SAT Sentence Placement

​Sentence Structure

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​A sentence expresses a

complete thought or idea.​

Multiple Select

A [blank] and a [blank] make a complete sentence.

• subject

• adjective

• predicate

• comma

- The complete subject of a sentence may be one word or many words

- Includes the main subject & its modifying words/phrases ​(adjectives, etc)

- Says who or what "does" the verb in the sentence.

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​Examples:

Beth baked a cake. (Who baked?)

My little brother believes in Santa Clause. (Who believes?)

The car turned the corner. (What turned?)​

​Complete Subject

Multiple Choice

What is the complete subject of the following sentence?

Sam, Liz, and Joan are on the committee.

• are on the committee.

• Sam, Liz, and Joan

• Joan are on the

• the committee.

- The complete predicate of a sentence may be one word or many words

- Includes the main verb with its modifiers ​(adverbs, etc.)

- Says what the subject does or is

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​Examples:

The hockey team practices here. (Team does what?)​

Dad usually mows the lawn on Saturday. (Dad does what?)​

​The shy girl is afraid to ask questions during the lesson. (Girl is what?)

​Complete Predicate

Multiple Choice

What is the complete predicate of the following sentence?

She opened the door for Chris.

• for Chris.

• She

• opened the door for Chris.

• She opened the

​Mary and Samantha | took the bus to work.

​He | was eating and walking to class.

John | stood up and spoke to the crowd.​

​The group of people | exited the building.

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​Examples (C.S. | C.P.)

Multiple Choice

Where should you split the complete subject and complete predicate in the following sentence?

The pencil and paper sat idle on the desk.

• paper | sat

• The | pencil

• idle | on

• and | paper

Multiple Choice

Where should you split the complete subject and complete predicate in the following sentence?

The man in the ghost costume scared us.

• ghost | costume

• scared | us.

• The | man

• costume | scared

Multiple Choice

Where should you split the complete subject and complete predicate in the following sentence?

Everyone at the store listened to the announcement.

• Everyone | at

• the | announcement

• store | listened

• the | store

Multiple Choice

Where should you split the complete subject and complete predicate in the following sentence?

Alex, our classmate, took the supplies to the office.

• our | classmate

• supplies | to

• classmate, | took

• the | office.

Multiple Select

A [blank] and a [blank] make a complete sentence.

• subject

• adjective

• predicate

• comma