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Simple Sentences
Review Quiz

The following questions are based on the concepts presented in Chapter 19 of Strategies for College Writing, Second Edition.

1 .       Every complete sentence has a subject and  



2 .       The following is a simple sentence:

The camel stood by the gate.  



3 .       The following is a simple sentence:

The blue car turned left, and the red car turned right. 



4 .       Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence:

The children played. 



5 .       Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence:

Max worked in the café after school. 



6 .       Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence: The baseball pitcher threw the ball toward home plate. 



7 .       Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence:

The young girl was very kind. 



8 .       Personal pronouns can function as complements. 

 
 


9 .       In the sentence pattern, subject-verb-complement, what is the complement?  



10 .       A simple sentence should have less than ten words. 

 
 


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