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Sentence Analysis

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following sentence is punctuated correctly?

a)

the short and fierce-looking guard stood near the door keeping a careful watch on charandas

b)

The short and fierce-looking guard stood near the door keeping a careful watch on Charandas!

c)

The short and fierce-looking guard stood near the door keeping a careful watch on Charandas.

2.

Find the noun phrase in the following sentence:-

The short and fierce-looking guard stood near the door keeping a careful watch on Charandas.

a)

guard stood near the door

b)

short and fierce-looking gaurd

c)

the door keeping a careful watch on Charandas.

3.

Change the word 'keeping' into an infinitive.

a)

to keep

b)

keeping on

c)

to kept

4.

The short and fierce-looking guard stood near the door keeping a careful watch on Charandas.

How many clauses do we see in this sentence?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

5.

Which of the following sentence is punctuated correctly?

a)

Even after a long and tiring discussion they failed to come to a decision?

b)

Even after a long and tiring Discussion they failed to come to a Decision.

c)

Even after a long discussion, they failed to come to a decision.

6.

Find the abstract nouns in this sentence.

Even after a long discussion, they failed to come to a decision

a)

long and tiring

b)

even and after

c)

discussion and decision

7.

Say how many clauses there are in this sentence?

Even after a long discussion, they failed to come to a decision

a)

There is one verb and so there is one clause.

b)

There are two verbs and so there are two clauses.

c)

There are three verbs and so there are three clauses.

8.

Can you spot the conjunction headword? Is it noun, adjective or adverbial?

Even after a long discussion, they failed to come to a decision

a)

The conjunction headword is ‘they’. It is adverbial.

b)

The conjunction headword is ‘even’. It is adverbial.

c)

The conjunction headword is ‘long’. It is an adjective.

9.

Find the infinitive in this sentence.

Even after a long discussion, they failed to come to a decision

a)

they failed

b)

to come

c)

to a decision

10.

Find the preposition in this sentence.

Even after a long discussion, they failed to come to a decision

a)

long

b)

after

c)

failed

11.

What is the subject in the following sentence?

The boys will compete in the swim meet this weekend.

a)

The boys

b)

will compete

c)

weekend

d)

swim meet

12.

How do you identify the predicate in a sentence?

a)

Identify the noun

b)

Identify the object

c)

Identify the verb

d)

Identify the adverb

13.

I like your new beautiful shoes

a)

?

b)

.

c)

!

14.

Ouch, that hurt me a lot

a)

?

b)

.

c)

!

15.

Choose the correct sentence.

a)

Father got me a bag box and a watch

b)

Father got me a bag, box and a watch.

16.

Many people never learn how to swim.

a)

Prepositional

b)

Participial

c)

Gerund

d)

Infinitive

e)

Appositive

17.

We call participial, gerunds, and infinitives verbals because...

a)

They are the main verbs of the sentence.

b)

They are verbs that act as a different part of speech.

c)

They are all nouns in the sentence.

d)

None of the above

18.

Which one of the words is NOT a preposition?

a)

for

b)

among

c)

to

d)

my

19.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a)
Before the storm began I latched all of the windows tight.
b)
Before the storm began, I latched all of the windows tight.
c)
Before, the storm began, I latched all of the windows tight.
d)
Before the storm began, I latched, all of, the windows tight.
20.
Add a comma: 
Before turning in the test check your mistakes. 
a)
Before, 
b)
turning, 
c)
test, 
d)
check,