Multiple Choice
Which of these is a complete sentence?
(1 point)
Responses
Although the weather is sometimes warm in early March.
Although the weather is sometimes warm in early March.
Forecasters predicted six more weeks of winter this year.
Forecasters predicted six more weeks of winter this year.
The old saying, “In like a lion, out like a lamb.”
The correct answer is:
Forecasters predicted six more weeks of winter this year.
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word in the sentence.
With practice, both Kendra and Jason mastered the violin.
(1 point)
Responses
part of a compound subject
part of a compound subject
part of a compound predicate
part of a compound predicate
a direct object
a direct object
The complete sentence is:
Forecasters predicted six more weeks of winter this year.
The complete sentence is:
Forecasters predicted six more weeks of winter this year.
To determine the complete sentence, we need to look for a group of words that forms a complete thought and expresses a complete idea. Option 2, "Forecasters predicted six more weeks of winter this year," fulfills these criteria as it has a subject (forecasters) and a predicate (predicted six more weeks of winter this year) to form a complete sentence.
Options 1 and 3 are not complete sentences because they are dependent clauses and do not express a complete thought or idea on their own. Option 1 begins with the subordinate conjunction "although" making it a fragment, and Option 3 is a phrase rather than a complete sentence.