Grammar Review

What is the best way to correct this sentence?

My sister waved to them. I waved to them.

• My sister waved and I waved to them.

• My sister and I waved to them.

• I and my sister waved to them.

• I waved to them. My sister waved to them.

A compound sentence contains two simple sentence joined with a comma and a conjunction.

Which of these is a compound sentence?

• Finally, the sun was setting for the day.

• When I got to go home.

• I like coffee, and Mary likes tea.

• All of a sudden, it happened!

Which sentence has a compound predicate?

• The girls swam and played at the beach

• Then he ran to the house.

• When I got to play the game.

• It began to rain really hard

A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. Which one is a sentence fragment?

• Changes his mind.

• My father built a house.

• Susan laughed loudly.

• The front windows were too small

Compound predicates are when two or more verbs appear in a single sentence and share the same subject.

Which one of these sentences contains compound predicates?

• She runs everyday after school so she can be fit.

• He likes coffee with his breakfast.

• She runs everyday.

• She lives in Tokyo and speaks Japanese and English.

Which sentence has an error in capitalization?

• My grandma is meeting us at the zoo.

• They went to Canada for their summer vacation.

• The museum has a butterfly exhibit.

• Allison is going to Michigan next sunday.

Which of these is a sentence fragment?

• We painted the house blue.

• The plans for the house.

• I went to the store.

• The dog ran up to me

Which sentence has an error in capitalization?

• I looked for a plant at the store.

• I went to study at the University library.

• She got home late last Saturday.

• My dog ate all his food.

Which sentence shows strong feeling by using interjection?

• When I waved goodbye and said, "it's time for me to go. Cheerio!"

• Finally, my coach let me in to play.

• We won the match

• Ouch! that hurt really badly!

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The blue monster with the glasses is hungry.

• monster

• blue

• blue monster with glasses

• blue monster