Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ________________ Block: ________
TEST: MYP Honors English 2B
DGP Test #2: Sentences 5-9
1. Label the part of speech for each word/set of words in the sentence below. For verbs, also specify whether it’s
a linking, helping, or action verb AND the verb tense (example: av/pres for action verb-present tense).
Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground?
2. Identify the subject(s) and predicate(s) (verb(s)) in the sentence below by labeling the subject(s) with an S and
underlining it/them and the predicate(s) with a P and double-underlining it/them.
Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground?
3. Identify the independent clause in the sentence below by putting it in brackets and labeling it with IC and
explain why it is the independent clause.
Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground?
4. Identify the sentence purpose for the sentence in #3 and explain why you chose that sentence purpose.
5. Correct the sentence below by adding the proper punctuation and capitalization.
send holly and me a postcard when youre visiting william faulkners house in oxford mississippi
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6. For each correction you made to the sentence in #5, explain why you made that correction.
7. Identify the sentence purpose for the sentence below and explain why you chose that sentence purpose.
send holly and me a postcard when youre visiting william faulkners house in oxford mississippi
8. Identify the subject(s) and predicate(s) (verb(s)) in the sentence below by labeling the subject(s) with an S and
underlining it/them and the predicate(s) with a P and double-underlining it/them.
send holly and me a postcard when youre visiting william faulkners house in oxford mississippi
9. Explain why you identified the subject(s) and predicate(s) that you did in the sentence above (#8). Hint: it
would behoove you to include the definitions of subject and predicate in your explanations.
10. Identify the independent clause and the dependent clause in the sentence below by putting the independent
clause in brackets and labeling it with IC and the dependent clause in parentheses and labeling it with DC.
send holly and me a postcard when youre visiting william faulkners house in oxford mississippi
11. Identify the direct object(s) and indirect object(s) in the sentence below by labeling the direct object(s) with
DO and the indirect object(s) with IO.
send holly and me a postcard when youre visiting william faulkners house in oxford mississippi
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12. Explain the difference between a conjunction and a contraction and provide an example of each.
13. Identify the subject(s) and predicate(s) (verb(s)) in the sentence below by labeling the subject(s) with an S
and underlining it/them and the predicate(s) with a P and double-underlining it/them.
When the newly-married pair came home, the first person who appeared to offer his congratulations was Jayson
Maxwell.
14. Identify the independent clause(s) and the dependent clause(s) in the sentence below by putting the
independent clause(s) in brackets and labeling it/them with IC and the dependent clause(s) in parentheses and
labeling it/them with DC.
When the newly-married pair came home, the first person who appeared to offer his congratulations was Jayson
Maxwell.
15. Identify the sentence type for the sentence in #14 and explain why you chose that sentence type.
16. Identify the sentence purpose for the sentence in #14 and explain why you chose that sentence purpose.
17. Label the part of speech for each word/set of words in the sentence below. For verbs, also specify whether
it’s a linking, helping, or action verb AND the verb tense (example: av/pres for action verb-present tense).
When the newly-married pair came home, the first person who appeared to offer his congratulations was Jayson
Maxwell.
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Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ________________ Block: ________
18. Correct the sentence below by adding the proper punctuation and capitalization.
arthur miller who was born on october 17 1915 in new york city new york wrote the play the crucible
19. For each correction you made to the sentence in #18, explain why you made that correction.
20. Identify the prepositional phrases in the sentence below by putting them in parentheses and labeling them
prep ph. Also, identify the objects of the prepositions by labeling them obj prep.
arthur miller who was born on october 17 1915 in new york city new york wrote the play the crucible
21. Explain why an apostrophe is needed in traveler’s in the sentence below.
He found that a traveler’s life is one that includes much pain amidst its enjoyments.
22. Explain the difference between it’s and its by clarifying when each should be used.
23. What are the three requirements that must be met for an independent clause to be an independent clause?
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
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