The Sentence

What is the best definition of a sentence? A sentence is a

• group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

• group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and does not contain both a subject and a verb.

• group of words that contains a subject and a verb

Do you see a fragment in this short paragraph? Yesterday, by friend and I had a picnic in a nice park full of lovely trees and flowers. Lately I have had such a good time with my friend. Was another beautiful day.

• Yes

• No

Is there a fragment in this short paragraph? When we were getting ready to leave. We could not find the car keys. We looked everywhere. Then we realized that they were in the picnic basket.

• Yes

• No

The part of the sentence that names the person or thing spoken about in the rest of the sentence is the...

• subject

• predicate

In this sentence, which is the complete predicate?

Those dogs are all trained as guide dogs.

• trained as guide dogs

• are all trained as guide dogs

• Those dogs

• Those dogs are

In this sentence, which is the complete subject?

Those dogs are all trained as guide dogs.

• all trained as guide dogs

• guide dogs

• Those dogs are

• Those dogs

The essential noun or pronoun in the complete subject that tells whom or what the sentence is about.

• simple predicate

• verb

• simple subject

• compound subject

The simple predicate or verb is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate. The simple predicate may be a single verb or a verb phrase. Identify the simple predicate in this sentence: Have you found the pen?

• have you

• found

• have

• have found

Two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and have the same subject is

• compound verb

• compound subject

• complete subject

• complete predicate

Choose the sentence with a compound subject.

• A fool and his money are easily parted.

• You can't fool all of the people all of the time.

• The kids were only joking and fooling around.