Quiz on Sentence Structure and Grammar

What is punctuation?

• A sentence that has a subject and a predicate.

• shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence

• names one person, place, thing, or idea

• the use of marks such as commas and periods in writing

What is a comma?

• made up of two or more sentences that are incorrectly run together as a single sentence.

• A noun that you can't touch. Names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic

• Used to separate parts of a sentence

• A sentence that tells someone to do something or orders someone to do something.

What is a period?

• Used to end the sentence.

• The different types of words in sentences (noun, verb, adjective...)

• names one person, place, thing, or idea

• names more than one person, place, or thing

What is an exclamation mark?

• a noun shows ownership or relationship (John's bike).

• Used to separate parts of a sentence

• The different types of words in sentences (noun, verb, adjective...)

• a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation

What are parentheses? (____)

• A sentence that tells someone to do something or orders someone to do something.

• made up of two or more sentences that are incorrectly run together as a single sentence.

• tells what the subject is or does.

• Used to not interrupt the main sentence (extra information)

What is a preposition?

• an incomplete sentence.

• tells what the subject is or does.

• a pronoun that shows ownership (e.g., mine, his, hers)

• shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence

What is a pronoun?

• A word that takes the place of a noun

• the beginning of piece of writing.

• the use of marks such as commas and periods in writing

• made up of two or more sentences that are incorrectly run together as a single sentence.

What is a conjunction?

• the beginning of piece of writing.

• A word used to join words or groups of words

• A sentence that has a subject and a predicate.

• an incomplete sentence.

What is a contraction?

• names more than one person, place, or thing

• a word made by combining or removing letters.

• Writing that uses slang (tiếng lóng) and relaxed. We use it for when we communicate with friends.

• the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something

What is a declarative sentence?

• a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation

• Writing that is respectful, serious, and clear. We use it for school work and letters to important people

• an incomplete sentence.

• a normal sentence. It ends with a period.