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  1. Which of the following is a complete sentence?

    Answer: The dog barked loudly.

    'The dog barked loudly' is a complete sentence because it has a subject ('The dog') and a predicate ('barked loudly').

  2. Identify the subject in this sentence: 'The young students eagerly raised their hands.'

    Answer: The young students

    The subject is 'The young students' — it is who the sentence is about and who performed the action.

  3. What type of sentence is this: 'Please close the window.'?

    Answer: Imperative

    An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request, often with an implied subject 'you.'

  4. Which sentence uses the correct subject-verb agreement?

    Answer: The team is playing well.

    'The team is playing well' is correct because collective nouns like 'team' are treated as singular in American English.

  5. A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction is called:

    Answer: Compound sentence

    A compound sentence joins two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

  6. Which word in the sentence is the predicate: 'Maria quickly finished her homework.'?

    Answer: Finished her homework

    The predicate is 'quickly finished her homework' — it includes the verb and everything that tells us what Maria did.

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