WorksheetsThe Sentence
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the best definition of a sentence? A sentence is a
group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and does not contain both a subject and a verb.
group of words that contains a subject and a verb
Do you see a fragment in this short paragraph? Yesterday, by friend and I had a picnic in a nice park full of lovely trees and flowers. Lately I have had such a good time with my friend. Was another beautiful day.
Yes
No
Is there a fragment in this short paragraph? When we were getting ready to leave. We could not find the car keys. We looked everywhere. Then we realized that they were in the picnic basket.
Yes
No
The part of the sentence that names the person or thing spoken about in the rest of the sentence is the...
subject
predicate
In this sentence, which is the complete predicate?
Those dogs are all trained as guide dogs.
trained as guide dogs
are all trained as guide dogs
Those dogs
Those dogs are
In this sentence, which is the complete subject?
Those dogs are all trained as guide dogs.
all trained as guide dogs
guide dogs
Those dogs are
Those dogs
The essential noun or pronoun in the complete subject that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
simple predicate
verb
simple subject
compound subject
The simple predicate or verb is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate. The simple predicate may be a single verb or a verb phrase. Identify the simple predicate in this sentence: Have you found the pen?
have you
found
have
have found
Two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and have the same subject is
compound verb
compound subject
complete subject
complete predicate
Choose the sentence with a compound subject.
A fool and his money are easily parted.
You can't fool all of the people all of the time.
The kids were only joking and fooling around.
What kind of sentence is this? Wash your hands and keep your distance.
declarative
imperative
exclamatory
interrogative
What kind of sentence is this? How much does this cost?
interrogative
declarative
imperative
exclamatory
What kind of a sentence is this? Stop that noise!
exclamatory
imperative
interrogative
declarative
What kind of a sentence is this? When Ray Charles sat down to play, the audience clapped wildly.
interrogative
exclamatory
declarative
imperative
What kind of sentence is this? We were so scared!
interrogative
imperative
declarative
exclamatory
