Sentence Parts
Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: Many animals need shelter from cold and predators.
What are "animals"?
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: Jennifer (collects, collect) ceramic figurines.
What is "collects"?
The following statement is an example of which sentence error? Listens to the students’ opinions.
What is a fragment?
Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: We visited four European (countrys, countries) during our vacation.
What are "countries"?
Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: Samantha located (a lot, alot) of errors in her essay.
What is "a lot"?
Identify the simple predicate, or verb, in the following sentence: The family traveled west from their home in Tennessee.
What is "traveled"?
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: Family members (has admired, have admired) Jonathan’s determination.
What is "have admired"?
The following statement is an example of which type of sentence error? After the accident yesterday, Amy drove very carefully she vowed to obey the speed limit.
What is a run-on sentence? OR What is a fused sentence?
Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: The coach reminded the players to wash the (jerseys, jersies) before the game.
What are "jerseys"?
Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: Everyone seemed (alright, all right) until the argument began.
What is "all right"?
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence: Computer networks have been operating the lights.
What is "have been operating"?
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: The letters that need to be mailed (is, are) on the counter.
What is "are"?
The following statement is an example of which sentence error? The company has never printed novels, textbooks are its primary publication.
Acceptable answers: What is a comma splice? What are missing subordinating conjunctions? What are missing FANBOYS?
Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: Joseph spotted two (deers, deer) at the edge of the field.
What are "deer"?
Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: We decided to take a different (course, coarse) of action.
What is "course"?
Identify the compound simple subjects in the following sentence: American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts have lived aboard space stations.
What are "astronauts" AND "cosmonauts"?
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: Neither the teacher nor the students (is, are) ready for the surprise test.
What is "are"?
What is one way to correct the sentence error in the following sentence? Wearing a seat belt is not just a good idea, it’s the law.
What is: "Wearing a seat belt is not just a good idea; it's the law"? OR What is: "Not only is wearing a seat belt is a good idea, it's also the law"? (Answers will vary.)
Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: The musicians played two separate (pianoes, pianos) on stage.
What are "pianos"?
Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: Benjamin is a better writer (then, than) Sherry is.
What is "than"?
Identify the compound verb in the following sentence: Special greenhouses shelter and sustain the city’s food.
What are "shelter and sustain"?
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: The principal or the teachers (makes, make) the final decision.
What is "make"?
What is one way to correct the sentence error in the following sentence? An interesting and satisfying hobby.
(Answers will vary, sentence is missing a subject and predicate.)
Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: The construction crew examined various (roofs, rooves) throughout the course of the week.
What are "roofs"?
Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: The new gas prices are (quit, quiet, quite) alarming.
What is "quite"?