Sprial Review week 18

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• Running down the street.

• She enjoys reading books in the evening, especially mysteries.

• Because he was tired.

• After the game, we went to dinner.

Identify the sentence that is a fragment.

• We had a great time at the concert last night.

• She loves to paint landscapes and portraits.

• Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.

• Walking through the park on a sunny day.

Identify the modal auxiliary verb in the following sentence:

"You should complete your assignment before the deadline."

• should

• complete

• You

• deadline

Identify the preposition in the sentence:

The hat was on Moby's head.

• hat

• on

• head

• Moby's

Identify the subject and predicate in the following sentence:

"The birds flew across the sky at dawn."

• A) Subject: "birds" | Predicate: "flew"
  

• B) Subject: "The birds flew" | Predicate: "across the sky at dawn"
  

• C) Subject: "The birds flew across" | Predicate: "the sky at dawn"
  

• D) Subject: "The" | Predicate: "birds flew across the sky at dawn"

Which of the following sentences is correctly capitalized?

• A) my sister emily lives in london.
  

• B) The president of the united states is giving a speech today.

• C) We are visiting New York City next summer.

• D) I met john at the park yesterday.

Answer explanation

"New York City" is correctly capitalized because it refers to a specific place.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• A) "Can you help me with my homework" she asked.
  

• B) "I don't know," he said "where the keys are."
  

• C) "I can't wait to go on vacation!" she exclaimed.
  

• D) "Where are my shoes" asked Tom.

Is the following sentence simple or compound?

"I finished my homework, and then I went for a walk."

• simple

• compound

Answer explanation

• The sentence is compound because it contains two independent clauses ("I finished my homework" and "I went for a walk") joined by the coordinating conjunction "and."

Fill in the sentence with the correct conjunction.

I wanted to go to the park, ___ it started raining.

• for

• and

• so

• but

Which sentence uses a stronger verb choice?

• A) She walked quickly to the store.
  

• B) She hurried to the store.
  

• C) She went fast to the store.
  

• D) She moved quickly to the store.