Parts of Sentences
What two main parts make up a complete sentence?
Subject and predicate.
Which kind of sentence tells something and ends with a period? (Name the sentence type.)
Declarative sentence
What punctuation mark do you use to show someone’s exact words?
Quotation marks.
Is the verb in this sentence past, present, or future? "She plays the violin."
Present tense.
Which pronoun would you use to replace the subject "Carlos and I"?
"We."
Identify the simple subject and simple predicate in this sentence: "The tired dog chased the ball."
Simple subject: "dog"; simple predicate: "chased"
What kind of sentence asks a question? Write an example.
Interrogative sentence. Example: "Are you coming to recess?"
Where do commas and periods go with quotation marks in a sentence with direct speech? Give an example.
Commas/periods go inside the quotation marks in American usage. Example: The coach said, "Keep your eye on the ball."
Change this present tense verb to past progressive: "They are painting the fence."
Past progressive: "They were painting the fence."
Choose the correct word: Its / It's / Their — ____ jacket is on the chair
"Their jacket is on the chair." (Their = possessive adjective)
Write a sentence that contains a compound subject.
Example answer: "Sam and Lily rode their bikes." (compound subject Sam and Lily)
Convert this declarative sentence into an imperative sentence: "You should finish your homework."
Imperative: "Finish your homework."
Rewrite this correctly with quotation marks and capitalization: the teacher said, good job on the test
The teacher said, "Good job on the test."
Give the past participle of the verb "write" and use it in a short sentence.
Past participle: "written." Example: "She has written a letter."
Rewrite this sentence to correct pronoun-antecedent agreement: "Every student must turn in their homework."
"Every student must turn in his or her homework." (or "All students must turn in their homework.")
Explain the difference between a dependent clause and an independent clause and give one short example of each.
Independent clause: can stand alone (e.g., "I ran home."); dependent clause: cannot stand alone (e.g., "because I was late").
Identify the kind of sentence and punctuation needed: "Wow what a huge wave"
"Wow! What a huge wave!" — needs exclamation/question punctuation and capitalization.
Explain how to punctuate a split quotation (a quotation broken into two parts with a speaker tag in the middle). Provide a short example.
Use commas and quotation marks around each spoken part and place the speaker tag with appropriate punctuation. Example: "I can't wait," said Ana, "to go to the park."
Explain when to use the future perfect tense and write a short sentence using it (e.g., "By tomorrow, I will have finished...").
Future perfect expresses an action that will be completed before a certain future time. Example: "By next week, I will have finished the project."
Explain the difference between a possessive pronoun and a possessive noun, and give one example of each.
Possessive pronoun replaces a noun and shows ownership (e.g., "hers," "theirs"); possessive noun uses an apostrophe (e.g., "Sarah's book").
Identify the direct object in this sentence and explain how you know: "Maya gave her friend a handmade card."
Direct object: "a handmade card" (receives the action "gave").
Write one exclamatory sentence and one interrogative sentence about a school field trip.
Example exclamatory: "That was an amazing museum!" Interrogative: "Did you see the dinosaur bones?"
Identify and correct the punctuation in this sentence: The librarian asked "Did you return the book on time"?
The librarian asked, "Did you return the book on time?"
Identify the helping verb(s) and main verb in this sentence: "The athletes have been practicing since dawn."
Helping verbs: "have been"; main verb: "practicing."
Fix this sentence for possessive punctuation and explain the change: "The dogs toys were scattered across the yard."
"The dogs' toys were scattered across the yard." Explanation: plural dogs possess toys, so apostrophe after the s.