Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Basic Sentence Patterns—RIT 211-220
1. The girls laughed and cried.
Which is the basic English pattern of the sentence?
a.
b.
c.
d.
noun-verb-adverb
noun-verb-noun
noun-verb-verb
noun-linking verb-adjective
2. The workers first dug a hole and then carefully lowered the new shrub into the hole.
Which underlined word is the subject of the sentence?
a.
b.
c.
d.
workers
dug
lowered
shrub
3. They wanted diet soda, but there was none to be had.
The sentence is a _________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
4. _______ the whistle sounded, and the train ________ left.
Choose the best missing words.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Quickly, highly
Anxiously, happily
Cautiously, tearfully
Suddenly, slowly
5. Which is a complete sentence?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Although she has collected old silver coins for a long time.
Since the electricity has been off for the last two days.
Because I won’t accept his advice.
I have been thinking about you everyday.
6. Which is NOT a complete sentence?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Do you have any candy?
Opening the door to the garage.
Sarah was at the corner.
Julie is having a baby.
7. Which is a sentence fragment?
a. Two or three miles down the highway at the traffic light.
b. The blue truck backed into the fence.
c. She found the game on the top shelf of the closet.
d. This is the agreement that Gary explained to me.
8. The plant turns ________ without water.
Choose the best missing word.
a.
b.
c.
d.
best
empty
grow
brown