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Composition Test #1 Study Guide
Types of Sentences, Run-Ons and Fragments, Subject/Verb Agreement, Plural and
Possessive Nouns and Pronouns, Complete and Simple Subject and Predicate, H.O.G.
1. What is a declarative sentence?
-A sentence that makes a statement and always ends with a period.
2. What is an interrogative sentence?
-A sentence that asks a question and always ends with a question mark.
3. What is an exclamatory sentence?
-A sentence that shows strong feeling and always ends with an exclamation point.
4. What is an imperative sentence?
-A sentence that gives a command or tells someone to do something and can end
with a period or an exclamation point.
5. What is a sentence fragment?
-A sentence that is missing either the subject, the verb, or doesn’t have a
complete idea.
6. What is a run-on sentence?
-A sentence that runs on too long because it has two subjects, two main verbs, or
too many ideas.
7. What three things does a sentence need to be considered a complete sentence?
-A subject, a main verb (predicate), and it must have a complete idea.
8. How do you know if a subject and a verb agree?
-A singular subject needs a singular verb and a plural subject needs a plural verb.
9. What do plural nouns usually end with?
-an s
10. What do singular verbs usually end with?
-an s
11. What does the word singular mean?
-one
12. What does the word plural mean?
-more than one
13. What does the word possessive mean?
-showing ownership or possession
14. What punctuation mark do we find in possessive nouns?
-an apostrophe
15. What is the complete subject?
-The who or what the sentence is about
16. What is the complete predicate?
-The verb and all the words telling about the verb (tells what the subject is doing)
17. What is the simple subject?
-The main word (noun or pronoun) in the complete subject
18. What is the simple predicate?
-The main verb in the complete predicate
19. What are articles and what do they tell us?
-(a, an, they) They tell us, “Stop! A noun is coming!”
20. What is a noun?
-A person, place, thing, or idea
21. What job does a pronoun do in the sentence?
-A pronoun takes the place of a noun
22. How do you know if a verb is an action verb?
-An action verb shows action
23. How do you know if a verb is a linking verb?
-All linking verbs are listed on the back of the verb card
Know all of the following concepts and how to identify them:
 Types of Sentences
o Declarative
o Exclamatory
o Interrogative
o Imperative
 Fragment
 Run-On
 Complete Sentence
 Subject/Verb Agreement
 Plural nouns and pronouns
 Possessive nouns and pronouns
 Complete subject and complete predicate
 Simple subject and simple predicate
 HOG
o Articles
o Linking Verbs
o Nouns
o Complete subject and
o Pronouns
complete predicate
o Action Verbs
o Simple subject