GRADE 8 READING & LANGUAGE · CHAPTER 1

Grammar & sentences

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  1. Grammar & punctuation

    Recognize active and passive voice

    Distinguish a subject performing an action from a subject receiving it.

  2. Grammar & punctuation

    Recognize statements, commands and hypothetical moods

    Distinguish indicative, imperative, conditional and subjunctive uses in explicit examples.

AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS CHAPTER

Identify the voice: The volunteers planted six trees.

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Active voice

The subject volunteers performs the action planted.

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