8th Grade Grammar Test 6 (Semester Exam) Flashcards
a sentence always contains a subject and a
verb
a verb form used as some other part of speech is called a
verbal
the verb form that is used as a noun and that always ends in -ing is a(n)
gerund
the 4 principal parts of verbs are ___, present participle, past, and past participle.
present
the verbs set, raise, and lay usually are followed by a(n)
object
predicate nominatives follow linking verbs and rename or explain the
subject
direct objects answer the questions whom or ___ after an action verb
what
The titles Reverend and Honorable may be abbreviated when they are used with the
full name
use a ____ before a list of items that comes after such words as “the following.”
colon
periods and commas always go (inside, outside) the closing quotation marks.
inside
verbs ending in “s” are usually (singular, plural)
singular
Study your punctuation rules.
They should be located in the back of the book somewhere for easy reference.
Study capitalization rules.
JJ
Study Sentence, Fragment, Run-On.
JJ
Study the following: DO, IO, OP, AP, DA, Verbals used as adjectives
:)
When you prepare an oral book report, you should write out the introduction and conclusion and use ___ form for the body of the report.
outline
The two methods of arranging library books are the Library of Congress system and the ___ system.
Dewey Decimal
If your paragraph has ___, every sentence is related to the topic sentence.
unity
The point of view you use to write a description is mental as well as
physical
There are two kinds of outlines–a sentence outline and a ___ outline
topic
When you write a summary of a longer piece, one of the things you omit is
details, samples, or illustrations
