Kind of sentences
Environmentalists care about preserving the natural environment.
a. interrogative
b.imperative
c. declarative
C. Declarative
Compound subject or compound predicate.
Trees and grass hold soil in place.
CS
What is the action verb in the sentence.
The French probably invented tennis in about 1150.
invented
Tall trees provide shade.
a. sentence
b. sentence fragment
A. sentence
Ecologists study forest, their research provides information for the rangers and for government agencies.
a. simple
b. compound
c. run-on
c. run-on
Write an appropriate action verb.
People have _______ against each other in bowling for thousands of years.
competed
Threatened by insect pests.
a. sentence
b. sentence fragment
B. sentence fragment (lacks a subject)
Guglielmo Marconi sent the first electronic signals through the air.
List common and proper nouns.
Proper: Guglielmo Marconi
Common: signals, air
What is the direct object in the sentence.
The tournament sometimes attracts good athletes.
athletes
What is the predicate?
Acres of forest land support many kinds of wildlife.
"support many kinds of wildlife."
The school of dolphins (attacks,attack) their enemies, the sharks.
attack
Write the past tense of each verb.
Jesse Owens achieves a national reputation during the 1930s.
achieved
Identify the subject.
Lumber companies buy large amounts of timber.
Lumber companies
Identify the appositive.
Nicolas- Francios Appert a french chef found a mthod of preserving food.
a franch chef
Write the past tense of each verb.
His success earns him a position as one of History's most famous athletes.
earned