Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Cool Creation
Fragments and run-on sentences
Sentences

In 1874, Robert N. Green invented this wonderful treat. What did Green invent?

To answer the question, read each statement below. Decide if it is true or false. If a statement is true, write the letter for true in the space above the statement’s number at the bottom of the page. If a statement is false, write the letter for false. You will need to divide the letters into words.

1. An interrogative sentence ends with an exclamation point.

O. True

S. False

2. A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate.

R. True

L. False

3. The complete subject of a sentence is the main word or words in the simple subject.

H. True

M. False

4. A declarative sentence asks a question.

C. True

I. False

5. A fragment is a very short complete sentence.

R. True

O. False

6. A compound predicate is made of two or more simple predicates that have the same subject.

E. True

N. False

7. A run-on sentence is correct if it ends with a period.

P. True

D. False

8. An imperative sentence gives an order.

A. True

E. False

9. The complete predicate tells what the subject of a sentence is or does.

C. True

A. False