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Name:_____________________________________________
Date:________________________
1.
Bill drank _____ cartons of milk during lunch.
Which word correctly completes this sentence?
A. to
B. toe
C. too
D. two
2.
Which sentence contains a simple subject?
A. The teachers and students went to the park and ate lunch.
B. Jake and Ryan used to be best friends, but Jake moved away.
C. My favorite animals on the farm are the horses and chickens.
D. The boys and girls won the county basketball tournament and track meet.
3. How should the capitalization be changed in the sentence below?
On friday, march 23, 1998, our class will be going on a field trip to the zoo.
A. put a capital F on friday and a capital M on march
B. put a capital F on field and a capital T on trip
C. put a capital C on class and a capital Z on zoo
D. put a capital T on trip and a capital Z on Zoo
4.
Winters are usually mild in Florida, but sometimes the temperature there drops to the freezing point.
The sentence above is
A. imperative.
B. declarative.
C. exclamatory.
D. interrogative.
5. 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
6.
Which of the following is an example of an interrogative sentence?
A. Put the boxes of books in the living room until I have time to unpack.
B. I wonder if you could put the boxes of books in the living room for now.
C. You need to just put those boxes in the living room right now!
D. Can you please put those boxes in the living room?
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7. In the sentence below, which word is the simple subject?
Lisa went to the park after
school.
A. Lisa
B. went
C. park
D. school
8. Which sentence contains a simple subject and a simple predicate?
A. The students worked hard in reading class.
B. Some students read books and drew pictures.
C. The teacher read a story and asked questions.
D. The teacher and the students listened to the story.
9.
The children found the lost kitten.
Which word is the simple subject of the sentence?
A. children
B. found
C. lost
D. kitten
10. Which sentence contains a compound predicate?
A. Juanita has to study for her science test.
B. Erin enjoys reading and going to the library.
C. Zach works hard on his paper for social studies.
D. Sam decides to play baseball instead of studying.
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Answer Key
1. D) two
2. C) My favorite animals on the farm are the horses and chickens.
3. A) put a capital F on friday and a capital M on march
4. B) declarative.
5. A) believe
6. D) Can you please put those boxes in the living room?
7. A) Lisa
8. A) The students worked hard in reading class.
9. A) children
10. B) Erin enjoys reading and going to the library.
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