Sentence Structure Test

What is a compound subject?

• Two or more verbs joined together by a conjunction that have the same subject.

• Two simple sentences joined by a conjunction to make one sentence.

• Two or more simple subjects joined together with a conjunction that have the same predicate.

• A small group of words that adds meaning to a sentence.

What is a compound predicate?

• Two or more simple subjects joined together with a conjunction that have the same predicate.

• Two or more verbs joined together by a conjunction that have the same subject.

• Two simple sentences joined by a conjunction to make one sentence.

• A small group of words that adds meaning to a sentence.

What is a compound sentence?

• Two or more verbs joined together by a conjunction that have the same subject.

• Two or more simple subjects joined together with a conjunction that have the same predicate.

• Two simple sentences joined by a conjunction to make one sentence.

• A small group of words that adds meaning to a sentence.

Choose the words that are coordinating conjunctions. Choose all that apply.

• and

• but

• or

• so

"Pippin, Poppy and Snazzy are called tuxedo cats."

This is an example of ....

• a compound subject

• a compound predicate

• a compound sentence

• a complex sentence

"Pippin has to eat special food or he will throw up immediately."

This is an example of ....

• a compound sentence

• a compound predicate

• a complex sentence

• a phrase

"Snazzy drinks out of the sink and sleeps in my chair. "

This is an example of ....

• a compound predicate

• compound subject

• compound sentence

• dependent clause

A simple sentence is also called

• an independent clause

• a dependent/

  subordinate clause

• a compound sentence

• a phrase

What is a phrase?

• A small group of words that adds meaning to a sentence and can stand alone as a complete sentence.

• A small group of words that adds meaning to a sentence but does not have both a subject and a verb, so it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.

• Two or more verbs joined together by a conjunction that have the same subject.

• Two simple sentences joined by a conjunction to make one sentence.

A dependent clause is also called a

• subordinate clause

• independent clause

• phrase

• simple sentence