Sentence Structure
True or False?
A run-on sentence is a sentence where two or more independent clauses are joined without the correct punctuation or conjunctions.
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Which date is correctly punctuated? a) January 7 2001. b) January 7th, 2001. c) January 7, 2001.
c) January 7, 2001.
In the sentence, "I passed the test easily," which word is an adverb?
The adverb is "easily."
The past tense of the verb "to bring" is: a) bringed b) brought c) bringing
b) brought
Label the following phrase as an adjective or adverb phrase: "According to the map, Tony's farm is just ahead."
Adverb phrase (modifies "is" to tell where).
Which word can be used to connect two independent clauses? a) because b) but c) and
b) but
Which sentence needs an apostrophe? a) The dog wagged its tail. b) Do not remove the tag from your mattress; it is the law. c) The girls played outside.
b) Do not remove the tag from your mattress; it is the law. (The apostrophe is missing from "its")
In the sentence, "Will you sing the new song for the visitors?" which word is a pronoun?
The pronoun is "you."
The children (ran/run) to the park.
The children ran to the park.
What punctuation is needed after an introductory clause?
A comma.
What is the difference between a simple subject and a complete subject?
The simple subject is the main word, while the complete subject includes all the words that tell who or what the sentence is about.
Correct the following sentence:
my friend and I went to the park on saturday.
My friend and I went to the park on Saturday.
Which of the following is an adjective? a) cat b) funny c) Chicago
b) funny
Identify the verb phrase: "The house was purchased by the family."
was purchased.
Label the clause: "When school is out, these halls seem quite lonely."
Subordinate clause.
Find the independent clause: "in the middle of the night." or "She says she is not happy."
"She says she is not happy" is the independent clause because it can stand alone as a complete sentence.
When do you use quotation marks for direct and indirect quotations?
You use quotation marks for direct quotes (what someone said word-for-word) and not for indirect quotes.
What part of speech is "and"?
A conjunction, which connects words or groups of words.
What tense is the verb in the sentence "The singers perform outdoors"?
Present tense.
When is the possessive pronoun "its" used instead of "it's"?
"Its" is possessive (e.g., "The bird broke its wing"), while "it's" is a contraction for "it is" or "it has".
Identify the simple subject and simple predicate: "The boy ran into the house."
Simple subject: boy; Simple predicate: ran.
What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence?
A period or an exclamation point.
Which word is an adjective?
Is the verb in the following sentence transitive or intransitive?
Her eyes twinkled brightly.
Intransitive
(An intransitive verb does not take a direct object. "Twinkled" does not answer "what?" or "whom?")
Identify the direct object in the sentence:
A museum (or museum)
(The direct object is the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the action verb, answering "what?" or "whom?").