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Grammar

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two main parts of a sentence?

a)

Subject & Predicate

b)

Adjective & Adverb

c)

Subject & Simple Subject

d)

Preposition & Pronoun

2.

What is a sentence called that is missing a subject or a predicate?

a)

Run-On

b)

Fragment

c)

Complete Sentence

3.

What is the purpose of the subject?

a)

tells who or what the sentence is about

b)

shows action

c)

tells what the topic does or is

4.

What is the purpose of a predicate?

a)

tells who or what the sentence is about

b)

shows the location of the subject

c)

tells what the subject does or is

5.

What two parts of speech can a simple subject be?

a)

verb or adverb

b)

noun or pronoun

c)

adjective or preposition

6.

What part of speech is a simple predicate?

a)

Verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Noun

7.

What is the complete subject of this sentence:

The big green frog jumped across the log.

a)

frog

b)

The big green frog

c)

jumped

d)

jumped across the log

8.

What is the complete predicate of this sentence:

The big green frog jumped across the log.

a)

frog

b)

The big green frog

c)

jumped

d)

jumped across the log

9.

What is the simple predicate of this sentence:

The horse likes to eat hay. (Be careful - This one is tricky!)

a)

horse

b)

likes

c)

eat

d)

hay

10.

What is the simple subject of this sentence:

My sweet grandmother wore a blue dress.

a)

My

b)

sweet

c)

grandmother

d)

dress

11.

What is the complete predicate of this sentence:

My sweet grandmother wore a blue dress.

a)

wore a blue dress

b)

My sweet grandmother

c)

a blue dress

d)

wore

12.

Is this a fragment or a complete sentence:

Studied hard for the test.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Fragment

13.

Is this a fragment or a complete sentence:

The bee drank the sweet nectar.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Fragment

14.

Is this a fragment or a complete sentence:

My dad's cell phone.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Fragment

15.

Is this a fragment or a complete sentence:

My friends and I.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Fragment

16.

What's missing:

really wanted a dog

a)

Subject

b)

Predicate

17.
Choose the sentence that is correct.
a)
My dad is a great basketball coach, "said Josie."
b)
"My dad is a great basketball coach, said Josie."
c)
"My dad is a great basketball coach," said Josie.
18.
Choose the sentence that is correct.
a)
Tomorrow we'll go to the airport to watch the planes land" said Grandma.
b)
"Tomorrow we'll go to the airport to watch the planes land", said Grandma.
c)
"Tomorrow we'll go to the airport to watch the planes land," said Grandma.
19.
Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.
a)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"
b)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!".
c)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker"!
d)
Polly shouted! "I want a cracker!"
20.
Which is correct? 
a)
"Run for your lives! yelled Andrew. 
b)
Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 
c)
"Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 
d)
Run for your lives! "yelled Andrew."
21.

A sentence that makes a statement and ends with a period.

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

22.

A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

23.

A sentence that gives a command or makes a request and ends with a period or exclamation point.

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

24.

A sentence that shows strong or sudden feeling and ends with an exclamation point.

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

25.
Please go close the door. 
a)
Declarative
b)
Imperative
c)
Interrogative
d)
Exclamatory
26.
Why are you crying?
a)
Declarative
b)
Imperative
c)
Interrogative
d)
Exclamatory
27.
I like ice cream.
a)
Declarative
b)
Imperative
c)
Interrogative
d)
Exclamatory
28.
Give your homework to the teacher.
a)
Declarative
b)
Imperative
c)
Interrogative
d)
Exclamatory
29.
That was the best movie ever!
a)
Declarative
b)
Imperative
c)
Interrogative
d)
Exclamatory
30.
How many languages do you speak?
a)
Declarative
b)
Imperative
c)
Interrogative
d)
Exclamatory
31.

Made-up stories that have retold over and over for many years

a)

Traditional Literature

b)

Biography

c)

Informational

d)

Historical Fiction

32.

A made-up story that included elements such as talking animals and/or magical powers

a)

Fantasy

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Science Fiction

33.

A story made up of realistic characters that include events that could happen in real life

a)

Informational

b)

Autobiography

c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Fairy Tale

34.

The true story of a real person's life that is written by that the person

a)

Biography

b)

Mystery

c)

Autobiography

d)

Fantasy

35.

Can books qualify as more than one genre?

a)

No

b)

Maybe

c)

Yes

d)

I don't know

36.
I am as hungry as a bear! 
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
37.
The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
38.
The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
idiom
39.
A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
40.
An extreme exaggeration used for effect
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile