Language - MAP 8th Grade Reading
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Which of the following provides the correct spelling of a word that would describe a treat?
Which of the following provides the correct spelling of a word that would describe a treat?
Answer: Indulgence
Answer: Indulgence
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Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means “more than is usual or necessary”?
Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that means “more than is usual or necessary”?
Answer: Excessive
Answer: Excessive
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Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that best describes someone with extremely colorful or elaborate behavior?
Which of the following provides the correct spelling for a word that best describes someone with extremely colorful or elaborate behavior?
Answer: Flamboyant
Answer: Flamboyant
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Which of the following properly spells a word that would describe an attractive or enviable life?
Which of the following properly spells a word that would describe an attractive or enviable life?
Glamorous
Glamorous
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Which of the following is closest in meaning to “widespread”?
Which of the following is closest in meaning to “widespread”?
Answer: Prevalent
Answer: Prevalent
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All of the following can mean “to begin” except:
All of the following can mean “to begin” except:
Answer: Cease
Answer: Cease
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Select the word that matches the definition:
Ready to take place, happening soon
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Ready to take place, happening soon
Imminent
Imminent
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A serious, determined effort
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A serious, determined effort
Answer: Endeavor
Answer: Endeavor
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Capable of being done
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Capable of being done
Answer: Feasible
Answer: Feasible
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Arranged in order of time
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Arranged in order of time
Answer: Chronological
Answer: Chronological
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Select the word that matches the definition:
No longer in use or no longer useful
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No longer in use or no longer useful
Answer: Obsolete
Answer: Obsolete
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Which of the following is closest in meaning to “widespread”?
Which of the following is closest in meaning to “widespread”?
Answer: Prevalent
Answer: Prevalent
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All of the following can mean “to begin” except:
All of the following can mean “to begin” except:
Answer: Cease
Answer: Cease
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Which of the following words best describes someone who overcomes challenges?
Which of the following words best describes someone who overcomes challenges?
Answer: Resilient
Answer: Resilient
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Which of the following words would best be used to describe items that follow one another in order?
Which of the following words would best be used to describe items that follow one another in order?
Answer: Consecutive
Answer: Consecutive
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Which of the following best completes the sentence below?
Melodi is an avid artist whose favorite hobbies are _________ and sculpture.
Which of the following best completes the sentence below?
Melodi is an avid artist whose favorite hobbies are _________ and sculpture.
Answer: “painting” Here you’re looking for a noun that can pair with “sculpture” as a hobby for someone who likes art. “Painting” is a gerund, a verb form used as a noun (other -ing gerunds that make good hobbies are swimming, running, dancing, eating…), and fits perfectly: painting is a hobby. “Using paint” could also be considered a gerund but note that the structure “using paint and sculpture” seems to suggest that she’s using both paint and sculpture, when really the hobby is creating sculpture. So that is incorrect. The same goes for “to paint and sculpture” making it sound like “to sculpture” is the hobby. Finally “paint” is a noun, but it’s not a hobby - it’s something you might use while pursuing your hobby.
Answer: “painting” Here you’re looking for a noun that can pair with “sculpture” as a hobby for someone who likes art. “Painting” is a gerund, a verb form used as a noun (other -ing gerunds that make good hobbies are swimming, running, dancing, eating…), and fits perfectly: painting is a hobby. “Using paint” could also be considered a gerund but note that the structure “using paint and sculpture” seems to suggest that she’s using both paint and sculpture, when really the hobby is creating sculpture. So that is incorrect. The same goes for “to paint and sculpture” making it sound like “to sculpture” is the hobby. Finally “paint” is a noun, but it’s not a hobby - it’s something you might use while pursuing your hobby.
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Which of the following best completes the sentence below?
___________ is one of my favorite ways to stay in shape.
Which of the following best completes the sentence below?
___________ is one of my favorite ways to stay in shape.
Answer: Running. Here running is used as a gerund, a verb form that serves as a noun. You’re looking for a thing - a way to stay in shape - and of the options “running” is the only gerund that can perform the role of a noun.
Answer: Running. Here running is used as a gerund, a verb form that serves as a noun. You’re looking for a thing - a way to stay in shape - and of the options “running” is the only gerund that can perform the role of a noun.
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Which of the following best completes the sentence below?
Melodi is an avid artist whose favorite hobbies are _________ and sculpture.
Which of the following best completes the sentence below?
Melodi is an avid artist whose favorite hobbies are _________ and sculpture.
Here you’re looking for a noun that can pair with “sculpture” as a hobby for someone who likes art. “Painting” is a gerund, a verb form used as a noun (other -ing gerunds that make good hobbies are swimming, running, dancing, eating…), and fits perfectly: painting is a hobby. “Using paint” could also be considered a gerund but note that the structure “using paint and sculpture” seems to suggest that she’s using both paint and sculpture, when really the hobby is creating sculpture. So that is incorrect. The same goes for “to paint and sculpture” making it sound like “to sculpture” is the hobby. Finally “paint” is a noun, but it’s not a hobby - it’s something you might use while pursuing your hobby.
Here you’re looking for a noun that can pair with “sculpture” as a hobby for someone who likes art. “Painting” is a gerund, a verb form used as a noun (other -ing gerunds that make good hobbies are swimming, running, dancing, eating…), and fits perfectly: painting is a hobby. “Using paint” could also be considered a gerund but note that the structure “using paint and sculpture” seems to suggest that she’s using both paint and sculpture, when really the hobby is creating sculpture. So that is incorrect. The same goes for “to paint and sculpture” making it sound like “to sculpture” is the hobby. Finally “paint” is a noun, but it’s not a hobby - it’s something you might use while pursuing your hobby.
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___________ merely by the scary music signifying the main character was in danger, Joshua hid behind the couch for the remainder of the movie.
___________ merely by the scary music signifying the main character was in danger, Joshua hid behind the couch for the remainder of the movie.
The word “frightened” is a verb used as an adjective in this case, describing that Joshua was frightened by the scary movie. Because the phrase beginning with “frightened” appears next to a comma and then a complete thought (“Joshua hid behind the couch” could be its own sentence) you must use “frightened” as a modifier here, meaning that it should not get its own subject (e.g. “he was frightened”). You cannot connect two complete clauses with merely a comma (you need to have a coordinating conjunction like “and” or “but” after the comma to connect two clauses), so here you must simply have a verb used as an adjective, and “frightened” is the correct answer.
The word “frightened” is a verb used as an adjective in this case, describing that Joshua was frightened by the scary movie. Because the phrase beginning with “frightened” appears next to a comma and then a complete thought (“Joshua hid behind the couch” could be its own sentence) you must use “frightened” as a modifier here, meaning that it should not get its own subject (e.g. “he was frightened”). You cannot connect two complete clauses with merely a comma (you need to have a coordinating conjunction like “and” or “but” after the comma to connect two clauses), so here you must simply have a verb used as an adjective, and “frightened” is the correct answer.
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Laura spent most of last summer at Lake Geneva, swimming with her friends every day and she enjoyed campfires every night.
Laura spent most of last summer at Lake Geneva, swimming with her friends every day and she enjoyed campfires every night.
This sentence employs two -ing verbs as participial modifiers, a verb form used to describe. Notice that the sentence could end where the comma is: “Laura spent most of last summer at Lake Geneva” would be a perfectly grammatical and informative sentence. After the comma, “swimming...and enjoying” tells us more about how she spent that summer at the lake - it adds extra description and therefore fits a common type of verbal, an -ing participial modifier following a comma at the end of a complete clause. With the other answer choices, if you were to select NO CHANGE the verbs “swimming” and “she enjoyed” are not in the same tense even though they took place during the same time frame, and that is a mistake. The same mismatched tense mistake is inherent in the other wrong choices, and also note that the answer beginning with “she swam” leads the after-comma portion with a noun + verb - an independent clause - which cannot be separated by merely a comma (it requires a coordinating conjunction such as “and” or “so” to follow the comma).
This sentence employs two -ing verbs as participial modifiers, a verb form used to describe. Notice that the sentence could end where the comma is: “Laura spent most of last summer at Lake Geneva” would be a perfectly grammatical and informative sentence. After the comma, “swimming...and enjoying” tells us more about how she spent that summer at the lake - it adds extra description and therefore fits a common type of verbal, an -ing participial modifier following a comma at the end of a complete clause. With the other answer choices, if you were to select NO CHANGE the verbs “swimming” and “she enjoyed” are not in the same tense even though they took place during the same time frame, and that is a mistake. The same mismatched tense mistake is inherent in the other wrong choices, and also note that the answer beginning with “she swam” leads the after-comma portion with a noun + verb - an independent clause - which cannot be separated by merely a comma (it requires a coordinating conjunction such as “and” or “so” to follow the comma).
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