8th Grade English: Ms. Rauschenberg

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The following review games may help you to review some English class topics while, hopfully, having some fun.  Hint: Forthese games, some new words or terms may be included that we did not learn in class.  You may be able to click on the list of "terms" to see what words are actually in the game.

Irregular Past tenses (don't add "ed" to these verbs!)
Parts of Speech

The Parts of Speech

Words do specific jobs in sentences.

Verbs show action or state of being. They are the engines that power sentences. Every sentence has to have a verb. Without a verb, a sentence is like a car without an engine: it doesn't work.(more on verbs)
  • The football player sped down the field. (sped shows action)
  • John was busy in his office. (was shows state of being)

Nouns name persons, places, things or ideas.  They are namers.
  • The kicker launched the football high into the air. (kicker names a person, football names a thing)
  • The United States is based on freedom. (United States names a place, freedom names an idea)

Pronouns take the place of nouns. They are substitutes.
  • Instead of:  All three thousand members of the club met at the field.
  • You can say: They met at the field. (They takes the place of All three thousand members of the club)

Adjectives describe or modify nouns. They are describers.
  • The purple car was ugly. (purple and ugly describe the car)

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They often tell how, when, where, how much, or to what extent. In English, they often end with LY.
  • The nurse carefully laid the baby in the crib. (carefully describes the verb: how she laid the baby down)
  • The extremely hot dish burned my hand. (extremely describes an adjective: how hot)
  • I ran very quickly to the car. (very describes the adverb quickly which describes how I ran)

Prepositions connect a noun to something else in the sentence. They can show location, position, or time.
  • The crowd ran under the bleachers. (under connects the bleachers to ran, it shows where they ran)
  • I did my homework after supper. (after connects supper to doing homework, it shows when)

Conjunctions join words or groups of words. They are connectors.
  • Cake and ice cream go well together. (and connects cake with ice cream)
  • Did you go to the game or stay home? (or connects go to the game with stay home)

Interjections show feelings. They are outsiders, not really part of the sentence.
  • Well, it seems like that to me.
  • Shoot! We lost the game.
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