Focus Center Language Arts 4110-D1- Building Sentences

Which of the following sentences contains the correct punctuation? A. I visited my cousin in the city. B. Where is your ticket! C. Help me find that book? D. Did you sit in the first row.

A. I visited my cousin in the city.

What is the subject of the following sentence? The basket on the bookcase contains the mail. A. basket B. bookcase C. mail D. contains

A. basket

What type of sentence is the sentence below: The car seats are leather. A. declarative B. interrogative C. exclamatory D. imperative

A. declarative

Identify the problem with the following: The leftovers in the refrigerator A. fragment B. complete sentence C. run-on sentence

A. fragment

What is the subject of the following sentence? Three men in a truck delivered the refrigerator. A. men B. truck C. refrigerator D. delivered

A. men

Identify the section in quotation marks. I like "to eat chocolate cake" for dessert. A. phrase B. clause C. verb D. subject

A. phrase

The word "vegetable" in the sentence below is which of the following? Okra is a vegetable. A. predicate word B. direct object

A. predicate word

The following sentence contains which of the following items? The ranger scanned the forest with his binoculars. A. simple predicate B. compound predicate C. compound subject

A. simple predicate

Identify the subject of the following sentence. Some of the sentences in the book have a compound subject. A. some B. sentences C. book D. compound

A. some

Which of the following items is a clause? When the fire alarm sounded at the school, we ran home. A. when the fire alarm sounded B. at the school

A. when the fire alarm sounded

Which of the following sentences shows the correct punctuation? A. Can you tell me what time it is. B. Can you tell me what time it is? C. Can you tell me what time it is!

B. Can you tell me what time it is?

Which sentence is an example of a run-on sentence? A. The sky looked beautiful when the stars were shining. B. The sun is hot I am going to the grocery store for a drink. C. I came home and went straight to bed. D. When I go to the beach, I always get a sunburn.

B. The sun is hot I am going to the grocery store for a drink.

Which of the following sentences shows the correct punctuation? A. Where is your ticket. B. Why is he coming to the party? C. Isn't he there yet! D. I know that he is a strange person?

B. Why is he coming to the party?

The following sentence has which of the following items? The lawyers, the officer, and the defendant talked to the judge. A. compound predicate B. compound subject C. simple subject

B. compound subject

The word "jingle" in the sentence below is which of the following? Harold wrote a jingle for the contest. A. predicate word B. direct object

B. direct object

The word "pennies" in the sentence below is which of the following items? Tourists tossed pennies into the beautiful fountain at the museum. A. predicate word B. direct object

B. direct object

The following sentence is which type of sentence? Watch out! A. imperative B. exclamatory C. interrogative D. declarative

B. exclamatory

The word "upset" in the sentence below is which of the following items? Marty seems upset about something. A. direct object B. predicate word

B. predicate word

Identify the problem with the following: Soccer is an inexpensive sport it requires very little equipment. A. fragment B. run-on sentence C. complete sentence

B. run-on sentence

Identify a verb in the following sentence. Dr. Harris cleaned and stitched the infected wound on the horse. A. Harris B. stitched C. infected D. wound

B. stitched

Which of the following sentences is a complete sentence? A. Earl's new windbreaker. B. Won the trip to Disney World. C. We looked at the stars all night. D. A run-on sentence.

C. We looked at the stars all night.

What type of sentence is the sentence below: Write your name in the space provided. A. declarative B. interrogative C. imperative D. exclamatory

C. imperative

Identify the direct object in the following sentence: Tommy dropped the milk pitcher on the tile floor. A. Tommy B. milk C. pitcher D. floor

C. pitcher

Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence? A. The mayor and the governor met yesterday. B. Each student selected, cut and pinned the patterns on the paper. C. A banker explained interest rates, saving plans, and mortgages. D. It rained all night, and our tent leaked on our sleeping bags.

D. It rained all night, and our tent leaked on our sleeping bags.

Which of the following sentences is a compound sentence? A. We can stay home from the concert. B. Sally and Jenny went to the back door of the house. C. John played the guitar and sang at the same time. D. Melissa sang and Jason whistled.

D. Melissa sang and Jason whistled.

What is the subject of the following sentence? From behind the door came a loud screech. A. behind B. door C. came D. screech

D. screech

Which of the following items is a phrase? John and his brother went to the mall. A. John B. and his brother C. went D. to the mall

D. to the mall