Lesson 2: Structure 1 (Sentences with One Clause)

Lesson 2: Structure 1 (Sentences with One Clause)

SKILLS 1 - 3

• Skill 1: Be sure the sentence has a subject and a verb.

• Skill 2: Be careful of objects of prepositions.

• Skill 3: Be careful of appositives.

SKILL 1: 

Be sure the sentence has a subject and a verb.

Multiple Choice

____ was backed up for miles on the freeway.

(Missing Subject)

• Yesterday

• In the morning

• Traffic

• Cars

Multiple Choice

The boy ________ going to the movies with a friend.

(Missing Verb)

• he is

• he always was

• is relaxing

• will be

Multiple Choice

______________ for work on the new space program.

(Missing Subject & Verb)

• Engineers necessary

• Engineers are needed

• Hopefully engineers

• Next month engineers

Multiple Choice

The art of storytelling ____________ almost as old as humanity.

(Missing Non-Action Verb)

• that is

• is

• it is

• being

Multiple Choice

Pumice is formed when lava ____________ very rapidly.

(Missing Action Verb)

• to cool

• cool

• cools

• cooling

Multiple Choice

In Michigan, ______________ over 600 feet deep.

(Missing Subject & Verb)

• salt deposits

• where salt deposits are

• having salt deposits

• there are salt deposits

Multiple Choice

______________ a tomato plant from seventy-five to eighty-five days to develop into a mature plant with ripe fruit.

(Missing Subject & Verb)

• It takes

• To take

• That takes

• By taking

SKILL 2

Be careful of objects of prepositions.

Multiple Choice

The major cause __________ the pull of the Moon on the Earth.

[Missing Subject (Preposition + Object of Preposition) & Verb]

• the ocean tides are

• of ocean tides is

• of the tides in the ocean

• the oceans' tides

Multiple Choice

With his friend ___________ found the movie theater.

(Missing Subject)

Note: "With his friend" (Preposition + Object) is not a Subject

• has

• he

• later

• when

SKILL 3

Be careful of appositives.

Multiple Choice

_____________, George, is attending the lecture.

(Missing Appositive before the Subject)

• Right now

• Happily

• Because of the time

• My friend

Multiple Choice

Sarah, _____________, rarely misses her basketball shots.

(Missing Appositive after the Subject)

• An excellent basketball player

• An excellent basketball player is

• Sarah is an excellent basketball player

• Her excellent basketball play