Grammar Diagnostic Review

What grammar convention is the RED text?
I laid down on the couch to take a nap.

• -ing verb modifier
• absolute
• appositive
• prepositional phrase

What kind of sentence is this?
The chimpanzee ate a banana and took a nap.

• declarative
• interrogative
• imperative
• exclamatory

What kind of sentence is this?
Are you going to the Screaming Jellyfish concert on Saturday night?

• declarative
• interrogative
• imperative
• exclamatory

What kind of sentence is this?
That fireworks show was amazing!

• declarative
• interrogative
• imperative
• exclamatory

What type of sentence is this?
The man was pulled over by police, and he got a ticket because he was texting and driving.

• simple
• compound
• complex
• compound-complex

What type of sentence is this?
I wanted to go to the party, but my mom grounded me for the weekend.

• simple
• compound
• complex
• compound-complex

What is the common noun in this sentence?
Mr. Ferguson got a new car.

• Mr. Ferguson
• got
• new
• car

What is the common noun in this sentence?
I am going to the store to buy Kleenex.

• I
• going
• store
• Kleenex

What is the action verb in this sentence?
The wind whipped wildly up and down the coast.

• whipped
• wildly
• up
• down

What is the action verb in this sentence?
Jimmy rode his scooter to the park with Alex.

• Jimmy
• rode
• scooter
• park