Subjects & Predicates
Verb Phrases
Kinds of Sentences
Subjects in Unusual Order
Fragments & Run-ons
100
What is the complete subject of the sentence, "My older brother bought a new car."
My older brother
100
What is the verb phrase in the following sentence: "Sarah was reading about World War II."
Was reading
100
What kind of sentence is "Do you want to go to the movies tonight?"
Interrogative
100
What is the subject in the following sentence: "Does the weather look good for the game?"
The weather
100
What type of sentence is, "After Timothy died, Phillip dug a grave, he said thank you to Timothy."
Run-on sentence
200
What is the complete predicate of the following sentence: "Mary took her sister to the park."
Took her sister to the park
200
Use the verb phrase "would have heard" in a sentence.
Ex: They would have heard the bell by now.
200
Give an example of an exclamatory sentence.
Ex: I love the beach!
200
What is the subject in the following sentence: "Meet us at the movies at 9:00."
You
200
What is a fragment?
an incomplete sentence; a sentence that is missing a subject or a predicate
300
What is the simple predicate of the sentence, "John found an apple on the ground."
Found
300
What is a verb phrase?
A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
300
What are the four kinds of sentences?
Declarative Imperative Interrogative Exclamatory
300
What is the subject in the following sentence: "Onto the field ran the undefeated U.S. team."
Team
300
What is a run-on sentence?
Two or more sentences written as though they were one sentence.
400
What is the function of a subject in a sentence?
It tells you who or what the sentence is about.
400
Give three examples of helping verbs.
be, being, been am, is, are, was, were has, have, had may, might, can should, could, would shall, will
400
Which punctuation mark(s) can be found at the end of an imperative sentence?
A period (.) or and exclamation point (!)
400
What is the subject in the following sentence: "Onto the field ran the excited players."
Players
400
What is missing from the following sentence: "After the hurricane Timothy and Phillip."
a predicate
500
What is the subject of the sentence, "Stop that man!"?
You
500
What is the verb phrase in the following sentence: "Do you understand the importance of fire drills?"
Do understand
500
What is the definition of a declarative sentence?
A sentence that makes a statement; always ends in a period
500
Change the following sentence into a question: "Their school mascot is the wolves."
Is their school mascot the wolves?
500
What type of sentence is, "The Maya live in Mexico."
Complete Sentence
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