ELA Grammar Flashcard 8th Grade

Passive voice is a grammatical construction where the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb. For example, 'The cat is sleeping on the couch.'

The correct capitalization is 'November', as it is a proper noun.

Common nouns refer to general items or concepts, such as 'candy', 'restaurant', and 'store', rather than specific names.

'There' refers to a place, 'they're' is a contraction for 'they are', and 'their' indicates possession.

A summative test evaluates student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.

Spelling is the process of writing or naming the letters of a word in the correct sequence.

An example of a proper noun is 'Hershey's', which names a specific brand.

A verb expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being.

A sentence expresses a complete thought and has a subject and a verb, while a fragment is an incomplete thought.

Adjectives describe or modify nouns, providing more detail about them.