participle

• Direct object

What type of verbal? I felt nauseous from her terrible driving.

• Infinite

• Gerund

• Participle

• Indirect Object

What type of Verbal? Although they tried, they couldn’t solve the puzzling mystery.

• Infinite

• Gerund

• Participle

• Indirect Object