8th ELA Semester 1 Review

Which of the following sentences contains a proper noun?

Peter Van Daan initially gets along well with Anne Frank upon their first meeting in the annex.

Which sentence BEST describes why Mr. Van Daan's theft of bread is such a serious act?

Which of the following sentences is an interrogative sentence?

Paris is a common noun.

What is the name of Esperanza's father?

In the sentence "The cat chased the mouse," "chased the mouse" is the simple predicate.

She gave ____________ a gift.

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

Esperanza writes poems to express her feelings and observations about life on Mango Street.

Identify the abstract noun in the following sentence: "Kindness is a virtue."

What is the name of the protagonist in "The House on Mango Street?"

Elie Wiesel states that receiving the prize "both frightens and pleases me." Why is he frightened?

Identify the helping verb in the sentence: "She has finished her assignment."

Choose the correct punctuation for the following sentence. Have you finished your homework

Choose the correct plural form: This ________ belongs to my friends.

Why must the Franks and the others remain quiet all day?

Proper nouns always start with a capital letter.

A possessive noun shows ownership or relationship.

Esperanza's mother is unhappy with her life on Mango Street and wishes to move away.

Who is Mr. Frank's business partner and the Van Daan family patriarch?

The plural form of "goose" is "geese"

Esperanza's family owns the house on Mango Street.

Why does Grandpa say he arrived for a surprise visit with the family?

An indirect object always comes after the direct object in a sentence.

What motivated Wiesel to speak out for the oppressed and victimized?

Declarative sentences always end with a question mark.

She was happy yesterday. T/F is the verb tense correct?

Why do the Franks agree to take in Mr. Dussel?

Esperanza wants to leave Mango Street and never return.

Rewrite the sentence using the correct possessive form: "The car belongs to the Smith family."

What does Esperanza dream of having in her life?

Identify the proper noun in the sentence: Harry Potter is a popular book series."

Who tells the Nazi's about the people in the attic?

Why is the pouch referred to as a medicine bag?

"Run" is a linking verb

"Be" is a helping verb.

Where does the play take place?

Who is Anne Frank's older sister?

Why does Anne leave her diary behind when the Nazis come to take the families and Mr. Dussel away?

A sentence that gives a command or makes a request is an imperative sentence.

The Franks and the Van Daans hide in a secret annex above Mr. Frank's former business premises.

The dog _________ in the park. Fill in with the correct action verb

Which sentence is imperative?

Which of the following is NOT a theme explored in the novel?

An abstract noun represents something that can be touched or seen.

Identify the simple subject in the sentence: "The birds flew across the sky."

Change the following singular noun into its possessive form: "cat."