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Third Grade (Grade 3) Sentence Structure Questions

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Grade 3 Fragments and Run-ons CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.3.2
Which sentence is a complete sentence?
  1. water is clear
  2. The water is clear
  3. The clear water.
  4. The water is clear.
Grade 3 Fragments and Run-ons
Which of these is NOT a complete sentence?
  1. San Bernardino is a good place.
  2. There are great mountains.
  3. Would also like to see coyotes.
  4. I'd love to see them up close!
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1a
The ___________ tells what or whom the sentence is about.
  1. statement
  2. predicate
  3. command
  4. subject
Grade 3 Combining Sentences CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1, L.3.1i
Combine the sentences correctly.

Her father got a job in Texas. Her father moved the family there.
  1. Her father got a job in Texas and her father moved the family there.
  2. Her father moved the family there her father got a job in Texas
  3. Her father got a job in Texas and moved the family there.
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
Which type of sentence shows strong feeling?
  1. statement
  2. question
  3. command
  4. exclamation
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1a
What is the subject of the following sentence?

People can learn about pets from pictures.
  1. learn
  2. People
  3. pets
  4. pictures
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
The following sentence is an interrogative sentence. What time is it?
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 3 Fragments and Run-ons
Which of the following is a sentence fragment?
  1. The cat meowed.
  2. Over the rainbow.
  3. We ran down the street.
  4. The children laughed.
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1a
The                 tells what the subject does or is.
  1. predicate
  2. exclamation
  3. subject
  4. statement
Grade 3 Fragments and Run-ons
Which of these is a complete sentence?
  1. Screamed as loud as she could.
  2. The creepy, cold cave.
  3. Summer has just ended.
  4. My twelve cousins and I.
Grade 3 Phrases and Clauses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1, L.3.1i
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause is called a complex sentence.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 3 Combining Sentences CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1, L.3.1i
Choose the best way to combine the following sentences.

My family went to the lake. I taught my brother how to swim.
  1. My family went to the lake and swam.
  2. My family went to the lake and my brother swam.
  3. My family went to the lake and I taught my brother how to swim.
  4. I went to the lake, and I taught my brother how to swim.
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
What type of sentence is this?

Give me that pizza.
  1. imperative
  2. exclamatory
  3. declarative
  4. interrogative
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
Identify the type of sentence below.

What is your name?
  1. declarative
  2. interrogative
  3. exclamatory
  4. imperative
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1a
The __________ tells what the subject does or is.
  1. statement
  2. subject
  3. exclamation
  4. predicate
Grade 3 Fragments and Run-ons
Choose the sentence that is written correctly and is not a fragment or a run-on.
  1. She is very pretty all the boys like her,
  2. Please lock the door.
  3. When they ran inside the house.
  4. She did not check her work she failed the test.
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1a
My pretty, purple peacock is somewhere between the cafeteria and the library.

Name the complete subject:                           My pretty purple peacock                           
Grade 3 Fragments and Run-ons
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
  1. Be careful crossing the street.
  2. After she finished dinner.
  3. The boys who chased the cars.
  4. As we wait for the rain to stop.
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1, L.3.1a
What is the complete predicate of the following sentence?

A fable teaches a lesson.
  1. fable
  2. teaches
  3. teaches a lesson
  4. A fable teaches
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1, L.3.1a
What is the subject of the following sentence?

Students raced to the playground after lunch.
  1. Students raced
  2. raced to the playground after lunch
  3. raced
  4. Students
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