Unit 1 Grammar Test (REDO)

Is the following a simple sentence, a run-on sentence, an imperative sentence, or a fragment?

Mount Fuji, one of the most famous volcanoes in Japan.

• simple sentence

• run-on sentence

• imperative sentence

• fragment

Is the following a simple sentence, a compound sentence, a run-on sentence, or a fragment?

The candle cast a dim glow upon the curtain, the scene looked eerie.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• run-on sentence

• fragment

Is the following sentence an interrogative, imperative, declarative, or exclamatory?

Shovel the walks, please.

• interrogative

• imperative

• declarative

• exclamatory

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

Marla's pet monkey chatters all day long.

• Marla

• monkey

• pet monkey

• Marla's pet

What is the compound predicate in the following sentence?

The big, bad wolf huffed and puffed all day and all night.

• huffed and puffed

• all day and all night

• big, bad wolf

• the big, bad wolf huffed

What is missing in the following fragment?

Shot a few hoops with Jim yesterday.

• predicate

• verb phrase

• punctuation

• subject

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

The population of the United States is increasing.

• United States

• population

• the United States

• The population

What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?

Pull the thorn out of your finger.

• Pull

• out of your finger

• pull the thorn

• Pull the thorn out of your finger.

What type of sentence is the following?

Try to finish your homework before practice.

• imperative

• interrogative

• declarative

• fragment

What type of sentence is the following?

The judge banged the gavel, and a hush fell instantly over the courtroom.

• compound sentence

• run-on sentence

• simple sentence

• simple sentence with a compound subject