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Unit 1:  Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
1.  My brother turned sixteen last week
a.
declarative
c.
imperative
b.
interrogative
d.
exclamatory
 

 2. 
That was an unbelievable shot
a.
declarative
c.
exclamatory
b.
interrogative
d.
imperative
 

 3. 
Has anyone seen my notebook
a.
declarative
c.
exclamatory
b.
interrogative
d.
imperative
 

 4. 
Please don’t move that
a.
declarative
c.
exclamatory
b.
interrogative
d.
imperative
 

 5. 
I wonder if all mammals have fur
a.
declarative
c.
exclamatory
b.
interrogative
d.
imperative
 

 6. 
Listen to this song
a.
declarative
c.
exclamatory
b.
interrogative
d.
imperative
 

 7. 
Tina’s mom won the lottery
a.
declarative
c.
exclamatory
b.
interrogative
d.
imperative
 

 8. 
Do all insects have six legs
a.
declarative
c.
exclamatory
b.
interrogative
d.
imperative
 

 9. 
March has thirty-one days, but February has only twenty-eight days except in leap years
a.
declarative
c.
exclamatory
b.
interrogative
d.
imperative
 

 10. 
Where did you buy that backpack
a.
declarative
c.
exclamatory
b.
interrogative
d.
imperative
 

 11. 
Have you read that book I didn’t think so.
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

 12. 
I can meet you at the airport, or you can take a taxi.
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

 13. 
Has your brother tried out for the baseball team?
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

 14. 
Doesn’t enjoy playing volleyball.
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

 15. 
Mom liked the play, but Dad didn’t care for it.
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

 16. 
Jeremy brought his gerbil to class, everyone loved it.
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

 17. 
Out of the fog appeared the great detective.
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

 18. 
The friend of my next-door neighbor.
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

 19. 
In autumn birds fly south, and leaves fall from the trees.
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

 20. 
About three times a week.
a.
simple
c.
fragment
b.
compound
d.
run-on
 

Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
Identify the simple subject and the simple predicate of each sentence.  The choices on the left side are the subject choices, and the choices on the right are the predicate choices.
 

 21. 
Nobody would believe such a story.
 a.
(You)
 c.
would believe
 b.
Nobody
 d.
such
 

 22. 
Over the years Steven has worked at several jobs.
 a.
Over
 c.
has worked
 b.
Steven
 d.
jobs
 

 23. 
Fountain pens are not very common.
 a.
Fountain
 c.
are
 b.
pens
 d.
common
 

 24. 
My best friends will visit me in the hospital.
 a.
My
 c.
will visit
 b.
friends
 d.
hospital
 

 25. 
The senator gave a rousing speech at the convention.
 a.
senator
 c.
rousing
 b.
speech
 d.
gave
 

 26. 
The huge silver airplane landed at the airport.
 a.
silver
 c.
huge
 b.
airplane
 d.
landed
 

 27. 
The weather forecaster predicted rain for the weekend.
 a.
weather
 c.
predicted
 b.
forecaster
 d.
rain
 

 28. 
The new chef served delicious ham sandwiches for lunch.
 a.
ham sandwiches
 c.
delicious
 b.
chef
 d.
served
 

 29. 
The football fans cheered wildly.
 a.
fans
 c.
cheered
 b.
football
 d.
wildly
 

 30. 
A single yellow crocus peeped from under the snow.
 a.
single
 c.
under
 b.
crocus
 d.
peeped
 



 
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