7th Grade Grammar Practice

What are the two basic parts of a sentence?

• beginning and ending

• subject and predicate

• noun and verb

• first part and second part

Which of the following would be considered a subject of a sentence?

• went to a park to play ball with my dog.

• said Joni

• the gorgeous super model

• fed the homeless

Which of the following would be considered the predicate of a sentence?

• went to the store to buy some milk, eggs and flour for pancakes tomorrow.

• All the trash in the world

• A floating bottle in the lake

• My mother

Choose the definition of a subject of a sentence.

• The subject of a sentence is when the noun in the sentence is talking to another subject in the sentence.

• The subject of a sentence is short and to the point and the noun in the sentence is modified by a preposition.

• The subject of a sentence is the word or group of words that names the person, place, thing, or idea that performs the action or is described.

• The subject of a sentence is also called the object of a preposition and can perform multiple functions in a sentence.

What is the definition of a complete predicate?

• The complete predicate of a sentence consists of the verb and any words related to it.

• The complete predicate of a sentence is when the beginning of a sentence starts with a conjunction.

• The complete predicate of a sentence consists a noun and a preposition with an object of a preposition.

• The complete predicate of a sentence consists of a verb and the object of the verb.

What is the definition of a verb?

• A verb is a person, place or thing.

• A verb is the most important word in the sentence.

• The verb tells what the subject does what is done to the subject or what the condition of the subject is.

• The verb tells how many, what kind and which one in a sentence.

What is the definition of a sentence?

• A sentence is when a description of something is paired with the objects and the descriptions of the objects.

• A sentence is anything you want it to be so long as it makes sense and has a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end.

• A sentence has words in it a punctuation and conjunctions and nouns and verbs.

• A sentence is a group of words with a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself and still make sense.

Read the following sentence:

We enjoyed a picnic in the park.

The underlined portion is the __________ part of the sentence?

• predicate

• verb

• subject

• preposition

Read the following sentence:

Winston has two paintings in the exhibit.

Which portion of the sentence is underlined?

• subject

• noun

• verb

• predicate

Read the following sentence:

The door banged shut behind him.

What label can you give the two words underlined.

• noun, verb

• verb, noun

• subject, object of the preposition

• predicate, verb