English Skills Assessment

Identify the type of sentence: The sun is shining brightly.

• Declarative

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

• Imperative

Identify the subject in the sentence: The cat and the dog are playing in the yard.

• Are playing

• The cat and the dog

• The cat

• Playing in the yard

Identify the predicate in the sentence: The birds are chirping in the trees.

• are chirping

• The birds

• are chirping in the trees

• chirping in the trees

Combine the following sentences to form a compound sentence: The sun is shining. The birds are singing.

• The sun is shining or the birds are singing.

• The sun is shining so the birds are singing.

• The sun is shining and the birds are singing.

• The sun is shining but the birds are singing.

Identify the compound subject in the sentence: John and his sister are going to the park.

• John and his sister

• The book and the pen

• The sun and the moon

• The dog and the cat

Identify the compound predicate in the sentence: The dog barks and wags its tail.

• runs and jumps

• barks and wags its tail

• barks and meows

• eats and sleeps

Identify the type of sentence: Have you finished your homework?

• Exclamatory

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

Identify the subject in the sentence: The flowers in the garden are blooming beautifully.

• The flowers

• The sun

• The clouds

• The birds

Identify the predicate in the sentence: The children are playing happily in the park.

• The children

• in the park

• playing happily

• are playing happily in the park

Combine the following sentences to form a compound sentence: The cat is sleeping. The dog is barking.

• The cat is sleeping, so the dog is barking.

• The cat is sleeping, and the dog is barking.

• The cat is sleeping, therefore the dog is barking.

• The cat is sleeping, but the dog is barking.