This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Fluency – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Fluency Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence that correctly demonstrates the use of a coordinating conjunction to join two independent clauses. A) She wanted to go to the concert, but she didn't have enough money. B) She wanted to go to the concert but she didn't have enough money. C) She wanted to go to the concert but, she didn't have enough money. D) She wanted, to go to the concert, but she didn't have enough money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wanted to go to the concert, but she didn't have enough money. 2. What is this sentence doing?It has been so crowded at the museum lately. A) Making a statement. B) Asking a question. C) Making a command or polite request. D) Showing strong emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making a statement. 3. Identify the subject in this sentence:The teacher gave her students an assignment. A) Gave. B) Teacher. C) Students. D) Assignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teacher. 4. Identify the verb in this sentence:The rock star sang her audience their favorite song. A) Sang. B) Audience. C) Song. D) Rock star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sang. 5. Choose the right conjunction to fit in the following sentence:"We are disappointed in you [son/daughter]. You will not go to your friend's house, ..... will you be receiving desert tonight." A) For. B) And. C) Nor. D) But. E) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nor. 6. What is missing from the following sentence?"He threw the glass bottle on the street." A) Verb. B) Subject. C) Nothing is missing. D) Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing is missing. 7. What kind of a sentence is this?The teachers care. A) Too short. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 8. What struture of sentence contains a subject and a verb, and it may also have an object and modifiers. However, it contains only one independent clause? A) Complex Sentence. B) Compound-Complex Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple Sentence. 9. Hotels are meals that are made from melted cheese. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 10. Decide what STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE is used in the given below.Jack Sparrow lost his treasure map, but he still found the buried treasure. A) Complex Sentence. B) Compound-Complex Sentence. C) Simple Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound Sentence. 11. Which transition word or phrase could BEST be added to the beginning of the last sentence?Playground safety is very important. There are many things you can do to stay safe. Be sure not to swing while someone is in front of you. A) For example. B) Therefore. C) Soon. D) In conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For example. 12. After although as if as long as because before if since so that though unless until when where while A) List of dependent clauses. B) List of coordinating conjunctions. C) List of compound sentences. D) List of subordinating conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) List of subordinating conjunctions. 13. What is the best way to fix this run-on?The show begins at 7:30 make sure you're there before 7:15. A) 7:30, but. B) 7:30, make. C) 7:30. Make. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7:30. Make. 14. What is the best way to combine these sentences for fluency? 'The sun set. The stars appeared.' A) The sun set, and the stars appeared. B) The sun set and the stars appeared. C) The sun set; the stars appeared. D) The sun set, the stars appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun set, and the stars appeared. 15. What is the best way to fix this run-on?The airport is about to shut down because of the snow and if the plane doesn't land soon it will have to go on to Boston. A) No Change. B) Snow, and. C) Snow; and. D) Snow. And. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snow, and. 16. Which sentence is correctly punctuated for fluency? A) She loves to read, she reads every day. B) She loves to read; she reads every day. C) She loves to read she reads every day. D) She loves to read, and she reads every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She loves to read, and she reads every day. 17. When someone says "break a leg" to someone else getting ready to sing a solo it means ..... A) Go break your leg. B) Sing while standing on one leg. C) Sing really well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sing really well. 18. What is the best way to combine these sentences for fluency? 'The dog barked. The cat hissed.' A) The dog barked, and the cat hissed. B) The dog barked and the cat hissed. C) The dog barked; the cat hissed. D) The dog barked, the cat hissed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog barked, and the cat hissed. 19. Choose the sentence that uses "or" as a coordinating conjunction. A) We can have cake or ice cream. B) She needs to do well on her final exam, or she may have to repeat the class. C) Would you like to travel to the beach or the mountains?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She needs to do well on her final exam, or she may have to repeat the class. 20. Which sentence structure is best for sentence fluency? A) Using only simple sentences. B) Using only compound sentences. C) Using a variety of sentence structures. D) Using only complex sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using a variety of sentence structures. 21. A compound-complex sentence ..... (which one is true) A) Has more than one independent clause connected by a coordinating conjunction or FANBOY. B) Has a subject and a predicate. C) Has a dependent clause and an independent clause. D) Has at least one dependent clause and more than one independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has at least one dependent clause and more than one independent clauses. 22. Identify the striking word in the sentence:The thunderstorm was incredibly loud and frightening. A) Loud. B) Frightening. C) Thunderstorm. D) Incredibly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightening. 23. A compound sentence can have more than 2 independent clause. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. When the subordinating conjunction is in the middle of the sentence ..... A) It makes a compound sentence. B) A comma is always used. C) A comma is not usually used. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comma is not usually used. 25. What is missing from this sentence?:All over the road. A) Verb. B) Nothing is missing. C) Subject. D) Subject & Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject & Verb. 26. What is the best way to fix this run-on?Judy leads a charmed life she never seems to have a serious accident. A) Life, yet. B) No Change. C) Life; she. D) Life, she. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life; she. 27. Identify the subordinate conjunction in this sentence:While the rock star sang, the audience sang along with her. A) While. B) Sang. C) The. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 28. A wool coat keeps you cool on a warm day. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 29. The following sentence is written correctly:I wanted to go in the restaurant but it was closed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. What is sentence fluency? A) The ability to write sentences that flow smoothly. B) The ability to write short sentences. C) The ability to write complex sentences. D) The ability to write long sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability to write sentences that flow smoothly. 31. Which sentence is combined correctly? A) We read about dinosaurs yesterday and we read about dinosaurs today. B) We read about dinosaurs yesterday and today. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We read about dinosaurs yesterday and today. 32. What does the author mean when they say, "I'm feeling blue" A) I am turning blue in the face. B) I am feeling sad. C) I am really cold. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I am feeling sad. 33. Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., and, but, or, for, nor, yet, so). A) Compound-complex sentence. B) Simple sentence. C) Compound sentence. D) Complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound sentence. 34. Talking on the phone for a couple of hours last night, i forgot to do myhomework. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 35. A simple sentence ..... (which one is true) A) Has more than one independent clause. B) Has a subject and a predicate. C) Has a dependent clause and one or more independent clauses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has a subject and a predicate. 36. Which of the following sentences is most fluent? A) She likes to swim, she likes to run, she likes to bike. B) She likes swimming, running, and biking. C) She likes to swim and she likes to run and she likes to bike. D) She likes to swim, and she likes to run, and she likes to bike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She likes swimming, running, and biking. 37. The way individual words and phrases sound together within a sentence, and how groups of sentences sound when read one after the other A) Subordinate conjunction. B) Sentence fluency. C) Coordinating conjunction. D) Conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence fluency. 38. Identify the compound-complex sentence. A) The sticks and leaves needed to be picked up, and the yard needed to be raked. B) The sticks and leaves needed to be picked up. C) While the yard needed to be raked, the sticks and leaves needed to be picked up first. D) While the yard needed to be raked, the sticks and leaves needed to be picked up first, and the fire pit needed to be cleaned out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While the yard needed to be raked, the sticks and leaves needed to be picked up first, and the fire pit needed to be cleaned out. 39. How can you make these sentences more fluent and interesting? Miked asked me what happened to my knee. I told him I fell off my bike. I fell off my bike yesterday. It was because of a crack in the sidewalk. A) I told Mike that I fell off my bike and hurt my knee. He asked me. B) "Whoa!" Mike started. "What happened to your knee?" I exhaled and replied, "I ran into some rough sidewalk yesterday and fell.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Whoa!" Mike started. "What happened to your knee?" I exhaled and replied, "I ran into some rough sidewalk yesterday and fell.". 40. Read the sentence:I woke up I ate breakfast I went to school I was late. How does this sentence sound when read aloud? A) Smooth. B) Run-on. C) Choppy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on. 41. Contains multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause with both conjunctions and subordinators. A) Compound sentence. B) Simple sentence. C) Compound-complex sentence. D) Complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-complex sentence. 42. Choose the best adjective in parentheses to complete each sentence.Some people eat ..... meals than other people. (better, best) A) Better. B) Best. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Better. 43. Which sentence is a sentence fragment, and needs to be fixed? A) She was excited to go on vacation over the holiday. B) Excited to go on vacation over the holiday. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited to go on vacation over the holiday. 44. My Cat SamI have a cat called Sam. I like him very much. He climb up trees and then jump down. He makes many noises when he is hungry. He likes to eat tuna fish and drinks water.He is orange and small. 6.What can he do? A) Climb and dance. B) Climb and jump. C) Jump and sleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climb and jump. 45. Which sentence demonstrates correct sentence fluency? A) The cat sat on the mat, it was very comfortable. B) The cat sat on the mat, and it was very comfortable. C) The cat sat on the mat it was very comfortable. D) The cat sat on the mat; it was very comfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat sat on the mat, and it was very comfortable. 46. Identify the indirect object in this sentence:The teacher gave her students an assignment. A) Assignment. B) Teacher. C) Gave. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Students. 47. Doings something with speed means doing it very quickly. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 48. Identify the verb in this sentence:The teacher gave her students an assignment. A) Teacher. B) Assignment. C) Students. D) Gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gave. 49. Select the correct definition of a simple sentence. A) A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause. B) A sentence that has only one dependent clause and no independent clause. C) A compound sentence with interesting ideas and content. D) An independent clause with strong word choice and two dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause. 50. Write a sentence using a different structure than the one given:She went to the store to buy some groceries. A) She went to the store and bought some groceries. B) To buy some groceries, she went to the store. C) Going to the store for some groceries, she made her purchase. D) The store is where she went to buy some groceries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going to the store for some groceries, she made her purchase. 51. How should the following sentence be changed?Lisa, Landon, and Melissa was at the candy shop. A) Change was to were. B) Delete the comma after Lisa. C) Change Melissa to melissa. D) No change needs to be made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change was to were. 52. A shortage; a lack A) Deficit. B) Agnostic. C) Abstain. D) Deficit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deficit. 53. William, (who/whom) removed the milk bottle from the refrigerator? A) Who. B) Who. C) Whom. D) Whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 54. Tamika was a singing astronaut.Brad was a singing astronaut. A) Tamika and Brad was a singing astronaut. B) Tamika and Brad were singing astronauts. C) Tamika was and Brad was a singing astronaut. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tamika and Brad were singing astronauts. 55. The lights hovered over the park people started backing away. A) The lights hovered over the park. People started backing away. B) The lights hovered over the park, people started backing away. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The lights hovered over the park. People started backing away. 56. A principal is in charge of a school. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 57. This is a Simple Sentence:I baked a cake, but no one liked it. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. Tomas did not go to the auto show A) Sentence-period. B) Sentence-question mark. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Sentence-exclamation point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence-period. 59. Cats bark when they want their owners to feed them. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 60. What is missing from this sentence?:Spat on the ground. A) Verb. B) Subject. C) Subject & Verb. D) Nothing is missing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSentence Fluency Quiz 2Sentence Fluency Quiz 3Sentence Fluency Quiz 4Adverbial Fronting With Inversion QuizAgreement Rules QuizClause Complex QuizCleft Pseudo Cleft Transformation QuizCleft Transformation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books