Grammar Test Review

3rd Grade; Section 1, Sentences

VOCABULARY:

Complete sentence: group of words that expresses a complete thought and contains two parts--a subject (person, place or thing) and a predicate (what the subject is, has or does)

Subject: who or what the sentence is about

Simple subject: names the person, place or thing (just the noun)

Complete subject: simple subject and words that describe it

Predicate: tells what the subject is or does

Simple predicate: word that expresses the action or state of being (just the verb)

Complete predicate: simple predicate and any words that describe it

Compound predicate: two predicates joined by a conjunction (and, but, or)

Compound subject: two subjects joined by a conjunction (and, or)

Statement: a sentence that tells you something and ends with a period

Sebastian walked.

Question: sentence that asks a for information, ends with a question mark, and often starts with a question word

Did Sebastian walk?

Question words: who, what, where, when, why, and how

Exclamation: sentence that expresses strong emotion; express feelings such as wonder, respect, surprise, happiness, worry or fear; and ends with an exclamation point

I can’t believe Sebastian walked!

Command sentence: sentence that tells people what to do and ends with a period (the subject is often implied and not stated explicitly)

Walk, Sebastian.

Run-on sentence: when two complete sentences are combined incorrectly; can be corrected using a conjunction

Compound sentence: when two short sentences are combined into one longer sentence with a conjunction (and, but, or)


OBJECTIVES:

Determine if a group of words are a sentence or not a sentence.

Determine if a sentence is a statement or a question.

Add the correct end punctuation marks to sentences.

Determine question words in a sentence.

Determine if a sentence is a command.

Determine if a sentence is an exclamation.

Determine the complete subject in a sentence.

Determine the simple subject in a sentence.

Determine the complete predicate in a sentence.

Determine the simple predicate in a sentence.

Combine two sentences into one sentence using compound subjects or predicates.

Combine two short sentences into one compound sentence.

Determine if a sentence is a run-on sentence.

Correct run-on sentences.