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Review of Terms for Sentence Structure

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An language arts Quiz to review terms for understanding simple and compound sentences

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1
A compound sentence
has two prepositional phrases
has at least two independent clauses
has one independent clause and a prepositional phrase
is a run on sentence
2
To find the subject of a sentence,
I should ask myself, "Who did the verb?"
all of the above
I should look only at the words in the prepositional phrase
I should look toward the end of the sentence
3
A preposition is
a word that shows position or direction
a word you should avoid in your writing
the action in the sentence
the main point of the sentence
4
A prepositional phrase
answers the question, "Verbed what?"
answers the question, "Who verbed?
all of the above
starts with a preposition and ends with a noun
5
A noun is
a person, place, concept, or thing
all of the above
a word that describes the subject
a little word that shows direction or position
6
A simple sentence
is not a complete sentence
has one clause
uses only easy words
is always short
7
The subject of a sentence is
always a noun
who or what does the verb
in English, usually before the verb
all of the above
8
A clause is a group of words that
starts with a preposition and ends with a noun
has a subject but no verb
has a verb but no subject
has both a subject and a verb
9
When looking for the subject and verb, it is helpful to cross off prepositional phrases because
the subject and verb will not be in the prepositional phrase
none of the above
prepositional phrases are just bad writing
the words in prepositional phrases are too hard to read
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A verb is
a person, place, or thing
the main point of a sentence
A word that shows action or being
a word that describes the subject