Exercise 2

My neighbor works for the United States Postal Service.

The simple subject and simple predicate of the sentence above are ______.

• neighbor, works for the United States Postal Service

• neighbor, works

• My neighbor, works for the United States Postal Service.

• My neighbor, works

Hold the door open, please.

The simple subject of the sentence is _____.

The birds, frogs, and crickets at the lake

The group of words above are called ______.

• sentence fragment

• complete sentence

• run-on sentence

• comma splice

Complete the following list of words according to their short vowel sound.

breath, feather, ______

• weather

• numb

Complete the following list of words according to their short vowel sound.

promise, solid, ______

• liar

• frantic

Complete the following list of words according to their short vowel sound.

comic, solid, ______

• slowly

• wobble

• Suddenly the car __________ and stopped.

The ___________ lamps lighted up the abandoned building.

• All our aircraft carry at least one oxygen __________ for emergency use on board.

The story is told in _______ point of view.

• first person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

• second person