Simple Sentence Identification

Which is a simple sentence?

• Building in Ancient Greece had tall columns and carvings.

• Democracy started in Athens, Greece.

• Women and slaves were not citizens in Greece.

• Men could run or throw a discus in the ancient Olympics.

Fill in the blank: Democracy started in ________, Greece.

• Athens

• Sparta

• Corinth

• Thebes

Which sentence has a compound subject?

• Legislative branches of government make laws.

• Mayors lead local government.

• Local and state governments have leaders.

• Courts make up the judicial branch of government.

Local and state governments have leaders.

• True

• False

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

• Swamps are usually found in the Coastal Plain.

• Animals can die or may have to move if their habitats change.

• Beaks are adaptations that help birds eat.

• Marsh habitats are wetlands.

Animals can die or may have to move if their habitats change.

• True

• False

Which is not a complete sentence?

• A. A renewable resource can be replaced.

• B. We conserve resources when we use them wisely.

• C. A nonrenewable resource.

• D. You can recycle paper, metal, plastic, and glass.

Which is a sentence fragment?

• Magnets will not attract wood, plastic, and aluminum.

• Attract means to pull something closer.

• Most magnets have two poles.

• Attract things made of iron or steel.

What is the function of a magnet?

• Repel things made of wood.

• Attract things made of plastic.

• Repel things made of iron or steel.

• Attract things made of iron or steel.

Which word in the sentence needs a capital letter? Lyndon B. Johnson worked to end poverty and racial injustice in .

• america

• poverty

• injustice

• racial