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Wk5_Grammar Quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the complete sentence.

a)

When I get my driver's license next year.

b)

By the lake near the old home place.

c)

If I can save enough money for a new car.

d)

I lost my new watch at the park yesterday.

2.

Select the complete sentence.

a)

The cat gingerly stepped onto the new snow which blanketed the ground.

b)

Laughing and squealing with delight in the winter wonderland.

c)

In the snow up to our knees.

d)

As soon as we lost the feeling in our finger and toes.

3.

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.

4.
Is the following a complete sentence or a sentence fragment?
Bison were difficult to hunt on foot.
a)
Sentence
b)
Sentence Fragment
5.

Many people think dolphins and porpoises are fish this is simply not true.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

c)

Run on

6.

I like blueberries in the morning, I don't like bananas in the morning.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

c)

Fused Sentence

d)

Comma Splice

7.

An easy way to fix a run-on is to split the sentence into two sentences using a ________.

a)
Period
b)
Comma
c)
Semicolon
d)
Question Mark
8.

A ________ occurs when a sentence is missing a subject or a verb.

a)

Run-on

b)

Fragment

9.
True or False: A run-on sentence can be corrected simply by inserting a comma. 
a)
True
b)
False
10.

What is the subject/are the subjects in this sentence?

Jackets and ties are required in that restaurant.

a)

jackets

b)

ties

c)

are

d)

restaurant

11.
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
12.

Identify the predicate in the following:

The leather seats feel comfortable.

a)

The leather seats

b)

The

c)

feel comfortable

d)

The leather seats feel comfortable

13.

Identify the complete subject of the following:

Dual air bags make the car very safe.

a)

Dual air bags

b)

air bags

c)

the car

d)

make the car very safe

14.
A complete sentence needs a subject and a predicate.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
True or False:  The subject is in red and the predicate is in blue?
My mom drove us to Chuck E. Cheese's.
a)
True
b)
False
16.

Identify the subject in the following sentence.

Do your homework.

a)

homework

b)

Do

c)

your

d)

you

17.

Mr. Adams GAVE me his old croquet set.

a)

simple subject

b)

complete subject

c)

simple predicate

d)

complete predicate

18.

On his way to school, Bill WAS SPLASHED by a passing car.

a)

simple subject

b)

complete subject

c)

simple predicate

d)

complete predicate

19.

Identify the SIMPLE subject in the following sentence:

Tell me if Tiny Tim will live.

a)

Tiny Tim

b)

You

c)

me

d)

Tell

20.

Identify the verb:


Peter's bedroom is a mess.

a)

Peter

b)

Bedroom

c)

Is

d)

Mess

21.

What is the part in red?


My friends and I went to the skate park after school.

a)

Compound subject

b)

Compound predicate/verb

c)

Single Subject

d)

Single predicate

22.

What is the part in blue?


Behind the door was a mop and a broom.

a)

Compound subject

b)

Compound predicate/verb

c)

Single subject

d)

Single predicate/verb

23.
Direct Object?
By following them, I can now draw a human face that looks realistic.
a)
Human
b)
Face
c)
Now
d)
Realistic
24.
Direct object?
Bill cracked three eggs into a bowl.
a)
Bill
b)
Three
c)
Eggs
d)
Bowl
25.
Indirect object?
My brother made Mom a birthday cake.
a)
Brother
b)
Mom
c)
Birthday
d)
Cake
26.
Direct object?
She did give Bill a suggestion.
a)
She
b)
Bill
c)
Did give
d)
Suggestion
27.
Indirect Object?
She did give Bill a suggestion for a gift.
a)
She
b)
Bill
c)
Suggestion
d)
Gift
28.
Direct object?
Helpless against the beast, they seek the services of Sherlock Holmes.
a)
Helpless
b)
Beast
c)
Sherlock Holmes
d)
Services
29.
Direct object?
Which backpack did you drop?
a)
Which
b)
Backpack
c)
You
d)
Did drop
30.
Indirect object?
Susie told everyone the secret!
a)
Susie
b)
Told
c)
Everyone
d)
Secret
31.

The skeleton went

a)

The skeleton went to the beach

b)

The skeleton to the beach

c)

The skeleton went, to the beach.

32.

Is so much fun.

a)

Because I am having so much fun.

b)

Trick-or-treating, is so much fun.

c)

Truck-or-treating is so much fun.

33.

Of the three sentences in each group, select the one that is NOT a sentence fragment.

a)

Mrs. Blanco gone to visit her mother at the hospital.

b)

Finding a parking space there is usually easy during the week.

c)

Driving in the city during the evening rush hour.

34.
Judy leads a charmed life she never seems to have a serious accident.
a)
No Change 
b)
life, she
c)
life; she
d)
life, yet
35.
The show begins at 7:30 make sure you're there before 7:15.
a)
No Change 
b)
7:30, make
c)
7:30. Make
d)
7:30, but
36.
Jeffrey, who had never been a particularly good student in high school, knew he was ready to take on the greatest challenge of his life.
a)
No Change
b)
school. Knew
c)
school; knew
d)
school, and knew
37.
Throughout history money and religion were closely linked there was little distinction between government and religion.
a)
No Change
b)
linked because there was
c)
linked because there were
d)
linked, there was
38.
Which is NOT an acceptable way to fix the following sentence:
Timothy has been late to school everyday, however he has yet to serve a detention after school.  
a)
everyday.  However
b)
everyday; however, 
c)
everyday.  However, 
39.

Fragment or Sentence?


Gave me a blue writing folder.

a)

Fragment

b)

Sentence

40.

WHY IS THIS A SENTENCE FRAGMENT?

Swam as quickly as possible.

a)

Missing a subject

b)

Missing a predicate

c)

Complete sentence; not a sentence fragment

41.

Identify the simple subject.

A number of the poems were about real people, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.

a)

poems

b)

people

c)

number

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X

42.

In the sentence below, Tony is the subject.

Come here, Tony.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

43.

Identify the subject.


The United States Poet Laureate is appointed annually by the Librarian of Congress.

a)

United States

b)

Librarian of Congress

c)

Poet

d)

Poet Laureate

44.

Identify the COMPLETE SUBJECT.

Did Grandma own a cornhusk doll?

a)

Grandma

b)

doll

c)

Did Grandma

d)

cornhusk doll

45.

Identify the COMPLETE SUBJECT.

Would you buy an antique doll?

a)

doll

b)

antique doll

c)

you

d)

would you

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