7th CRCT Language Arts Sentence Construction

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7th CRCT Language ArtsSentence Construction
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Which sentence contains a compound subject?

• A. Sandy handed in her science project.
• B. Janice and Betty walked to school together.
• C. Thomas purchased a new bookbag for school.
• D. The new student was anxious and excited about
  school.

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During the storm a huge tree fell and hit our
house.

• What part of speech is the underlined word in the
  sentence above?
• A. adverb
• B. pronoun
• C. preposition
• D. conjunction

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In the sentences below, which of the following
words is a helping verb?

•    My older brother has been waiting for me all
  week. I know that when he picks me up after
  school, I should wait for him outside.
• A. waiting
• B. know
• C. picks
• D. should

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Which word is the interjection in the sentence
below?

• Oops, I had no idea you were standing behind me!
• A. I
• B. Oops
• C. you
• D. no

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Which sentence has a compound verb?

• A. How are we getting home?
• B. Where are Jesse and Troy going now?
• C. Who spilled the milk and forgot to clean it
  up?
• D. Did you call the baby-sitter and the pizza man?

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Which sentence contains a compound predicate?

• A. Jack had never been so happy.
• B. We shouted and jumped for joy.
• C. His father brought him a new toy.
• D. The smallest puppy crawled under the table.

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The clock chimed melodiously as the minute hand
neared the quarter hour.

• Which underlined word in the sentence above is
  used as an adverb?
• A. chimed
• B. melodiously
• C. minute
• D. neared

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     The lazy cat with gray whiskers stretched
and left the room.

• What is the simple subject of the sentence above?
• A. lazy cat
• B. cat
• C. lazy cat with gray whiskers
• D. room

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The puffy, white clouds looked like smoke

• The subject of the sentence above is
• A. The.
• B. puffy.
• C. smoke.
• D. clouds.

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     Ben was quite upset with me.

• What part of speech is the underlined word in the
  sentence above?
• A. adverb
• B. adjective
• C. preposition
• D. conjunction

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What are the subject and predicate of the
sentence below?

•  Despite their differences, the boys wrote an
  excellent report for their English class.
• A. Despite, differences
• B. boys, wrote
• C. report, class
• D. wrote, report

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     Louis ran the race faster than anyone else.

• What part of speech is the underlined word in the
  sentence above?
• A. verb
• B. noun
• C. adverb
• D. adjective

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     We tried very hard, but we never could solve
the problem.

• What part of speech is the underlined word in
  this sentence?
• A. adverb
• B. adjective
• C. preposition
• D. conjunction

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The two brothers had similar interests both of
them liked sports, such as hockey and tennis.

• What part of speech is the underlined word in the
  sentence above?
• A. adverb
• B. pronoun
• C. adjective
• D. preposition

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     Oh, I see, you want me to stay home while
you go to the party.

• In the sentence above, what part of speech is the
  underlined word?
• A. pronoun
• B. interjection
• C. preposition
• D. conjunction

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     When on Earth did you have time to wash the
car?

• What is the subject of the sentence?
• A. when
• B. Earth
• C. you
• D. time