Grammar and Mechanics

Is the following sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Bring me a glass of water.

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.  The children played soccer in the evening. 

• Played soccer

• In the evening

• The children

Which of the following sentences includes a linking verb?

• 1. The cat likes to sit in the sun. 

• 1. The children are playing at the park. 

• 1. Students always love to go to recess. 

• 1. Babies cry when they are hungry. 

What is the subject of a sentence?

• the verb

• the action in the sentence

• tells who or what the sentence is about

Which is the complete subject of the following sentence?

Some of a baby's bones are soft at birth.

• bones are soft at birth

• Some of a baby's

• are soft at birth

• Some of a baby's bones

Which is the complete subject of the following sentence?

Hair on your head grows a half inch each month.

• Hair on your head

• Hair

• grows a half inch

• on your head grows a half inch each month

What is the direct object in this sentence:

We sent a package to our relatives in Iowa.

• We

• Iowa

• package

• relatives

What is the predicate of a sentence?

• Who the sentence is about?

• tells what the subject is or does

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

• Friday

• is the best day of the week

• is

• of the week

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

• Most rocks

• are made of more than one mineral.

• Most rocks are made

• None of the above.