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Sentence Parts Practice Test

								
				
Identify each of the underlined words by how they are used in the sentences.

No. of Questions= 30


1. Singing is Martina Arroyo's profession.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
2. Latisha washed and ironed her clothes in preparation for her upcoming trip.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
3. The spider crawled across my leg.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
4. Jake gave his fiancee a diamond ring.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
5. Running is an enjoyable sport.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
6. Having overslept, the young girl missed the bus.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
7. I feel awfully sick today.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
8. Rosita owns ten Arabian horses.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
9. My friend loves playing basketball.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
10. Alex handed me the telephone.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
11. Susan told her friend a joke.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
12. The department store clerk sold Jeffery a new set of speakers.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
13. The party is a celebration of Andrea's engagement.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
14. That French perfume smells sweet
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
15. The students found their teacher boring.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
16. The class gave Billy the award for bravery.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
17. Sean's roommate lent ten dollars to him for a week.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
18. Henry seems angry today.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
19. After the game began, William called me on the telephone.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
20. She is my choice for the directorship.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
21. Sentences 21-30 make up a paragraph. Identify each of the underlined words by indicating how they are used in the sentence.

The Kayapo people of Brazil have a great love for the Amazon rain forest.

a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
22. The tropical forest is their home and livelihood.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
23. Therefore, when the devastation of the rain forest became apparent, Chief Paulo Paiakan of the Kayapo appealed to his people and to the rest of the world to help him save the forest.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
24. Paiakan knew that the devastation of the rain forest would prove destructive not only to the Kayapo but also to the global population.
a) subject
b) verb
c) direct object
d) indirect object
e) subject complement
25. For years, local villages had been selling loggers their land.
a) subject