Grammar Quick Check

Todd Mitchell from Dallas asked about a tandem.

• simple subject

• simple predicate

• complete subject

• complete predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which answer contains the complete subject and has the simple subject underlined?

• As a child

• sold newspapers

• my grandfather

• my grandfather

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which answer contains the complete subject and has the simple subject underlined?

Up the tree ran a fluffy squirrel.

• a fluffy squirrel

• Up the tree

• a fluffy squirrel

• ran up a tree

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which answer contains the complete predicate and has the simple predicate underlined?

• hid the gift in the closet

• hid the gift

• We hid

• hid the gift in the closet

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which answer contains the complete predicate and has the simple predicate underlined?

• every weekend

• Lara reads

• reads a new book

• reads a new book every weekend

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which answer contains the complete predicate and has the simple predicate underlined?

• The clock in the hall

• chimes on the hour

• hall chimes

• chimes every hour

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which answer contains the complete predicate and has the verb or verb phrase underlined?

• boy read

• The young boy read

• read a letter from his grandfather

• read a letter from his grandfather

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which answer contains the complete predicate and has the verb or verb phrase underlined?

• must have seen the patient hours ago

• must have seen the patient hours ago

• must have seen the patient hours ago

• doctor must

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Choose two correct ways to revise this run-on sentence.

• The sun is many times bigger than the Earth and the sun is only a medium sized star.

• The sun is many times bigger than the Earth the sun is only a medium sized star.

• The sun is many times bigger than the Earth, yet the sun is only a medium sized star.

• The sun is many times bigger than the Earth so the sun is only a medium sized star.

• The sun is many times bigger than the Earth. The sun is only a medium sized star.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Identify this group of words as a sentence, sentence fragments, or run-on sentence.

• sentence

• sentence fragment

• run-on sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F