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Proficiency Review Grade 8 Grammar Vocabulary Short Story Plot Elements

This proficiency review game helps students practice grammar and vocabulary through short story plot elements. Students will work in teams, answering questions and earning points. The winning team receives a special treat!

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Proficiency Review Grade 8 Grammar Vocabulary Short Story Plot Elements

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  1. Proficiency ReviewGrade 8 Grammar Vocabulary Short Story Plot Elements

  2. How to play the Proficiency Review! • Students will break into teams of 3. • Each team will have a designated group leader that will be writing the answers to the questions on the marker boards or a separate sheet of paper. • DO NOT show your answers to the other groups. • Score will be kept. 1 point will be awarded for each question answered right. 1 point will be deducted for wrong answers. • At the end of the game, the winning team will be given a special treat ! • Any team fooling around, not participating, or causing a disturbance will be given detention.

  3. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. There are four types of sentences.

  4. What are the four kinds of sentences? Declarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory

  5. What kind of sentence is the following sentence: English class is always fun. Declarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory

  6. What kind of sentence is the following sentence: Hand me that glass of water. Declarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory

  7. A (an) _______________ sentence makes a command or a request and ends with a period. Imperative Declarative also ends with a period, but simply makes a statement. Exclamatory ends with an exclamation point and interrogative ends with a question mark.

  8. *Note: Please be able to identify and punctuate the four types of sentences.

  9. A __________ __________ is made up of a complete subject and a complete predicate. Simple Sentence A simple sentence is made up of a complete subject and a complete predicate.

  10. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. Compound The stage door is locked, and the theatre looks dark.

  11. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. Fragment Opened the package and put it on the table.

  12. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. Simple This is the review for the proficiency.

  13. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. Complex If you go to New York City, you must have dinner in Chinatown.

  14. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. Compound A fire in the year 1194, destroyed most of the Cathedral, but it was rebuilt between 1194 and 1230.

  15. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. Simple Mrs. Blanchet and Mrs. Buchanan sing and dance around the town.

  16. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. Complex John Murphy, who teaches AAP, loves to teach and inspire students.

  17. The complete subject tells whom or what the sentence is about. It includes a _______ or a _________ and the words and phrases that describe it. Noun or a Pronoun

  18. The ___________ ___________ tells what the subject is, does, has, or feels. It contains a verb or verb phrase and all the words that complete its meaning. Complete Predicate Examples: simple sentence: The stage door is locked. complete subject: The stage door complete predicate: is locked

  19. A ___________ ____________ combines two or more simple sentences. The sentences are joined with a conjunction, adding a comma before the conjunction or a connecting word, like and, but, or or. Compound Sentence examples: simple sentences: The stage door is locked. The theater looks dark. compound sentence: The stage door is locked, and the theater looks dark.

  20. A complex sentence is made up of an ____________ clause and a subordinate clause. Independent An independent clausecan stand aloneand it expresses a complete thought.

  21. A clause that does not express a complete thought is a dependent, or a ________________ clause. This clause cannot stand alone. Subordinate One or more subordinate clauses joined to an independent clause form a complex sentence.

  22. *Note: Please be able to identify a simple, compound and complex sentence.

  23. Nouns name persons, places, things, or ideas.

  24. Match the types of nouns to their definitions: Common Proper Abstract Concrete Interact Not a type of noun Name ideas, feelings, or qualities Name general classes of things Name particular things and are capitalized Refer to material things, to people, or to places

  25. Pronouns are used to replace nouns. Which of the following words is not a pronoun? They Because I Me You

  26. You or ____ might buy a book because of the book jacket. Them they Me Him I

  27. I wrote the story for ___. She they We Her I

  28. When our librarian does this, ___ is using our school’s money wisely. She Her My Mine Yours

  29. The librarian gave the books to ___. Yours We Us Mine She

  30. A ___________ ____________ Verb Phrase Contains a main verb and one or more helping verbs.

  31. Identify the verb phrase or phrases in each sentence. should have He shouldn’t have borrowed his book.

  32. Identify the verb phrase or phrases in each sentence. could have moved We could never have moved the bleachers.

  33. Identify the verb phrase or phrases in each sentence. Their grandson will be born on Thursday. will be born

  34. Identify the verb phrase or phrases in each sentence. would create, could reveal Pirates wouldn’t create maps that could reveal the location of their treasure.

  35. The following definitions are taken from vocabulary within the three short stories we read this year. You will be given the definition only and your group must figure out what vocabulary word is the answer. You will have 3 minutes to look through the literature book, find the 3 short stories, and write down a list of vocabulary words (not definitions) from the Build Vocabulary boxes.READY. SET. GO!

  36. Contempt; ridicule DERISION

  37. Energetic hand or arm movements GESTICULATION

  38. A narrow opening CREVICE

  39. High intelligence and sound judgment SAGACITY

  40. Intellectually deep; getting to the bottom of the matter PROFOUND

  41. hiding of one's feelings or purposes DISSIMULATION

  42. sensitive ACUTE

  43. Occurring at the same time SIMULTANEOUSLY

  44. Without calling attention to oneself UNOBTRUSIVELY

  45. Great suffering from worry ANGUISH

  46. Punishment for wrongdoing RETRIBUTION

  47. moral; upright VIRTUOUS

  48. Carefully and busily ASSIDUOUSLY

  49. In proper order for being seen, met, etc., by others PRESENTABLE

  50. Doubted MISTRUSTED

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