The Sentence

What is the basic unit of meaning in the English language?

• sentence

• subject

• predicate

• fragment

What are the basic parts of the sentence? Check all that apply.

• subject

• predicate

• fragment

What tells whom or what the sentence is about?

What does the predicate do?

• tells information about the subject

• tells whom or what the sentence is about

• gives a basic unit of meaning

Identify the subject of the following sentence: The old professor read the dusty manuscript.

• The old professor

• read the dusty manuscript.

Identify the predicate of the following sentence: The old professor read the dusty manuscript.

What is the name of a group of words that do not have both a subject and predicate?

• sentence

• fragment

• subject

• predicate

Which of the following is a fragment? Check all that apply

• The baker

• Frosted the chocolate cake

• In his kitchen

• The baker frosted the chocolate cake in his kitchen.

A sentence fragment does not express a __________

Which of the following is a complete sentence? Choose the correct one.

• The old professor

• read the manuscipt

• The baker

• Your cat would like to eat his supper.