Instructions: Identify the sentence pattern.
1. S+V+DO
2. S+V+DO
3. S+V+IO+DO
4. S+V+DO+OC
5. S+LV+SC
6. S+V+IO+DO
7. S+V+DO
8. S+V+DO+OC
9. S+LV+SC
10. S+V+DO
Instruction: Identify the sentence structure.
1. Compound
2. Simple (Leaving the safety of the harbor—is not
a clause; it’s a phrase)
3. Simple
4. Complex
5. Simple
(do not be tricked by the compound subject)
6. Simple
(do not be tricked by the compound predicate)
7. Compound-Complex
8. Compound-Complex
9. Compound
10. Simple
Instruction: Rewrite the following declarative sentences into yes/no
questions.
1. Does
he want to go?
2. Did
mother go home?
3. Does
the girl wish to spend her time here?
4. Do
the dramatic presentations appeal to you?
5. Did
the students prepare for the event?
6. Do
people think they can get away with bribery?
7. Do
you watch TV regularly?
8. Did
he use to stay late at night?
9. Does
Rose believe it has to be this way?
10. Do
you enjoy lab work?
Instruction: Write the appropriate wh-question for the given response.
*There are other possible
questions you can use; however, I chose the most appropriate ones.
1. What
is he doing?
2. What
does Mary want? (Any similar question will do as long as it starts with WHAT)
3. Who
is coming?
4. What’s
your favorite color? Which color do you prefer? (Any similar question that has
WHAT or WHICH and contains the word COLOR)
5. Whose
shoes are those? (You can use another demonstrative pronoun)
6. How
many guests are we expecting? (The pronoun can be YOU)
7. How
far is Peter’s house? (Some of you might use WHERE; however, such a question
would be about location and direction, not distance)
8. Where
are you going?
9. What
time are they arriving? (Any similar
question. You can use WHEN as well)
10. Why
aren’t you going?
Instruction: Write the appropriate tag.
1. The
murderer was taking orders from the master mind, wasn’t he?
2. She
had to report the plan overheard over the phone, didn’t she?
3. There
were too many coincidences, weren’t there?
4. The
murderer had done his task when the phone rang, hadn’t he?
5. Neither
has decided to stay, are they?
6. Either
of you is moving out, aren’t you?
7. Be
sure that all the lights downstairs are out, won’t you?
8. Here
are the books you wanted to borrow from the library, aren’t they?
9. Mrs.
Stevenson realizes that she is the woman victim in the murder plot, isn’t she?
10. It
is possible that the plot can be traced to Elbert, can’t it?
Instruction: Embed the following questions.
1. Do
you know where the AV room is?
2. He
knows when she will arrive.
3. Please
let us know what this word means.
4. She
doesn’t know who I am.
5. Do
you remember where I placed my sunglasses?
6. Somebody
asked which chapters the exam would cover.
7. Did
he tell you what our new assignment is?
8. Did
May reveal what she wants?
9. Does
your brother know whether or not your cousins are coming over?
10. What
happens if your mother is going to know?
Instruction: Revise the following
sentences by correcting faulty parallelism.
1. Planning,
drafting, and revising are three steps in the writing process.
2. I
was appalled to see her manners, to hear her bad language, and to feel her
intense animosity.
3. Some
experts believe that our population is too large, but that it will diminish.
4. The
student won not only a National Merit scholarship but also a local scholarship.
5. Most
people prefer corn to Brussels sprouts.
6. I
left my job at 7:00 PM rather at 5:00 PM.
7. I
delight in rainy days as much as people delight in sunny days.
8. She
plays not only soccer but also basketball.
9. The
new employee was lazy, insolent, and always late.
10. I
think that the plants did well because they were fertilized rather than they
were spoken to by me.
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