English 8 – First Quarter – Quiz #3

Name: __________________________________ III. Circle the letter of the correct order of adjectives in
Grade & Section: _________________________ each sentence.

I. Identify whether the underlined word is a verb, 16. I love eating ________ strawberries.
adjective, or adverb. Write your answer on the space A) red big B) big red
before the number. 17. The ________ woman did well on the test.
A) intelligent young B) young intelligent
________1. I thought of this when Father Christiano 18. The ticket costs ________ dollars.
told us after catechism that we were A) ten US B) US ten
absolutely hopeless. 19. The scientists have found a ________ cure for the
________2. Doña Dores, for instance, told me that God disease.
made Blacks’ hands lighter so they would A) new great B) great new
not dirty the food they made for their
masters. 20. I am going to wear my ________ tie to the wedding.
________3. They got hold of some clay and pressed it A) big cotton blue
into some second-hand molds and baked B) blue big cotton
the clay of creatures, which they took from C) big blue cotton
the heavenly kilns. 21. Please recycle those ________ bottles.
________4. Smoke, smoke, smoke—and there you have A) three water empty
them, black as coals. B) three empty water
________5. They were made very early in the morning C) water empty three
and at this hour, the water in the lake was 22. She packed her clothes in a ________ box.
cold. A) green flimsy cardboard
________6. God made Blacks because they had to be. B) flimsy green cardboard
They ought to show that works of men C) cardboard flimsy green
were the same. 23. Their dog is a ________ shepherd.
________7. I am studying the amazing life of Wilma A) brown big German
Rudolph. B) big brown German
________8. My class will write reports about this sports C) German big brown
legend. 24. I am drinking from a ________ cup.
________9. I am reading excitedly the accounts of her A) small English tea
triumph. B) tea small English
________ 10. Matthew and I are working on a poster C) English small tea
about Wilma’s victories. 25. My ________ teacher talks for hours!
A) philosophy old boring
II. Underline the verb or verbs used in each sentence. B) old philosophy boring
Label AV for Action Verb, LV for Linking Verb, and HV C) boring philosophy old
for Helping Verb. D) boring old philosophy

11.My name is August, by the way. IV. Circle the adverbs in each sentence.
and underline the verb it modifies.
12. Via will be angry when people do something rude to
me. 26. Alex practiced basketball frequently.
27. Joshua always wanted to be a pilot.
13. One time on the playground, some older kids made
some noises. 28. The choir sang the medley harmoniously.
29. The small boy eagerly raised her hand to answer.
14. Via heard and yelled at the kids.
30. My parents will arrive in the evening.
15. I would wish that I had a normal face that no one
noticed at all.