Test Your Understanding
Sentence Structure
True or False.
F___ 1. A simple sentence can have more than one clause.
F___ 2. All sentences have a subject, a verb, and a complement.
F___ 3. All verbs have a direct object.
T___ 4. A predicate noun comes after the verb and gives a new name or designation to the subject.
F___ 5. A predicate adjective describes the verb.
T___ 6. Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and end with a noun or noun substitute.
T___ 7. Clauses have subjects and verbs, but phrases have neither.
F___ 8. A compound sentence has an independent clause and a dependent clause.
T___ 9. The direct object is the word that receives the action of the verb.
T___ 10. In more formal contexts, if a predicate noun is a pronoun, it should be in the subjective case.
T___ 11. An infinitive is a verb with "to" in front of it.
T___ 12. Verbals and verbal phrases can function as the subject of a sentence.
T___ 13. Prepositional phrases can modify nouns or verbs.
T___ 14. A complex sentence has a dependent clause and an independent clause.
T___ 15. Some sentences do not need a complement.
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