What is the IO or DO in the following sentence:
Joel adapted African American folk legends.
Legends is the DO
100
What is the simple subject and simple predicate for the following sentence?
Alex was born in Manhattan in 1937.
Alex-sub, was born-pred
100
Is the following group of words a subordinate clause or an independent clause?
while dad was sleeping
subordinate
100
Tell whether the following sentence is simple, compound, or complex:
Nat and his family valued a good education.
simple
100
Choose the correct verb form from the following sentence:
Sometimes a family of bears (stops, stop) to swim and play in the river.
stops
200
What is the IO and/or DO in the following sentence:
He collected stories in the book.
stories-DO
200
What is the simple subject and simple predicate for the following sentence?
In school Alex struggled with writing.
Alex-sub, struggled-pred
200
Is the following group of words a subordinate clause or an independent clause?
we went trick-or-treating last night
independent
200
Tell whether the following sentence is simple, compound, or complex:
No teacher taught him, but Nat learned Spanish.
compound
200
Choose the correct verb form from the following sentence:
The mountain (rises, rise) high above the river valley.
rises
300
What is the IO and/or DO in the following sentence:
My uncle tells us stories about fishing, camping, and hunting.
stories-do, us-io
300
What is the simple subject and simple predicate for the following sentence?
In spite of constant criticism, Alex succeeded.
Alex-sub, succeeded-pred
300
Is the following group of words a subordinate clause or an independent clause?
when the train arrives
subordinate
300
Tell whether the following sentence is simple, compound, or complex:
Charlotte was brought up as a proper young lady; she attended boarding school in England.
compound
300
Choose the correct verb form from the following sentence:
There (is, are) a lot of books written by Stephanie Meyer.
are
400
What is the IO and/or DO in the following sentence:
The lawyer told the banker his terms.
terms-do, banker-io
400
What is the simple subject and simple predicate for the following sentence?
His teachers thought that he was sloppy and inattentive.
teachers-sub, thought-pred
400
Is the following group of words a subordinate clause or an independent clause?
although he was better at social studies
subordinate
400
Tell whether the following sentence is simple, compound, or complex:
She returned to America though her voyage would not be an easy one.
complex
400
Choose the correct verb form from the following sentence:
The Sierra Club with branches throughout the U.S. (owes, owe) its existence to a man named John Muir.
owes
500
What is the IO and/or DO in the following sentence:
The comedian used humor in his speech.
humor-do
500
What is the simple subject and simple predicate for the following sentence?
Read Alex's books that have won awards.
(You)-Sub, read-pred
500
Is the following group of words a subordinate clause or an independent clause?
that art paper really soaks up ink
independent
500
Tell whether the following sentence is simple, compound, or complex:
While the boy sailed on the ship, he worked as a navigator.
complex
500
Choose the correct verb form from the following sentence:
There (was, were) lovely landscapes in the valley.