Grammar and Sentence Structure Quiz

What is a simple sentence?

• A sentence with two independent clauses

• A sentence with one independent clause

• A sentence with no clauses

• A sentence with multiple dependent clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What defines an independent clause?

• A group of words that cannot stand alone

• A group of words that makes a complete statement and can stand alone

• A group of words that needs a subject

• A group of words that needs a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the subject of a sentence?

• The action in the sentence

• The person, place, thing, quality, or idea the sentence is about

• The description in the sentence

• The location in the sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What does a verb show in a sentence?

• The subject's state of being or action

• The subject's location

• The subject's description

• The subject's time

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

What does "compound" mean in terms of subjects or verbs?

• Only one subject or verb

• More than one subject or verb in a simple sentence

• A subject or verb that is not real

• A subject or verb that is incomplete

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the first step in verb-subject identification?

• Look for the subject

• Look for the action or state-of-being word to find the verb

• Look for the adjective

• Look for the adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What question should you ask to find the subject?

• "Where is it?"

• "Who or what (verb)?"

• "When did it happen?"

• "Why did it happen?"

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is a helping verb used for?

• To add a subject

• To add grammatical information such as tense, voice, or possibility

• To add a location

• To add a description

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What are imposters in a sentence?

• Real verbs or subjects

• Verbs or nouns that are not the real verb or subject of the sentence

• Adjectives or adverbs

• Prepositions or conjunctions

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What does an infinitive phrase begin with?

• "To" and ends with a "verb"

• "To" and ends with a "noun"

• "To" and ends with an "adjective"

• "To" and ends with an "adverb"

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A