SENTENCE DETECTIVES

1.What is the subject? The child in my group sings well.

• in my group

• the child

• sings well

• the child sings

What is the complete predicate?

The boy and his friends are playing in the yard.

• The boy and his friend

• and his friends are

• are playing

• are playing in the yard

What is the compound subject?

The students and the teacher are attending the school play.

• the teacher

• the students and the teacher

• are attending the school play

• the school play.

What is the complete compound predicate?

The students sat and listened to the pianist.

• the student

• sat

• sat and listened

• sat and listened to the pianist.

Which clause is the following ?

Although I am hungry.

• independent clause

• dependent clause

Which clause is the following?

The man on the train has no ticket for his journey.

• independent

• dependent

What kind of sentence is the following?

The statue near the building is to be demolished.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

What kind of sentence is the following?

After the examination, John slept for two hours.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Name the sentence error

The man swings the bat he hits the girl.

• Run-on

• Fragment

• Comma splice

What is the sentence error?

Mary stopped the car. Along the busy street

• Run-on

• Fragment

• Comma splice