wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

ELA 30B Grammar Review Extravaganza!!!!

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the subject of a sentence?
a)
the verb
b)
the action in the sentence
c)
tells who or what the sentence is about
2.

What is the complete predicate of the sentence below?

Spongebob works at the Krusty Krab.

a)

works at

b)

works at the Krusty Krab

c)

Spongebob

d)

at the Krusty Krab

3.

What is the complete subject of this sentence?

The library has books about many subjects.

a)

The library

b)

has books

c)

about

d)

has books about many subjects

4.

What is the simple predicate of the sentence:

The bear sniffed through the camp.

a)

The bear sniffed

b)

sniffed

c)

camp

d)

sniffed though the camp

5.

What is the complete predicate of the sentence:

Lots of snowflakes fell onto the roof.

a)

lots

b)

fell

c)

lots of snowflakes

d)

fell onto the roof

6.

What is the complete PREDICATE in this sentence?

Ms. Sinclair is crazy.

a)

Ms. Sinclair

b)

is

c)

is crazy

d)

Sinclair is crazy.

7.
What is the predicate of a sentence
a)
Who the sentence is about?
b)
tells what the subject is or does
8.
What is the subject of a sentence?
a)
the verb
b)
the action in the sentence
c)
tells who are what the sentence is about
9.

What is the SIMPLE PREDICATE in the following sentence?

Have you seen the latest episode of Manifest?

a)

Seen the latest episode of Manifest

b)

Have seen the latest episode of Manifest

c)

Have seen

d)

Seen

10.
What is the COMPOUND SUBJECT in the following sentence?
Mr. Morton and his cat went everywhere together.
a)
There isn't one
b)
Mrs. Morton
c)
Mr. Morton and his cat
d)
Mr. Morton, cat 
11.

What is the COMPLETE PREDICATE in the following sentence?

Take out the garbage before your mom gets home!

a)

Take out the garbage before your mom gets home!

b)

before your mom gets home

c)

"You"

d)

out the garbage

12.

What is the COMPOUND PREDICATE in the following sentence?

Were they eating pizza and drinking soda for breakfast?

a)

There isn't one

b)

were, they

c)

eating and drinking

d)

eating, drinking

13.

What type of clause is in RED?

When the day ends, we can all go home and make cookies.

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

14.

What type of clause is in RED?

We went to the game, and our team won!

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

15.

What type of clause is in RED?

We had a great time after the weather cleared.

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

16.

How does an independent clause begin?

a)

with a subject

b)

with a verb

c)

with a subordinating conjunction (W.A.S.A.B.I.)

d)

with an adjective

17.

What type of clause is in RED?

The Truman Library is in Independence, Missouri because that's where he lived from 1919-1972.

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

18.

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice:

a)

Since I love playing video games, I use them as a way to unwind after school.

b)

I love to play my favorite video game, Treetop Fun, after school.

c)

I love to play video games after school, it's a great way to unwind.

d)

I love to play video games after school, and I prefer to play Treetop Fun.

19.

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

a)

My favorite night at home with my family is Taco Tuesday, and we love dicing up as many delicious ingredients as we can find.

b)

On Taco Tuesday, my favorite night at home with my family, we always dice up as many delicious ingredients as we can find.

c)

Because it was Taco Tuesday, my favorite night at home with my family, we diced up as many delicious ingredients as we could find.

d)

My favorite night at home with my family is Taco Tuesday, we love dicing up as many delicious ingredients as we can find.

20.

Select the FRAGMENT in each group of words.

a)

The car turned over.

b)

The cool breeze felt good to my sunburned face.

c)

Watching television and eating snack foods every day all summer long

d)

I cut the grass this summer to earn the money to buy a car.

21.

True or false: Sentence fragments are missing either a subject or predicate. (Verb phrase)

a)

True

b)

False

22.
True or False:  It's ok to use a fragment if your reader understands what you are trying to say.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Which option fixes the fragment?
Even though I'm hungry, 
a)
it might be good to wait.
b)
I can wait until class is over.
c)
both
d)
neither
24.

I work hard during my English class I have no homework.

a)

Written correctly.

b)

Run-on sentence.

25.

I am so tired I can't wait for the holiday break!

a)

Written correctly.

b)

Run-on sentence.

26.

We followed the path; we still got lost.

a)

Written correctly.

b)

Run-on sentence.

27.

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

a)

A Long Way Gone is a story about a boy soldier, he was from Sierra Leone.

b)

A Long Way Gone is a story about a boy soldier from Sierra Leone.

28.

Which run-on sentence correction is NOT correct?

a)

I am so tired. I can't wait for the holiday break!

b)

I am so tired; I can't wait for the holiday break!

c)

I am so tired, I can't wait for the holiday break!

d)

I am so tired, so I can't wait for the holiday break!

29.

Identify each group of words:


When we were on the bus.

a)

Fragment

b)

Run-on

c)

Comma Splice

d)

Sentence

30.

Identify each group of words:


We went through the haunted chateau and the Zombie High School.

a)

Fragment

b)

Run-on

c)

Comma Splice

d)

Sentence

31.

Identify each group of words:


The softball players.

a)

Fragment

b)

Run-on

c)

Comma Splice

d)

Sentence

32.

Identify each group of words:


The shoes were cheap but were super ugly.

a)

Fragment

b)

Run-on

c)

Comma Splice

d)

Sentence

33.

Identify each group of words:


Michael Jordan is a good basketball player however Lebron is better.

a)

Fragment

b)

Run-on

c)

Comma Splice

d)

Sentence

34.
Which option is not a sentence?
a)
He laughed uncontrollably.
b)
Rolled along the sidewalk.
c)
She loved running at night.
d)
Her dog barked and cried.
35.
In the humanities disciplines, scholars mostly use a deductive structure and a thesis statement. While in the social sciences or science disciplines, scholars prefer to use an inductive structure and a hypothesis.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
36.
In “Simplicity,” William Zinsser argues that cluttered writing is bad writing, however it can be fixed by eliminating all unnecessary or unclear words.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
37.
Drew Hayden Taylor’s critique of Stephen Harper’s apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task. 
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
38.
It is important to revise essays at the following levels. Content, structure, and editing. 
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
39.
Successful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect. 
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
40.
I baked oatmeal cookies they had raisins in them, too. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence