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Ninth Grade (Grade 9) Sentence Structure Questions

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Grade 9 Phrases and Clauses
What do you need to add to a subordinate clause to make it a complete thought?
  1. another subordinate clause
  2. an independent clause
  3. a subject
  4. a verb
Grade 9 Types of Sentences
Identify the type of sentence below:

Margot goes to the park every evening at 5:00.
  1. declarative sentence
  2. interrogative sentence
  3. imperative sentence
  4. exclamatory sentence
Grade 9 Types of Sentences
Identify the type of sentence below:

Don't let Margot on the couch!
  1. declarative
  2. interrogative sentence
  3. imperative sentence
  4. exclamatory sentence
  5. both imperative and exclamatory
Grade 9 Sentence Structure
Identify the predicate nominative(s) in the sentence below.

He is a doctor, but he seems unhealthy.
  1. doctor
  2. doctor, unhealthy
  3. unhealthy
  4. is, seems
Grade 9 Phrases and Clauses
What can you add to a subordinate clause, like the one below, to make it a complete thought?

If she goes on vacation this summer
  1. You can add a subject to make the clause a complete thought.
  2. You can add a verb to make the clause a complete thought.
  3. You can add an independent clause to make this a complete thought.
  4. You can add a phrase to make this a complete thought.
Grade 9 Sentence Structure
What type of clause must you have in a sentence?
  1. independent clause
  2. multiple subordinate clauses
  3. prepositional phrase
  4. adjective clause
Grade 9 Sentence Structure
Which of the following answer choices correctly places a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate in the sentence below?

The green alien flew to Mars in a spaceship.
  1. The green alien / flew to Mars in a spaceship.
  2. The green alien flew / to Mars in a spaceship.
  3. The green alien flew to Mars / in a spaceship.
  4. The green / alien flew to Mars in a spaceship.
Grade 9 Sentence Structure
What is the compound subject?

Jaden and Willow Smith gave out an award on the KCA.
  1. Willow Smith
  2. out an award
  3. Jaden Smith
  4. Jaden and Willow Smith
Grade 9 Sentence Structure
What are the three types of subordinate clauses?
  1. noun clause, pronoun clause, verb clause
  2. prepositional phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase
  3. adverb clause, adjective clause, noun clause
  4. gerund, participial, noun clause
Grade 9 Phrases and Clauses
What can you take away from a subordinate clause, like the one below, to make it a complete thought?

Because I am hungry.
  1. You can take away the subject to make the clause a complete thought.
  2. You can take away the predicate to make the clause a complete thought.
  3. You can take away the FANBOYS conjunction to make the clause a complete thought.
  4. You can take away the subordinating conjunction to make the clause a complete thought.
Grade 9 Combining Sentences CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.9-10.1, L.9-10.1b
He looked at the trophy. He was proud of his victory.

Read the sentences above. Which group of words combines these sentences with an absolute phrase?
  1. He looked at the trophy, proud of his victory.
  2. He looked at the trophy, and he was proud of his victory.
  3. Proud of his victory, at the trophy, he looked.
  4. He looked proud of his victory at the trophy.
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