Language Test Prep

Identify the sentence type.

School's out for summer!

• exclamatory

• imperative

• declarative

• interrogative

Choose the correct way to combine each pair of sentences into one compound sentence.

• Bob dries, the dishes but Mary puts them away.

• Bob dries the dishes, but Mary puts them away.

• Bob dries the dishes, Mary puts them away.

• Bob dries the dishes but, Mary puts them away.

Choose the correct way to combine the following sentences.

My alarm didn't go off. I was late for school.

• My alarm didn't go off, or I was late for school.

• My alarm didn't go off, but I was late for school.

• My alarm didn't go off, so I was late for school.

• My alarm didn't go off, I was late for school.

How do you correctly state that 5 girls played ball?

• The girls played ball.

• The girl's played ball.

• The girls' played ball.

A simple subject is:

• a noun and a verb

• an adjective

• a verb

• a noun

Which of the following groups of words is a fragment?

• Gave me a pencil.

• I like to play soccer.

• We bought a new car.

• She made a good grade.

Is the following group of words a sentence or a fragment?

Learning about sentences is fun.

• Fragment

• Sentence

Is the following group of words a sentence or a fragment?

I can't believe it!

• Sentence

• Fragment

What is the complete predicate of the following sentence?

The little dog barked.

• The little dog

• The little

• dog barked

• barked

Which of these is a complete sentence?

• A small branch near the top.

• Three of us stayed after school.

• Walking up the tall hill.