The Parts of a

Sentence
A. Identifying Sentences
If a word group is a sentence fragment, rewrite it to
make it a complete sentence. If a word group is a
sentence, write sentence.
EXAMPLES
1. Followed the trail on the map.
1. I followed the trail on the map.
2. The Lpez twins come from Nuevo
Laredo, Mexico.
2. Sentence

1. We read the postcards from our Asian

pen pals.
2. Our school has a homework hot line.
3. definitely mailed the invitations
yesterday.
4. Will you practice guitar before dinner?
5. going to the Washington Monument?

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Sentence

B. Identifying Simple Subjects and

Simple Predicates
Identify the simple subject and the simple predicate
in each of the following sentences.
EXAMPLES
1. Last year my family travelled to Mecca,
Saudi Arabia.
1. familysimple subject; travelledsimple
predicate
2. The crowded corner market is having a
sale.
2. marketsimple subject; is havingsimple
predicate

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Sentence

6. My grandmother plays mah-jongg with my friends and

me every Saturday.
7. The farmers have ploughed the fields and will plant
potatoes.
8. At night you can rent roller skates for half price at the
rink near my house.
9. On the sand lay a beautiful seashell.
10.On Saturday, Amy, Theo, and I walked through
Chinatown and took pictures.
11.Many students in our class have volunteered for the
charity softball game.
12.Where did you put Isabellas fuzzy, green wool
sweater?
13.Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott ODell is one of my
favourite books.
14.Beyond the large rocks at the far end of the beach is a
small cave.
15.During the last week of vacation, my brother, sister

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Sentence
C. Punctuating and Classifying Sentences
by Purpose
For each of the following sentences, add the appropriate
end mark. Then, classify each sentence as declarative,
interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.
EXAMPLES
1. Have you read this poem by Jos Garcia
Villa
1. Have you read this poem by Jos Garcia Villa?
interrogative
2. We sampled a Cuban dish at the
international fair
2. We sampled a Cuban dish at the international fair.
declarative

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Sentence

16.Please answer the phone

17.What a good time we had
18.Has anyone seen the cat
19.They sat on a bench and played checkers
20.Whose book is this
21.Hang that jacket in the hall closet
22.How we laughed
23.Water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen
24.Call this number in case of an emergency
25.Did you say to turn left here