Simple Sentences: Sentence Parts, Verb Tense, and Verb Voice Answers

What is the subject of the sentence?[___]

What is the complete predicate of the sentence?[___]

What is the complete predicate of the sentence?[___]

Neither my sister nor my parents [___] to miss the Chinese New Year celebration in our town.

What is the simple predicate of the sentence?[___]

Long ago, the Chinese New Year festival [___] for an entire month. The festival still [___] several days, but it is much shorter. During the festival, families [___] to eat and to celebrate a new year. Families are hopeful about what [___] during the new year.

Families reunite to eat a special New Year’s Eve dinner.[___]

Choose the correct tense of each verb in the context of the paragraph.

According to legend, the Chinese New Year celebration [___] because of a fight against a mythical creature called the Nian. The Nian [___] animals, crops, and even children. To keep the Nian from attacking, the villagers [___] food in their doorways as an offering. One day, the Nian was frightened by a child in red. The villagers [___] to use red lanterns and scrolls to ward off the creature. Firecrackers were also believed to frighten the Nian away. The color red, fireworks, and food [___] still part of Chinese New Year celebrations today.

According to legend, the Chinese New Year celebration [___] because of a fight against a mythical creature called the Nian. The Nian [___] animals, crops, and even children. To keep the Nian from attacking, the villagers [___] food in their doorways as an offering. One day, the Nian was frightened by a child in red. The villagers [___] to use red lanterns and scrolls to ward off the creature. Firecrackers were also believed to frighten the Nian away. The color red, fireworks, and food [___] still part of Chinese New Year celebrations today.

According to legend, the Chinese New Year celebration [___] because of a fight against a mythical creature called the Nian. The Nian [___] animals, crops, and even children. To keep the Nian from attacking, the villagers [___] food in their doorways as an offering. One day, the Nian was frightened by a child in red. The villagers [___] to use red lanterns and scrolls to ward off the creature. Firecrackers were also believed to frighten the Nian away. The color red, fireworks, and food [___] still part of Chinese New Year celebrations today.

According to legend, the Chinese New Year celebration [___] because of a fight against a mythical creature called the Nian. The Nian [___] animals, crops, and even children. To keep the Nian from attacking, the villagers [___] food in their doorways as an offering. One day, the Nian was frightened by a child in red. The villagers [___] to use red lanterns and scrolls to ward off the creature. Firecrackers were also believed to frighten the Nian away. The color red, fireworks, and food [___] still part of Chinese New Year celebrations today.

What is the subject of the sentence?[___]

At the time of the Chinese New Year, people honor their ancestors.[___]

Which revision puts the sample sentence in active voice?

Families [___] their older relatives on the first day of the Chinese New Year.

Subsequent days of the Chinese New Year [___] celebrated in various ways.

Some people [___] special treats to dogs on the second day.

According to legend, the Chinese New Year celebration [___] because of a fight against a mythical creature called the Nian. The Nian [___] animals, crops, and even children. To keep the Nian from attacking, the villagers [___] food in their doorways as an offering. One day, the Nian was frightened by a child in red. The villagers [___] to use red lanterns and scrolls to ward off the creature. Firecrackers were also believed to frighten the Nian away. The color red, fireworks, and food [___] still part of Chinese New Year celebrations today.