The Sentence Test!
What is the simple subject and predicate? The mall is a fun place to meet friends.
Mall - is
What is the simple subject and predicate? The art museum opens on Monday.
Museum - opens
What is the complete subject and predicate? My hard-working dad pushes the lawnmower.
My hard-working dad / pushes the lawnmower
The bench is neither the living room nor the bedroom.
Neither... nor
Julian is not only smart but funny as well.
Not only... but
What is the complete subject and predicate? Our trip to Disney World was a blast!
Our trip to Disney World / was a blast!
What is the simple subject and predicate? The cherry popsicle drips down onto my shirt.
Popsicle - drips
Tory reads and studies nightly.
S + P + P
Tory reads, studies, and practices nightly.
S + P + P + P
Tory reads, studies, practices, and exercises nightly.
S + P + P + P + P
Tory and Jen read nightly.
S + S + P
Tory, Jen, and Randy read nightly.
S + S + S + P
Tory, Jen, Randy, and Brad read nightly.
S + S + S + S + P
What is the simple subject and predicate? Ella's little sister will swim in the race today!
Sister - will swim
imperative sentence
Subject is alway YOU understood. Meet me at noon (You).
What is the complete subject and predicate? The art museum opens on Monday.
The art museum / opens on Monday.
What is the complete subject and predicate? The cherry popsicle drips down onto my shirt.
The cherry popsicle / drips down onto my shirt.
What is the complete subject and predicate? The mall is a fun place to meet friends.
The mall / is a fun place to meet friends.
What is the simple subject and predicate? Our trip to Disney Land was a blast!
Trip - was
Many interrogative sentences are inverted order.
Where is our train? Does Anne ride her bicycle to school?
I'm not sure whether Sam will stay here or go to Egypt.
Whether... or
Includes all the words in the predicate/ tells what the subject is or does
complete predicate
Includes all of the words in the subject/ tells exactly who or what the sentence is about
complete subject
makes a statement and ends with a period
declarative sentence
Expresses great emotion and ends in an exclamation mark
exclamatory sentence
Fanboys
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Makes a command or request ends in a period or at times an exclamation point
imperative sentence
asks a question and ends with a question mark
interrogative sentence
inverted order
predicate comes before the subject
The key word or words in the complete predicate (including helping verbs)
simple predicate
The key word or words in the complete subject
simple subject
natural order
subject comes before the predicate
Run-on
two sentences joined without punctuation or a connecting word
fragment
A word, phrase, or clause that does not form a full sentence (missing a subject or verb)
Declarative sentence beginning with here or there are inverted.
Here comes the last bus.
Inverted declarative sentence
At the corner of Park street is the bus stop.
Both Nancy and Bill rode the bus to school.
Both... and
Contains two or more simple predicates that have the same subject.
Compound predicates
Contains two or more simple subjects with the same predicate.
Compound subjects
What is the simple subject and predicate? My hard-working dad pushed the lawnmower.
Dad - pushed
Tonight, I will either cook spaghetti or pizza.
Either... or
What is the complete subject and predicate? Ella's little sister will swim in the race today.
Ella's little sister / will swim in the race today.
sentence
A group of words that expresses a complete thought ( both have a subject and predicate)
