English Grammar: Sentence Structure Study Guide
Lesson 1 – What Is a Sentence?
Exercise 1
Directions: Read the following groups of words. None of them
have been given fnal punctuation marks.
For each one, decide whether it is a declarative sentence,
an interrogative sentence, an exclamatory sen-
tence, an imperative sentence, or a sentence fragment. Then
punctuate each appropriately. Don’t punctu-
ate a sentence fragment.
1. When will tomorrow morning’s band rehearsal
begin
2. Always read the safety instructions before
using a new power tool
3. Having spent over two hours working on her
dance routine
4. The local wildlife refuge is home to over
seventy species of birds
5. That was a fabulous party
Lesson 2 – Parts of a Sentence
Exercise 2
Directions: Read the following groups of words. In each one,
fnd the subject and the predicate. Underline
the complete subject, and put a second underline beneath the
simple subject. Then circle the complete
predicate, and underline the verb.
1. Fifty-three offcers received medals at the
Police Department awards ceremony.
2. Bored with the grown-up conversation, little
Amy fell asleep under the kitchen table.
3. The number of businesses in this country has
increased every year for the past decade.
4. According to scientists, birds and dinosaurs
are biologically related.
5. All day and all night unceasingly fell the
rain.
Lesson 3 – Four Types of Sentence Structures
Exercise 3
Directions: Read the following sentences. For each one,
decide whether it is a simple sentence, a com-
pound sentence, a complex sentence, a compound-complex
sentence, or a run-on sentence.
1. Jazz is the greatest American musical form,
and Duke Ellington is its greatest genius.
2. Although young women want to participate in
sports as much as young men, women’s sports often
don’t receive equal funding from colleges.
3. The tallest mountain in Africa, Mount
Kilimanjaro is the subject of a stunning new IMAX® docu-
mentary flm.
4. The author Mark Twain was fascinated by
technology, he was the frst writer ever to deliver a typed
manuscript to his publisher.
5. When I visited California last summer, I
spent one week in San Francisco, and I visited the nearby
Napa Valley with my cousin.
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