Sentence Basics

Which of the following MUST appear in every sentence?

• comma

• period

• end punctuation

• conjunction

Which of the following MUST appear in every sentence?

• preposition

• question mark

• subject

• conjunction

Which of the following does NOT necessarily need to appear in a sentence?

• capital letter

• period

• subject

• predicate

Identify the complete subject of "The children are exhausted."

• children

• are exhausted

• The children

• exhausted

Identify the complete subject of "The tiny dog is growling at my brother."

• The tiny dog

• dog

• my brother

• brother

Identify the complete subject of "My sister just ate three cupcakes!"

• cupcakes

• three cupcakes

• sister

• My sister

Identify the complete predicate of "My brother ran a marathon last weekend."

• last weekend

• ran a marathon last weekend.

• brother

• My brother

Identify the complete predicate of "James helped me with my homework."

• my homework.

• helped

• helped me

• helped me with my homework.

What type of mistake can be found in the sentence "Margaret is moving to Buffalo New York."

• spelling error

• capitalization error

• no subject

• missing comma

What type of mistake can be found in the sentence "Over there on the bookshelf."

• missing subject

• capitalization error

• spelling mistake

• missing comma