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6th Grade Language Unit 1 Practice

Total questions: 109

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is a complete sentence?

a)

A very bad storm.

b)

The sun came out.

c)

The rain in the sky.

d)

Showered on us!

2.

Which of the following are complete sentences?

a)

Blew across the lake.

b)

The breeze made little waves.

c)

Yesterday at the cottage.

d)

The rain started to fall.

3.

Which of the following are complete sentences?

a)

The child is afraid of thunder.

b)

A bolt of lightning suddenly.

c)

When it rained in June.

d)

May bring better weather.

4.

What is the name for the following: During the soccer game.

a)

Compound Subject

b)

Compound Predicate

c)

Complete Sentence

d)

Fragment

5.

A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which of the following are complete thoughts?

a)

We practiced yesterday.

b)

The fog rolled in.

c)

Covered the field.

d)

We could not see the ball.

8.

Last winter in Vermont.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

9.

I wore boots and a heavy coat.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

10.

Covered with soft snow.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

11.

A (a)   sentence tells something and ends with a period.

12.

An (a)   sentence asks something and ends with a question mark.

13.

An (a)   sentence gives an order and ends with a period.

14.

An (a)   sentence expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point.

15.

Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? Study a picture of a camel

a)

.

b)

?

c)

!

16.

Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? How many humps does a camel have

a)

.

b)

?

c)

!

17.

Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? Camels may have one or two humps

a)

.

b)

?

c)

!

18.

Which punctuation mark should end this sentence? What good travelers camels are

a)

.

b)

?

c)

!

19.

What type of sentence is this?

The Gobi Desert is in northeastern Asia.

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperative

c)

Interrogative

d)

Exclamatory

20.

What type of sentence is this?

Find it on this map of the world.

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperative

c)

Interrogative

d)

Exclamatory

21.

What type of sentence is this?

What a huge desert!

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperative

c)

Interrogative

d)

Exclamatory

22.

What type of sentence is this?

How do people live in a desert?

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperatiive

c)

Interrogative

d)

Exclamatory

23.

A sentence has 2 parts, a subject and a predicate.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The subject tells (a)   the sentence is about.

25.

The predicate tells what the subject (a)   .

26.

The complete subject contains all the words in the subject,

and a complete predicate tells all the words in the predicate.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Which of the following are complete subjects?

a)

A large part of Peru

b)

is in the Andes Mountains.

c)

The people in the mountains

d)

live in small villages.

28.

Which of the following are complete predicates?

a)

Their houses

b)

are made from sun-dried bricks.

c)

Most people

d)

are farmers and shepherds.

29.

What is the complete subject in the following sentence?

This country was a Portuguese colony until 1822.

(a)  

30.

What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?

The main language of Brazil is Portuguese.

(a)  

31.

The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject.

a)

True

b)


False

32.

The simple subject tells who or what the subject is about.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

Acadia National Park is on Mount Desert Island in Maine.

(a)  

34.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

The island has seventeen peaks.

(a)  

35.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

A long, winding road goes to the top.

(a)  

36.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

The view at sunrise is beautiful.

(a)  

37.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

Everyone in my family got up early to see it.

a)

Everyone

b)

my

c)

family

d)

early

38.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

The walls of the dam are steep and very white.

a)

steep

b)

walls

c)

dam

d)

white

39.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

The clear water is bright blue against the white walls.

a)

walls

b)

clear

c)

water

d)

blue

40.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

This huge dam controls the Colorado River

a)

controls

b)

Colorado

c)

dam

d)

Colorado River

41.

The simple predicate is the main word or words in the complete predicate.

It tells what the subject is or does.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

The simple predicate may be more than one word.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

The simple predicate may be a main verb and a helping verb.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

Hansel and Gretel is the name of the opera.

(a)  

45.

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

The story has been enjoyed for years.

(a)  

46.

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

Two children are wandering in the woods.

(a)  

47.

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

A mean woman keeps them in her house.

(a)  

48.

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

The children finally escape.

(a)  

49.

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

That woman is singing an aria.

a)

is

b)

singing

c)

aria

d)

is singing

50.

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

An aria is sung by one person.

a)

person

b)

aria

c)

is sung

d)

one

51.

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

Janet will be going to the last performance.

a)

Janet

b)

will be

c)

will be going

d)

performance

52.

The subject of an imperative sntence is you. Usually the word you is understood, not stated.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

What is the subject in the following sentence?

Read the program quietly.

(a)  

54.

What is the subject in the following sentence?

Now watch the stage.

(a)  

55.

What is the subject in the following sentence?

The Smiths enjoy the dancing.

(a)  

56.

What is the subject in the following sentence?

Sit here next to my brother.

(a)  

57.

What is the subject in the following sentence?

Remember the first three songs.

(a)  

58.

Go to one of his films.

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperative

59.

Listen to his musical voice.

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperative

60.

One film was a great success.

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperative

61.

Peter was a clever director.

a)

Delarative

b)

Imperative

62.

Please tell me the name of that film.

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperative

63.

A conjuction is a word that connects words or groups of words. ______, ________, or ________ are conjuctions

(a)  

64.

The puffins can dive deep (a)   swim a long distance.

65.

Puffins eat small fish (a)   shrimp.

66.

Some puffins feed on the surface, (a)   others dive for food.

67.

Most birds fly well, (a)   puffins fly poorly.

68.

The puffin's beak (a)   webbed feet are bright red.

69.

Explorers (a)   sailors have hunted these birds.

70.

A (a)   sentence is two or more sentences that are run together with commas or without any punctuation.

71.

What is the conjunction in the following sentence?

You may take a pet on a trip if you plan ahead.

a)

if

b)

may

c)

on

d)

ahead

72.

What is the conjunction in the following sentence?

Before you leave, a vet should check the animal.

a)

leave

b)

should

c)

the

d)

Before

73.

What is the conjunction in the following sentence?

Give the animal water whenever you make a stop.

a)

Give

b)

whenever

c)

make

d)

a

74.

What is the conjunction in the following sentence?

Do not fly with a pet until you check with the airline.

a)

Do

b)

with

c)

until

d)

check

75.

What type of sentence is this?

Unless you are dreaming, you will not see a unicorn.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

76.

What type of sentence is this?

Although there are many stories about the unicorn, it is only an imaginary animal.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

77.

What type of sentence is this?

Long-ago explorers had no binoculars or cameras.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

78.

What type of sentence is this?

They used their imagination when they saw a distant animal.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

79.

What type of question is this?

Stories spread about the unicorn, and we can still read them today.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

80.

Words like when because, unless, although, and whenever are called (a)   conjunctions.

81.

A simple sentence states a complete (a)   .

82.

A compound sentence contains two (a)   joined by and, but, or or.

83.

A complex sentence is made up of two (a)   sentences joined by a subordinating conjuntion.

84.

A (a)   subject has two subjects.

85.

A (a)   predicate has two predicates

86.

What is the complete predicate in this sentence:

My family is planning a vacation at Blue Lake.

a)

is

b)

is planning

c)

is planning a vacation

d)

is planning a vacation at Blue Lake

87.

What is the complete predicate in this sentence:

The older children in our family will enjoy those canoes.

a)

in our family

b)

will enjoy

c)

will enjoy those canoes

d)

those canoes

88.

What is the simple predicate in this sentence?

The first issue arrived.

a)

The first

b)

The first issue

c)

first

d)

issue

89.

What is the simple subject in this sentence:

The article on robots has excellet photographs.

a)

article

b)

robots

c)

The article

d)

on robots

90.

What is the simple subject in this imperative sentence?

Look at the size of these tomatoes.

a)

You

b)

(You)

c)

Look

d)

tomatoes

91.

What is the simple subject in this imperative sentence:

Please don't step on the cucumbers.

a)

cucumbers

b)

step

c)

Please

d)

(You)

92.

What is the simple subject in this interrogative sentence?

Do fresh vegetables appeal to you?

a)

fresh vegetables

b)

fresh

c)

vegetables

d)

you

93.

What is the simple subject in this interrogative sentence:

Are those carrots ready for harvest yet?

a)

Are

b)

those

c)

carrots

d)

harvest

94.

Which of these is a compound subject?

a)

Rain or sleet

b)

Helen

c)

She and her assistant

d)

Our forefathers

95.

Which of these are compound predicates?

a)

could return to camp or search for shelter here

b)

thought quickly and made a decision

c)

looked, found a cave, and led us there juest in time

d)

ran and jumped in the leaves

96.

A compound sentence is made of two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction.

a)

true

b)

false

97.

What is the conjunction in this compound sentence:

A huge front wheel and a small rear wheel made up the high-wheeler.

a)

A

b)

and

c)

the

d)

This is not a compound sentence.

98.

What are the simple subjects in this compound sentence:

Do they have handlebars, or do you hold on to the seat?

a)

or

b)

Do they have handlebars

c)

do you hold on to the seat

d)

This is not a compound sentence.

99.

Mr. Leone built a roadside stand (a)   sold his vegetables there.

100.

He earned money at the stand, (a)   he couldn't tend to his garden.

101.

Now an extra helper picks (a)   sells vegetables every day.

102.

A simple sentence has

a)

a subject

b)

a predicate

c)

expresses a complete thought

d)

two predicates

103.

A compound sentence is two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction.

a)

true

b)

false

104.

Which of these sentences are complex sentences?

a)

Mountain goats travel over rocky cliffs and icy slopes.

b)

Because they are born with full coats of hair, newborn goats can bear the cold.

c)

If a goat is under one year old, it is called a kid.

d)

A kid can climb mountains when it is only a few days old.

105.

A sentence fragment

a)

is missing a subject, predicate, or both.

b)

does not express a complete thought.

c)

will need to have words added to it to become a sentence.

106.

A run-on sentence

a)

is two or more sentences that are run together with commas or without any punctuation.

b)

is difficult to read because it keeps going on and on.

c)

needs separation and punctuation.

d)

may be corrected by adding a conjunction.

107.

How would you fix this run-on sentence?

We are looking forward to this trip, it should be interesting.

a)

Separate it into two sentences.

b)

Put a period after trip and capitalize the i in it.

c)

Add the word while after the comma.

108.

How would you correct this:

We will drive east to the Yucatan Peninsula. And visit my aunt there.

a)

Change the period to a comma.

b)

Remove the period and make the A in And lower case.

c)

It is fine the way it is.

109.

Which subordinating conjunction would be best to combine these to make a sentence?

Mom studied her recipe. Two dishes cooked on the stove.

a)

until

b)

unless

c)

because

d)

while