PRACTICE Grammar Assessment

Where do you place the slash to separate the complete subject from the complete predicate? The cats ran through the garden.

• The cats / ran through the garden.
• The cats ran / through the garden.
• The cats ran through / the garden.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence? The cats ran through the garden.

• The cats
• cats
• ran
• ran through the garden

What is the simple subject in the following sentence? The kitten slept on top of the piano.

• kitten
• slept
• top
• piano

How many simple subjects are in the sentence? A large opossum scurried across the porch and jumped into the bushes.

• 1 simple subject
• 2 simple subjects
• 3 simple subjects
• none

How many simple predicates are in the sentence? A large owl flew across the sky and landed in a grove of trees.

• 1 simple predicate
• 2 simple predicates
• 3 simple predicates
• none

All of the 8th-grade students should have memorized the academic vocabulary words. What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT in the sentence above?

• students
• All
• of
• 8th-grade
• should

All of the 8th-grade students should have memorized the academic vocabulary words. Select the HELPING VERB(S) in the sentence above

• should
• have
• All
• of
• 8th-grade

All of the 8th-grade students should have memorized the academic vocabulary words. Select the MAIN VERB(S) in the sentence above

• memorized
• All
• of
• 8th-grade
• students

Mrs. Beeman and Mrs. Buccioni plan the lessons and grade assignments together.

True or False: The sentence has a compound subject

• true
• false

Mrs. Beeman and Mrs. Buccioni plan the lessons and grade assignments together.

True or False: The sentence has a compound predicate

• true
• false