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Worksheets6th Grade Language Unit 1 Practice
Total questions: 109
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
Which is a complete sentence?
A very bad storm.
The sun came out.
The rain in the sky.
Showered on us!
Which of the following are complete sentences?
Blew across the lake.
The breeze made little waves.
Yesterday at the cottage.
The rain started to fall.
Which of the following are complete sentences?
The child is afraid of thunder.
A bolt of lightning suddenly.
When it rained in June.
May bring better weather.
What is the name for the following: During the soccer game.
Compound Subject
Compound Predicate
Complete Sentence
Fragment
A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.
True
False
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
True
False
Which of the following are complete thoughts?
We practiced yesterday.
The fog rolled in.
Covered the field.
We could not see the ball.
Last winter in Vermont.
Sentence
Fragment
I wore boots and a heavy coat.
Sentence
Fragment
Covered with soft snow.
Sentence
Fragment
A (a) sentence tells something and ends with a period.
An (a) sentence asks something and ends with a question mark.
An (a) sentence gives an order and ends with a period.
An (a) sentence expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point.
Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? Study a picture of a camel
.
?
!
Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? How many humps does a camel have
.
?
!
Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? Camels may have one or two humps
.
?
!
Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? What good travelers camels are
.
?
!
What type of sentence is this?
The Gobi Desert is in northeastern Asia.
Declarative
Imperative
Interrogative
Exclamatory
What type of sentence is this?
Find it on this map of the world.
Declarative
Imperative
Interrogative
Exclamatory
What type of sentence is this?
What a huge desert!
Declarative
Imperative
Interrogative
Exclamatory
What type of sentence is this?
How do people live in a desert?
Declarative
Imperatiive
Interrogative
Exclamatory
A sentence has 2 parts, a subject and a predicate.
True
False
The subject tells (a) the sentence is about.
The predicate tells what the subject (a) .
The complete subject contains all the words in the subject,
and a complete predicate tells all the words in the predicate.
True
False
Which of the following are complete subjects?
A large part of Peru
is in the Andes Mountains.
The people in the mountains
live in small villages.
Which of the following are complete predicates?
Their houses
are made from sun-dried bricks.
Most people
are farmers and shepherds.
What is the complete subject in the following sentence?
This country was a Portuguese colony until 1822.
(a)
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?
The main language of Brazil is Portuguese.
(a)
The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject.
True
False
The simple subject tells who or what the subject is about.
True
False
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Acadia National Park is on Mount Desert Island in Maine.
(a)
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
The island has seventeen peaks.
(a)
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
A long, winding road goes to the top.
(a)
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
The view at sunrise is beautiful.
(a)
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Everyone in my family got up early to see it.
Everyone
my
family
early
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
The walls of the dam are steep and very white.
steep
walls
dam
white
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
The clear water is bright blue against the white walls.
walls
clear
water
blue
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
This huge dam controls the Colorado River
controls
Colorado
dam
Colorado River
The simple predicate is the main word or words in the complete predicate.
It tells what the subject is or does.
True
False
The simple predicate may be more than one word.
True
False
The simple predicate may be a main verb and a helping verb.
True
False
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
Hansel and Gretel is the name of the opera.
(a)
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
The story has been enjoyed for years.
(a)
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
Two children are wandering in the woods.
(a)
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
A mean woman keeps them in her house.
(a)
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
The children finally escape.
(a)
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
That woman is singing an aria.
is
singing
aria
is singing
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
An aria is sung by one person.
person
aria
is sung
one
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
Janet will be going to the last performance.
Janet
will be
will be going
performance
The subject of an imperative sntence is you. Usually the word you is understood, not stated.
True
False
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Read the program quietly.
(a)
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Now watch the stage.
(a)
What is the subject in the following sentence?
The Smiths enjoy the dancing.
(a)
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Sit here next to my brother.
(a)
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Remember the first three songs.
(a)
Go to one of his films.
Declarative
Imperative
Listen to his musical voice.
Declarative
Imperative
One film was a great success.
Declarative
Imperative
Peter was a clever director.
Delarative
Imperative
Please tell me the name of that film.
Declarative
Imperative
A conjuction is a word that connects words or groups of words. ______, ________, or ________ are conjuctions
(a)
The puffins can dive deep (a) swim a long distance.
Puffins eat small fish (a) shrimp.
Some puffins feed on the surface, (a) others dive for food.
Most birds fly well, (a) puffins fly poorly.
The puffin's beak (a) webbed feet are bright red.
Explorers (a) sailors have hunted these birds.
A (a) sentence is two or more sentences that are run together with commas or without any punctuation.
What is the conjunction in the following sentence?
You may take a pet on a trip if you plan ahead.
if
may
on
ahead
What is the conjunction in the following sentence?
Before you leave, a vet should check the animal.
leave
should
the
Before
What is the conjunction in the following sentence?
Give the animal water whenever you make a stop.
Give
whenever
make
a
What is the conjunction in the following sentence?
Do not fly with a pet until you check with the airline.
Do
with
until
check
What type of sentence is this?
Unless you are dreaming, you will not see a unicorn.
simple
compound
complex
What type of sentence is this?
Although there are many stories about the unicorn, it is only an imaginary animal.
Simple
Compound
Complex
What type of sentence is this?
Long-ago explorers had no binoculars or cameras.
Simple
Compound
Complex
What type of sentence is this?
They used their imagination when they saw a distant animal.
Simple
Compound
Complex
What type of question is this?
Stories spread about the unicorn, and we can still read them today.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Words like when because, unless, although, and whenever are called (a) conjunctions.
A simple sentence states a complete (a) .
A compound sentence contains two (a) joined by and, but, or or.
A complex sentence is made up of two (a) sentences joined by a subordinating conjuntion.
A (a) subject has two subjects.
A (a) predicate has two predicates
What is the complete predicate in this sentence:
My family is planning a vacation at Blue Lake.
is
is planning
is planning a vacation
is planning a vacation at Blue Lake
What is the complete predicate in this sentence:
The older children in our family will enjoy those canoes.
in our family
will enjoy
will enjoy those canoes
those canoes
What is the simple predicate in this sentence?
The first issue arrived.
The first
The first issue
first
issue
What is the simple subject in this sentence:
The article on robots has excellet photographs.
article
robots
The article
on robots
What is the simple subject in this imperative sentence?
Look at the size of these tomatoes.
You
(You)
Look
tomatoes
What is the simple subject in this imperative sentence:
Please don't step on the cucumbers.
cucumbers
step
Please
(You)
What is the simple subject in this interrogative sentence?
Do fresh vegetables appeal to you?
fresh vegetables
fresh
vegetables
you
What is the simple subject in this interrogative sentence:
Are those carrots ready for harvest yet?
Are
those
carrots
harvest
Which of these is a compound subject?
Rain or sleet
Helen
She and her assistant
Our forefathers
Which of these are compound predicates?
could return to camp or search for shelter here
thought quickly and made a decision
looked, found a cave, and led us there juest in time
ran and jumped in the leaves
A compound sentence is made of two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction.
true
false
What is the conjunction in this compound sentence:
A huge front wheel and a small rear wheel made up the high-wheeler.
A
and
the
This is not a compound sentence.
What are the simple subjects in this compound sentence:
Do they have handlebars, or do you hold on to the seat?
or
Do they have handlebars
do you hold on to the seat
This is not a compound sentence.
Mr. Leone built a roadside stand (a) sold his vegetables there.
He earned money at the stand, (a) he couldn't tend to his garden.
Now an extra helper picks (a) sells vegetables every day.
A simple sentence has
a subject
a predicate
expresses a complete thought
two predicates
A compound sentence is two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction.
true
false
Which of these sentences are complex sentences?
Mountain goats travel over rocky cliffs and icy slopes.
Because they are born with full coats of hair, newborn goats can bear the cold.
If a goat is under one year old, it is called a kid.
A kid can climb mountains when it is only a few days old.
A sentence fragment
is missing a subject, predicate, or both.
does not express a complete thought.
will need to have words added to it to become a sentence.
A run-on sentence
is two or more sentences that are run together with commas or without any punctuation.
is difficult to read because it keeps going on and on.
needs separation and punctuation.
may be corrected by adding a conjunction.
How would you fix this run-on sentence?
We are looking forward to this trip, it should be interesting.
Separate it into two sentences.
Put a period after trip and capitalize the i in it.
Add the word while after the comma.
How would you correct this:
We will drive east to the Yucatan Peninsula. And visit my aunt there.
Change the period to a comma.
Remove the period and make the A in And lower case.
It is fine the way it is.
Which subordinating conjunction would be best to combine these to make a sentence?
Mom studied her recipe. Two dishes cooked on the stove.
until
unless
because
while
