Writing Sentences: Master Sentence Structure and Grammar

Question 1

What is the meaning of the word 'and' in the sentence: 'The boy and the girl ran to the store.'?

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To connect two things

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To show contrast

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To separate two things

Question 2

Which word is an adjective in the sentence: 'The tall tree swayed in the wind.'

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tall

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tree

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swayed

Question 3

How should we write this sentence: 'The cat is currently sleeping.'?

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The cat is sleeping.

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The cat are sleeping.

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The cats is sleeping.

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The cat is sleep.

Question 4

Which word needs a full stop (.) at the end of a sentence? Choose the best answer.

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cat

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the

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and

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run

Question 5

Which word is a verb? Choose the best answer.

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jump

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and

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the

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big

Question 6

What do we use to separate words in a sentence? Choose the best answer.

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spaces

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commas

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full stops

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question marks

Question 7

What should we put at the end of an exclamation? Choose the best answer.

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an exclamation mark

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a full stop

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a question mark

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nothing

Question 8

Which word tells us who or what is doing something?

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Subject

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Verb

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Object

Question 9

Which word describes an action?

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Verb

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Noun

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Adjective

Question 10

The kitty is _______ the mouse.

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chasing

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eating

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playing

Question 11

Which sentence is longer:

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The brown dog is running.

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The dog is brown.

Question 12

Which of these is a complete sentence that tells us something?

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The cat sat on the mat.

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The cat

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Sitting on the mat

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Sat on the mat

Question 13

What is the subject of the sentence: 'The cat sat on the mat'?

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Cat

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Sat

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On

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Mat

Question 14

Which word is the verb in the sentence: 'The children play in the park'?

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Play

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Children

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In

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Park

Question 15

In the sentence 'The dog barks', what is the subject?

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Dog

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Barks

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The

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Is

Question 16

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

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The cat is meowing loudly

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The cat

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Meowing loudly

Question 17

In the sentence 'The boy kicked the ball', what is the object?

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Ball

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Kicked

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Boy

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The

Question 18

Who is doing the action in the sentence 'The dog barked at the mailman'?

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dog

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barked

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mailman

Question 19

Which sentence has the words in the correct order?

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The cat sat on the chair

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sat on the chair the cat

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Chair the cat sat on the

Question 20

Which sentence has all the words spelt correctly?

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The cat sat on the mat

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the cat sat on the mat.

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The Cat sat on the mat

Question 21

What punctuation mark should you use at the end of a question?

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question mark

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full stop

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comma

Question 22

Which sentence shows an action that happened in the past?

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The boy ran to the park

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The boy run to the park

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The boy runs to the park

Question 23

Which of these is NOT a part of a sentence?

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The letter 'A'

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A noun

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A verb

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A subject

Question 24

In the sentence 'The girl jumps over the fence', which word is the subject?

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The girl

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Jumps

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Over

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The fence

Question 25

Which word in the sentence 'The cat sleeps in the sun' is the verb?

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Sleeps

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The

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Cat

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Sun

Question 26

Which of these is a complete sentence?

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The dog ate its dinner.

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Dog food

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The dog ate

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Dinner time

Question 27

Which of these words is an adjective?

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Blue

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Run

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The

Question 28

Which of these sentences is written in the present continuous tense?

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The children are eating their lunch.

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The children ate their lunch.

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The children will eat their lunch.

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The children eat their lunch.

Question 29

Which of these sentences is complete and makes sense?

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The cat sat on the mat.

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On the mat

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The cat sat

Question 30

Which word in this sentence tells us what the children were doing: 'The children played in the park.'?

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Played

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Park

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Children

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In

Question 31

Which sentence tells us about something that happened in the past?

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The bird flew away.

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The bird will fly away.

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The bird flies away.

Question 32

Which sentence is the most interesting and tells us more about what happened?

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The cat sat on the mat with its tail twitching.

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The cat sat on the mat.

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A cat sat on the mat.

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The mat was blue.

Question 33

Which word can we add to the sentence 'The dog' to make it a complete sentence?

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ran

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and

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in

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the

Question 34

Which sentence has the words in the correct order?

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The boy kicked the ball.

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Kicked the boy the ball.

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The ball kicked the boy.

Question 35

Which sentence uses the word 'and' correctly?

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The cat is black and white.

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The cat is, black white.

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The cat black and white.

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The cat is and white.

Question 36

What does a period (.) do in a sentence?

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It ends the sentence

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It separates words

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It starts a sentence

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It asks a question

Question 37

What word shows the cat doing something in the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat'?

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sat

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on

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mat

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cat

Question 38

Which sentence is written correctly?

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The dog barked.

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The dog barked the.

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The dog barked on.

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Barked the dog.

Question 39

Who or what is doing something in the sentence 'The bird sang a song'?

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bird

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sang

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a

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song

Question 40

What goes at the end of a sentence?

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Full stop

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Question mark

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Exclamation mark

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Comma

Question 41

Which sentence is about a person?

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The boy played with his toy car.

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The sun shone brightly.

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The cat chased the mouse.

Question 42

What did the girl eat in the sentence 'The girl ate a cookie'?

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cookie

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ate

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girl

Question 43

Which sentence has the words in the right order?

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The children played in the park.

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Children the in park played.

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Park the in children played.

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Played the children in park.

Question 44

Which sentence tells about something happening?

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The bird flew away.

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The apple is red.

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The clouds are white.

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The flower smells sweet.