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Name:_____________________________________________
Date:________________________
1. What is the subject of the sentence below?
Clara and Mary Jane jump rope every afternoon in front of Mrs. Smith's house.
A. rope
B. Clara and Mary Jane
C. Mrs. Smith
D. Mrs. Smith's house
2. Which sentence contains a compound predicate?
A. The children ran down the driveway after the ice cream man.
B. The boys and girls ate peanut butter sandwiches for the fourth time this week.
C. The football team listened adamantly to what the coach had to say before the game.
D. The teachers entered the classroom, turned on the lights, and waited for the students to arrive.
3.
Lynn heard the wind roaring through the broken window as she entered the house.
Which sentence changes the word order but keeps the original meaning of the sentence?
A. Roaring through the broken window, Lynn heard the wind as she entered the house.
B. As she entered the house through the broken window, Lynn heard the wind roaring.
C. As she entered the house, Lynn heard the wind roaring through the broken window.
D. The wind entered the house as Lynn was roaring through the broken window.
4. Which sentence below is punctuated correctly?
A. We go fishing, sailing, and, riding
at camp.
B. We go fishing sailing, and riding,
at camp.
C. We go fishing sailing, and riding
at camp.
D. We go fishing, sailing, and riding
at camp.
5.
The Roman colony of Pula is one of Croatia's most historic
sites.
What is the simple subject of this sentence?
A. one
B. Pula
C. sites
D. colony
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6. Which word(s) BEST fills in the blank in the sentence below?
Scientists _______ that the stars are made up of gases.
A. believe
B. has believed
C. believes
D. had believe
7. Which sentence has a compound subject?
A. The pants were hanging on the clothesline.
B. Maria found that she was in the lunchroom all by herself.
C. He played soccer, basketball, and baseball, all for the same school.
D. The church and the hospital are right across the street from each other.
8.
I can't believe she wore that outfit to school!
What type of sentence is the sentence above?
A. imperative
B. declarative
C. exclamatory
D. interrogative
9.
Rashad spent his break time helping the art teacher.
Which of the underlined words is the subject of the sentence?
A. Rashad
B. his
C. break
D. teacher
10.
The boy walked to school more slow than usual that day.
Which should replace the underlined word to make the sentence correct?
A. slowly
B. slower
C. slowest
D. slowingly
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Answer Key
1. B) Clara and Mary Jane
2. D) The teachers entered the classroom, turned on the lights, and waited for the students to arrive.
3. C) As she entered the house, Lynn heard the wind roaring through the broken window.
4. D) We go fishing, sailing, and riding
at camp.
5. D) colony
6. A) believe
7. D) The church and the hospital are right across the street from each other.
8. C) exclamatory
9. A) Rashad
10. A) slowly
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