7th Grade Language Usage
Sentences 3
Name _______________________________
Question #1:
The two basic parts of every sentence are the _______.
A. subject and predicate
B. predicate and verb
C. noun and object
Question #2:
Identify the group of words that are capitalized.
Japan LEADS THE WORLD IN THE AMOUNT OF
FISH CAUGHT.
A. complete predicate
B. complete subject
Question #3:
Identify the group of words that are capitalized.
COMMERCIAL FISHING is done by many companies
with large ships.
A. complete subject
B. complete predicate
Question #4:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Some to South America.
A. compound sentence
B. independent clause
C. dependent clause
D. simple sentence
Question #5:
Correctly identify this group of words.
The two main religions in Japan are Buddhism and
Shintoism, and many Japanese follow both
religions.
A. simple sentence
B. fragment
C. run-on sentence
D. compound sentence
Question #6:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Much of Japan is hilly and mountainous there is little
level land for fishing.
A. compound sentence
B. fragment
C. simple sentence
D. run-on sentence
Question #7:
Correctly identify this group of words.
People harvesting a field of rice.
A. independent clause
B. simple sentence
C. dependent clause
D. run-on sentence
Question #8:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Doesn't reach as far north as Hokkaido.
A. simple sentence
B. run-on sentence
C. fragment
D. compound sentence
Question #9:
What term correctly identifies this sentence?
The combination of Shinto and Buddhist beliefs is
unique in Japan and not widely found in other parts
of Asia.
A. compound subject
B. compound sentence
C. compound predicate
Question #10:
What term correctly identifies this sentence?
The Japanese borrowed the Chinese way of writing,
but they created new characters.
A. compound sentence
B. compound subject
C. compound verb
Question #11:
What term correctly identifies this sentence?
Japan has a shortage of petroleum, so nearly all is
imported.
A. compound subject
B. compound sentence
C. compound verb
Question #12:
What term correctly identifies this sentence?
Coal, lumber, silver, lead, and copper are found in
limited quantities in Japan.
A. compound subject
B. compound verb
C. compound sentence
7th Grade Language Usage
Sentences 3
Name _______________________________
Question #13:
What term correctly identifies this sentence?
The Japanese enjoy martial arts, but their favorite
spectator sports are sumo wrestling and baseball.
A. compound subject
B. compound predicate
C. compound sentence
Question #18:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Japan catches thirteen percent of all the fish caught
in the world, and they export some of it to North
America.
A. simple sentence
B. compound sentence
C. fragment
D. run-on sentence
Question #14:
What term correctly identifies this sentence?
Sumo wrestlers weigh as much as three hundred
pounds and push their opponents out of the
wrestling circle to win.
A. compound sentence
B. compound subject
C. compound predicate
Question #19:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Rice seedlings are planted in an irrigated rice field,
and those fields are called paddies.
A. fragment
B. run-on sentence
C. simple sentence
D. compound sentence
Question #15:
What term correctly identifies this sentence?
Kendo, a form of fencing with bamboo or wooden
sticks, and pachinko, a pinball game, are other
favorite pastimes of the Japanese.
A. compound sentence
B. compound predicate
C. compound subject
Question #20:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Tokyo, Japan's capital city, is located on the island
of Honshu.
A. simple sentence
B. run-on sentence
C. fragment
D. compound sentence
Question #16:
What term correctly identifies this sentence?
Japan's engineers are working hard to make Japan
the leader in the production of computer products
and hope to build the fastest computer.
A. compound subject
B. compound predicate
C. compound sentence
Question #21:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Can you think of several different kinds of martial
arts?
A. simple sentence
B. compound sentence
C. fragment
D. run-on sentence
Question #17:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Fish is an important part of the Japanese diet.
A. fragment
B. run-on sentence
C. compound sentence
D. simple sentence
Question #22:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Aikido, karate, judo, and jujitsu are four examples of
martial arts.
A. simple sentence
B. compound sentence
C. run-on sentence
D. fragment
7th Grade Language Usage
Sentences 3
Name _______________________________
Question #23:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Hokkaido's winters are long and icy, but its
summers are very pleasant.
A. run-on sentence
B. simple sentence
C. compound sentence
D. fragment
Question 24:
Correctly identify this group of words.
The Japan current brings warm water from the
southern part of the Pacific and warms Kyushu,
Shikoku, and Honshu.
A. run-on sentence
B. fragment
C. simple sentence
Question #25:
Correctly identify this group of words.
Summers on Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu are hot
and humid.
A. compound sentence
B. simple sentence
C. run-on sentence
D. fragment
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Answer Key
1. A -subject and predicate
2. A -complete predicate
3. A -complete subject
4. C -dependent clause
5. D -compound sentence
6. D -run-on sentence
7. C -dependent clause
8. C -fragment
9. C -compound predicate
10. A -compound sentence
11. B -compound sentence
12. A -compound subject
13. C -compound sentence
14. C -compound predicate
15. C - compound subject
16. B - compound predicate
17. D -simple sentence
18. B -compound sentence
19. D -compound sentence
20. A -simple sentence
21. A -simple sentence
22. A -simple sentence
23. C -compound sentence
24. C -simple sentence
25. B -simple sentence