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Abeka 8th Grade Grammar and Composition Test
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Abeka 8th Grade Grammar and Composition Test
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1. Is this sentence written correctly or incorrectly?: 'John, was it in A.D. 500 that the Roman Empire fell?,' asked Alex.

2. Is this sentence written correctly or incorrectly?: Cathy and I greeted our guest speaker, the Hon. Samuel Wilkins.

3. Choose the correct word: Professor Collins allowed Betty and her/she to make up the lessons.

4. Identify the sentence structure - simple, compound, complex, compound-complex: This is the price that we agreed to pay for the book.

5. Label the verb in the sentence as active or passive: The soldier was comforted by letter from home.

6. Is this sentence written correctly or incorrectly?: Now a favorite American food, the frankfurter actually originated in Germany.

7. Choose the correct word: Please set/sit these books on that shelf.

8. Identify - subject, direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, object of preposition, objective complement, appositive, direct address: Our class president gave each officer special recognition.

9. Choose the correct word: Most of the milk was/were spilled.

10. Identify the sentence structure - simple, compound, complex, compound-complex: The receptionist offered us a seat, but we preferred to stand while we waited.

11. Choose the correct word: This medicine will affect/effect an improvement in his condition.

12. Choose the correct word: Them/Those answers seemed right to me.

13. Choose the correct word: I hope/Hopefully it will not rain on the day of the picnic.

14. Label the mood of the italicized verb as imperative, indicative, or subjunctive: Sarah requested that her name be removed from the list.

15. identify word, phrase, or clause - verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection: Singing cheerfully, Mother washed the dishes.

16. identify word, phrase, or clause - verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection: They live in the house across the street.

17. Choose the correct word: Each of the student recited his/their poem today.

18. identify word, phrase, or clause - verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection: 'That was a good presentation,' said Mrs. Webber.

19. Is this sentence written correctly or incorrectly?: 'I saw in the way,' said Paul, 'A light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun.'

20. Label the mood of the italicized verb as imperative, indicative, or subjunctive: Please be quiet during the sermon.

21. Choose the correct word: If he was/were in my situation, I wonder which choice he would make.

22. identify word, phrase, or clause - verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection: He did not know where he wanted to hang the picture.

23. Choose the correct word: We don't want any/no problems today.

24. Choose the correct word: They rode all the farther/as far as they could before nightfall.

25. identify word, phrase, or clause - verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection: Seth is the one who volunteered.