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Third Grade (Grade 3) Sentence Structure Questions

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Grade 3 Types of Sentences
Which sentence is an example of a statement?
  1. Save me a seat in the library.
  2. Give this to my brother.
  3. I went to the park yesterday.
  4. Why did you choose that movie?
Grade 3 Types of Sentences CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1i
Which is a simple sentence with a compound subject?
  1. The sad movie made me cry.
  2. I along with my dad caught two big fish.
  3. Kyle and Tim built a tree house.
  4. Tim walks and Kyle runs around the track.
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
Which sentence is imperative?
  1. My favorite color is pink.
  2. Where are you from?
  3. I loved that movie!
  4. Girls, stop talking.
Grade 3 Combining Sentences CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1i
What is the BEST way to combine the sentences below into a compound sentence?
Thunder and lightning happen together. We see lightning first because light travels
faster than sound.
  1. Thunder, lightning and light travel faster than sound.
  2. Thunder and lightning happen together, but we see lightning first because light travels faster than sound.
  3. Thunder and lightning happen together, we see lightning first because light travels faster than sound.
  4. Thunder and lightning happen together, or we see lightning first because light travels faster than sound.
Grade 3 Sentence Structure
What is the complete subject of the following sentence?

You ate my cake!
  1. You
  2. You ate
  3. ate my cake!
  4. cake!
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
We ran out of money, so we had to leave the arcade.
  1. Simple sentence
  2. Compound sentence
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
It is hot outside.
  1. Simple sentence
  2. Compound sentence
Grade 3 Sentence Structure
What is the complete subject of the following sentence?

Mary and Jacob ran into each other at recess.
  1. Mary and Jacob
  2. Mary
  3. ran into each other at recess.
  4. at recess.
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
I wanted to go to Florida, but we went to Texas.
  1. Simple sentence
  2. Compound sentence
Grade 3 Sentence Structure
Is the following group of words a sentence or a fragment?

Because of all of the snow.
  1. fragment
  2. sentence
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
It was snowing, but we couldn't go sledding.
  1. Simple sentence
  2. Compound sentence
Grade 3 Sentence Structure
Is the following group of words a sentence or a fragment?

The big, fat, green worm.
  1. fragment
  2. sentence
Grade 3 Types of Sentences CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1i
Which is a simple sentence with a compound subject?
  1. The beach and the mountains are great places to visit.
  2. I love to collect shells and swim when I am at the beach.
  3. My dad, who loves to hike, prefers the mountains.
  4. When can we plan a trip to the mountains?
Grade 3 Combining Sentences CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1, L.3.1i
Combine the two sentences.

The boy ran fast in the race.
The boy came in first place in the race.
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1a
What is the complete subject in the sentence below?

The tired old man came in from the rain.
  1. The tired old man
  2. old man
  3. man
  4. man came
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1i
Which sentence has a compound predicate?
  1. I fished for four hours and then cleaned my catch.
  2. Fishing and camping are my favorite activities.
  3. While camping in a tent, I heard strange noises at night.
  4. I caught many different kinds of fish at the lake.
Grade 3 Combining Sentences CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1, L.3.1i
Combine the two sentences.

My first name is Arnita.
My last name is Robinson.
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1i
Which is a simple sentence with a compound subject?
  1. Timothy reads and John plays sports.
  2. Timothy loves to read and also enjoys biking.
  3. Mr. Smith and his brother built a boat.
  4. Mr. Smith's brother also likes to ride motorcycles.
Grade 3 Sentence Structure CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.3.1a
A simple subject is                  .
  1. a noun and a verb
  2. a noun or pronoun
  3. a verb
  4. an adjective
Grade 3 Types of Sentences
We could play baseball or we could watch TV.
  1. Simple sentence
  2. Compound sentence
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