Grammar CH 1

Types of Sentences

100

This is what kind of sentence?:

Do you know anything about crabs?

Interrogative

200

This is what kind of sentence?:

Notice the snail on p.23.

Imperative

300

This is what kind of sentence?:

That page in the textbook shows a skunk.

Declarative

400

What punctuation mark does a interrogative sentence have?

?

500

What two sentence types have the same punctuation mark?

Imperative and Declarative

Subjects & Predicates

100

Name the SIMPLE SUBJECT in the sentence:

Soccer is called football in Spain.

Soccer

200

Name the SIMPLE PREDICATE in the sentence:

Soccer is called football in Spain.

is called

300

Name the SIMPLE SUBJECT in the sentence:

Look at the beautiful sunset!

You

400

Name the COMPLETE SUBJECT:

Old paintings and drawings reveal a lot about the past.

Old paintings and drawings

500

Name the COMPLETE PREDICATE:

Astronomers study for many years in University and research a variety of extraterrestrial topics.

study for many years in University and research a variety of extraterrestrial topics.

Inverted Order

100

Name the SIMPLE PREDICATE:

Do you know your weight when you were born?

do know

200

Name the SIMPLE SUBJECT:

Here is the book on ducks.

book

300

Name the SIMPLE SUBJECT:

How tall is your dad?

dad

400

Name the SIMPLES PREDICATE:

Is that Mount Everest?

Is

500

Name the SIMPLE PREDICATE:

Are you tired of yelling yet?

are tired

Sentence Problems

100

Is this a sentence, fragment, fused sentence, or comma splice?

The Andes mountains, the longest chain of mountains.

Fragment

200

Is this a sentence, fragment, fused sentence, or comma splice?

The Andes contain resources like gold, silver, tin, lead, and platinum.

Sentence

300

Is this a sentence, fragment, fused sentence, or comma splice?

I would love to visit South American one day I'll fly there.

FS

400

Is this a sentence, fragment, fused sentence, or comma splice?

Earthquakes are quite common in the Andes, many towns have been destroyed by them.

CS

500

Is this a sentence, fragment, fused sentence, or comma splice?

One of the most popular volcanoes, Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia.

Fragment

Surprise!

100

What type of sentence is this?

Wow! They are huge!

Exclamatory

200

I am smart.

Declarative

300

Name the COMPLETE SUBJECT:

The gorgeous Rocky Mountains serve as the continental divide.

The gorgeous Rocky Mountains

400

Is this a sentence, fragment, fused sentence, or comma splice?

The Andes are located along the coast of South America, they are 5,000 miles long.

CS

500

Name the SIMPLE SUBJECT:

In Sanskrit, Himalaya means "House of Snow".

Himalaya