Grade 8 English Pre-Test

My grandmother is fond of planting ornamental plants like Silver Nerve plant, Snake plant and Fibre Optic grass plant.

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Amanda is a Phobophile. She loves watching horror movies.

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The manager disliked obsequious behavior, such as fawning and kowtowing.

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Telepathy is defined as the ability to communicate information to another person without the use of any known senses or communication devices.

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Lions are solitary creatures that prefer to hunt alone, but hyenas are gregarious creatures that hunt in packs.

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Citation is a written reference to a specific work, like a book, an article or a report by specific authors or editors.

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PLAGIARISM refers to the presentation of the words or ideas of another author (it could also be a text writer or another student) as your own.

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The format in In- TEXT CITATION is Author’s Last Name + Year of Publication + page (if applicable)

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A MODAL VERB is a type of verb that is used to indicate modality – that is: likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestions, order, obligation, or advice. Modal verbs always accompany the base form of another verb for having a semantic content.

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ADVERBS are words that do not modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb or even a whole sentence.

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