Sentence Construction Review

What part is the subject of this sentence?
The cat ran away.

• The cat
• ran away

What is the predicate of a sentence

• Who the sentence is about?
• tells what the subject is or does

What is the subject of a sentence?

• the verb
• the action in the sentence
• tells who are what the sentence is about

What is the predicate of this sentence?
Friday is the best day of the week.

• Friday
• is the best day of the week

What is the subject of this sentence?
The turtle is swimming in the ocean.

• The turtle
• is swimming in the ocean

Which of the following options are listing all of the FANBOYS?

• ferret, ants, not, bird, or, yak, salamander 
• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
• for, and, nor, by, or, yet, some
• for, an, not, because, or, yet, soon

What type of clause is this:

Before you turn in your test

• independent clause
• dependent clause
• both a dependent and an independent clause

What types of clauses are here:

When I was five, I started kindergarten

• independent clause
• dependent clause
• both a dependent and an independent clause

How should we punctuate this sentence?

We put the picnic basket on the table we walked over to the playground.

• We put the picnic basket, on the table, we walked over to the playground.
• We put the picnic basket on the table, and we walked over to the playground.
• We, put the picnic basket on the table we walked over to the playground.
• Correct as is

How should we punctuate this sentence?

Sally is captain of the soccer team she helped organize the tournament.

• Sally is captain of the soccer team she helped, organize the tournament.
• Sally, is captain of the soccer team she helped organize the tournament.
• Sally is captain of the soccer team. She helped organize the tournament.
• Correct as is