Unit 3 Grammar Assessment Study Guide

In which sentence is the dependent clause underlined?

• We were not sure when they would get here.

• We were not sure when they would get here.

• We were not sure when they would get here.

• We were not sure when they would get here.

Which sentence correctly combines the clauses to create a complex sentence?

• Last night, it has snowed more than a foot.

• Last night, after it has snowed more than a foot.

• Because last night, it has snowed more than a foot.

• Since last night, it has snowed more than a foot.

In which sentence is a noun and participial phrase underlined?

• Many people like to repair old cars.

• The car sitting in the driveway is my uncle’s.

• He bought the car for less than a hundred dollars.

• It has taken years to get the car looking so good.

In which sentence is a pronoun and participial phrase underlined?

• My friends are coming over this afternoon.

• They went fishing in a boat last weekend.

• We heard them talking about the trip.

• It sounds like they had a really great time.

Which sentence has subject/verb agreement?

• Somebody usually brings a treat for the dogs.

• We wondered if anyone live over there.

• Some of us walks along the river after dinner.

• Everybody talk about what happened that day.

Which sentence has subject/verb agreement?

• The decorations goes on trees in the city park.

• A fireworks show happen just after sunset.

• Some students and parents make decorations.

• Many people attends the fireworks show in the park.

Which answer best completes this sentence fragment?

• going to the mall not far away.

• some of us are going to the mall.

• some of us the mall not far away.

• not far away some of us will go.

Which answer is a way to correct this sentence fragment?

• Liking to feed the pigeons in the square are the tourists.

• Tourists feeding the pigeons in the square.

• Feeding the pigeons in the square are the tourists.

• Tourists like to feed the pigeons in the square.

Which answer is the correct way to change this sentence so it has a plural subject?

• The oxes pulls a wagon filled with tourists.

• The oxen pull a wagon filled with tourists.

• The oxen pulls a wagon filled with tourists.

• The oxes pull a wagon filled with tourists.

Which answer is the correct way to change this sentence so it has a plural subject?

• The childs does chores at home after school.

• The childs do chores at home after school.

• The children do chores at home after school.

• The children does chores at home after school.