Kinds of Sentences
Write declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory
to identify each sentence.
1. Have you ever heard about the horse Clever Hans?
2. Could it really count and read?
3. Its owner gave signals to the horse.
4. What a good trick it was!
5. Read an article about the horse.
Sentences and Sentence Fragments
Write sentence or fragment for each item. Rewrite each
fragment to make it a sentence.
6. A new hobby.
7. George learned how to cut glass.
8. He will also drill holes and sand the glass.
9. To have special equipment.
10. He made sun catchers for windows.
11. Presents for friends.
12. My sister likes to knit.
13. Her friend taught knitting classes last year.
14. Sweaters and scarves in many colors.
15. She uses many colors of yarn.
Subjects and Predicates
Write each sentence. Underline the simple subjects once
and the simple predicates twice.
16. A musical is a play set to music.
17. We saw a musical last week.
18. The singers gave a great performance.
19. Buy a ticket for the next show.
20. What do you like best—opera, rhythm and blues,
rock ’n’ roll, or country music?
21. Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the musicals
Oklahoma and South Pacific.
22. The set turned on a hidden platform.
23. Sit next to me in the theater.
24. Laura enjoyed the performance of Cats.
25. Here are our seats.
Simple, Compound, and Run-on Sentences
Write simple, compound, or run-on to identify each num-bered
item. If an item is a run-on, rewrite it correctly.
26. The science class studies astronomy in September.
27. The students study maps of the skies they also review
charts of the northern constellations.
28. Everyone was familiar with the Big Dipper, but many
students did not know about other star formations.
29. Lynn and I decided to learn myths and stories about
stars.
30. I read about Orion, Lynn read about Scorpion.
31. We prepared a report and a talk.
32. Lynn found more information on the Internet, and she
shared it with me.
33. We also learned about Greek astronomers.
34. The class enjoyed our report, but they wanted more
information about certain constellations.
35. They should read articles and watch special reports
about astronomy.