1. Name: _______________________ Pd. ________
The Parts of a Sentence
Diagnostic Test
Directions: On the bottom half of this paper, write the simple subject and the verb of
each of the sentences below.
1. Some decisions require little thought.
2. Other decisions are more difficult.
3. You can send me the bill later.
4. We can now send television programs across the Atlantic by means of
communication satellites.
5. The Shakespeare Festival at Stratford, Connecticut, has become famous.
6. The Pulitzer Prize Committee gave Gwendolyn Brooks the prize for poetry in 1950.
7. Bowling attracts millions of fans.
8. Many women become lawyers now.
9. Ecologists study an animal’s relation to its environment.
10. Eudora Wetly, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1973, is a distinguished novelist.
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2. 1. Identify the following: While sitting in the outer office waiting to be called for the interview
and looking through magazines.
correct and complete sentence
fragment
run-on sentence
comma splice sentence
2. Identify the following: You should take deep breaths then you can control your
nervousness.
correct and complete sentence
fragment
run-on sentence
comma splice sentence
3. Identify the following: Don't focus on yourself and your nervousness, concern yourself
with the employer's needs and questions.
correct and complete sentence
fragment
run-on sentence
comma splice sentence
4. Identify the underscored expression: As you wait for your interview, select appropriate
reading material.
complete sentence
dependent clause
independent clause
phrase
5. Identify the underscored expression: When you meet the interviewer, you should smile and
offer a handshake.
fragment
dependent clause
independent clause
phrase
Directions: Identify the Complements in the following sentences. There can be more
than one in each sentence.
1. The legislature passed the bill. _______________________
2. The President gave the soldier a medal. _______________________
3. Virginia Woolf was a well-read woman. _______________________
4. The sea looks choppy. _______________________
5. The group elected Consuelo president. _______________________
6. Beethoven composed sonatas and symphonies. _______________________
7. Everyone considered him foolish. _______________________
8. Drought destroyed the crops. _______________________

3. 9. Susan defeated Steve at tennis. _______________________
10. Adela St. Johns is a famous journalist. _______________________
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1. Something from life would always spark Mitty’s daydreams. What caused at
least three of these? Give a brief description of the dream and what caused the
reality.
2. Describe Mrs. Mitty.
3. Why did Walter Mitty imagine himself facing a firing squad? Evaluate what
he was saying about his life with such a statement.