SIMPLE SENTENCE

Select the simple sentence which has a subject, verb pattern (SV).

• Speaking and writing English are different skills.

• My friends and I like to do the same things.

• My neighbors and my friends go shopping every Sunday.

• Speaking a foreign language can be useful at times.

Answer explanation

Speaking a foreign language is the subject, can is the modal auxiliary verb, be is the main verb, the rest is the complement.

Select the simple sentence which has a subject, subject, verb pattern (SSV).

• We often eat spaghetti or pizza for dinner.

• My friend and I cook and eat spaghetti five times a week.

• Spaghetti and pizza are very tasty at this restaurant.

• We can have pizza for dinner or cook pasta.

Answer explanation

Spaghetti and Pizza are 2 subjects, and both of these subjects share a single verb, which is are.

Select the simple sentence which has a subject, verb, verb pattern (SVV).

• She is going to bake a cake or some cookies for her family this afternoon.

• He is a chef and specializes in seafood dishes.

• The blueberry pie and oatmeal cookies were delicious.

• The cakes at this bakery are expensive but delicious

Select the simple sentence which has a subject, subject, verb, verb pattern (SSVV).

• Flight attendants meet a lot of people and travel to various places.

• Pilots and flight attendants earn good salaries and have interesting jobs.

• Both of my sister and brother want to become a flight attendant one day.

• There are many interesting jobs in the travel industry.

watches/ Peter/ TV/ often/ ./

last night/ to/ Phong/ listened/ music/ ./

We were living in a brand-new country that had just been opened up for settlement.

• simple sentence

• not a simple sentence

"She irritated me a lot by winning the lottery."

The word irritate is a...

• verb

• noun

• preposition

• adverb

What is the correct structure of a simple sentence?

• S + O + V

• V + O + S

• S + V + O

• S + O + V

evidence/ for/ the/ looks/ investigator/./