8th grade grammar

Question 1

What is the mood of the verb in this sentence? The committee demands that he resign.

• A. imperative
• B. interrogative
• C. subjunctive
• D. indicative

Question 2

Choose the verb that agrees with the subject. The scissors ___ on the desk.

• A. are
• B. is

Question 3

What is the word in capitals doing in this sentence? Feeling TIRED, Leo went to bed.

• A. gerund (works as a noun)
• B. participle (works as an adjective)
• C. part of the main verb (is/was …ing)

Question 4

Choose the correct verb. Come and ___ next to me.

• A. set
• B. sit

Question 5

In which sentence is the infinitive phrase in brackets used as an adverb?

• A. We need a place [to stay].
• B. [To err] is human.
• C. This question is easy [to answer].

Question 6

This sentence has a dangling modifier. Which choice fixes it? Opening the box, a puppy jumped out. • Opening the box a puppy jumped out. • Opening the box, a puppy suddenly jumped out. • A puppy, opening the box, jumped out. • When I opened the box, a puppy jumped out.

• A. Opening the box a puppy jumped out.
• B. Opening the box, a puppy suddenly jumped out.
• C. A puppy, opening the box, jumped out.
• D. When I opened the box, a puppy jumped out.

Question 7

This sentence is passive. Who or what actually does the action? Type it (or type 'nobody' if the doer isn't named). The window was smashed by the hailstones.

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Question 8

Maria baked the bread, and then the soup was made by her. Which revision avoids the shift in voice?

• A. Maria baked the bread, and the soup then was made by her.
• B. Maria baked the bread, and then she made the soup.
• C. The bread was baked by Maria, and then she made the soup.
• D. Maria baked the bread, and then the soup had been made.

Question 9

In which sentence is the word in capitals used like this: part of the main verb (is/was …ing)?

• A. The LAUGHING children ran outside.
• B. She is SWIMMING across the bay.
• C. Feeling TIRED, Leo went to bed.

Question 10

Choose the verb form that completes the conditional sentence. If you heat ice, it ___.

• A. melts
• B. would melt
• C. melted
• D. will have melted

Question 11

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The price of bread has raised again.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 12

Is the opening phrase correctly attached, or is it a dangling modifier? Having finished the test, the students sat silently.

• A. correct
• B. dangling modifier

Question 13

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The number of students in the club are growing.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 14

How is the infinitive phrase in brackets used? I was happy [to help].

• A. as a noun
• B. as an adjective
• C. as an adverb

Question 15

What is the word in brackets doing in this sentence? The crying baby woke everyone up. (crying)

• A. gerund
• B. participle
• C. infinitive

Question 16

Which sentence uses the subjunctive correctly? • The teacher asked that the class was quiet. • The teacher asked that the class are quiet. • The teacher asked that the class is quiet. • The teacher asked that the class be quiet.

• A. The teacher asked that the class was quiet.
• B. The teacher asked that the class are quiet.
• C. The teacher asked that the class is quiet.
• D. The teacher asked that the class be quiet.