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

Question 1

The predicate of a sentence is

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B: what is said about the subject or what the subject does.

Question 2

Read the sentence.Tomorrow night when we take the ghost tour of the city, I ________ in my boots, hoping we don’t actually see anything too spooky!

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D: will be quaking

Question 3

Read the sentence.The dusk was filled by the coyote's eerie howl.

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A: The coyote’s eerie howl filled the dusk.

Question 4

Read the sentence.The forgery ________ so exquisite that it hung in the museum for the past two decades without discovery.

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C: was

Question 5

Read the paragraph.(1) After our trip, the skyscraper visit was unanimously voted as our favorite. (2) The museum was supposed to be the highlight of the trip. (3) But those works of art were completed a long time ago. (4) At the skyscraper, we watched them in action building their masterpiece.

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D: Sentence 4

Question 6

Read the sentence.As part of my presentation, I read my class the final stanza of the poem and then performed a critique.

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A: class

Question 7

active voicefuture tensepassive voicepresent tense

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A: active voice

Question 8

Read the paragraph.(1) Last week, our English class watched a hilarious movie based on a novel. (2) In it, a couple of incompetent thieves bungle their way through a heist. (3) After several escapades, a priceless painting is stolen by the thieves. (4) But then, the thieves make an impressive blunder and accidentally return it.

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C: Sentence 3

Question 9

Read the sentence.Unfazed by the morning frenzy before school, dad gave us our lunches before we left.

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D: The sentence is built around the simple subject “dad” and simple predicate “gave.” It also contains both a direct object “lunches” and indirect object “us.”

Question 10

Read the sentence.During these seemingly endless winter days, as we’re bombarded with frigid winds, I ________ for the arrival of balmy spring days.

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A: yearn

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