Download Grammar Test Review - St. Joseph School

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.