This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Fluency – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Fluency Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., and, but, or, for, nor, yet, so). A) Simple sentence. B) Compound-complex sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound sentence. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. The way individual words and phrases sound together within a sentence, and how groups of sentences sound when read one after the other A) Coordinating conjunction. B) Conjunctions. C) Subordinate conjunction. D) Sentence fluency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence fluency. 8. 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. 9. 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.". 10. 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. 11. Contains multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause with both conjunctions and subordinators. A) Compound sentence. B) Compound-complex sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Simple sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound-complex sentence. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. Identify the indirect object in this sentence:The teacher gave her students an assignment. A) Students. B) Teacher. C) Assignment. D) Gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students. 17. 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. 18. Identify the verb in this sentence:The teacher gave her students an assignment. A) Gave. B) Assignment. C) Teacher. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gave. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. How should the following sentence be changed?Lisa, Landon, and Melissa was at the candy shop. A) No change needs to be made. B) Change Melissa to melissa. C) Delete the comma after Lisa. D) Change was to were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change was to were. 22. A shortage; a lack A) Abstain. B) Deficit. C) Deficit. D) Agnostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deficit. 23. William, (who/whom) removed the milk bottle from the refrigerator? A) Who. B) Whom. C) Whom. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. Tomas did not go to the auto show A) Sentence-question mark. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Sentence-exclamation point. D) Sentence-period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence-period. 29. 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. 30. What is missing from this sentence?:Spat on the ground. A) Nothing is missing. B) Subject & Verb. C) Verb. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSentence Fluency Quiz 1Sentence Fluency Quiz 3Sentence Fluency Quiz 4Sentence Fluency Quiz 5Sentence Fluency Quiz 6Sentence Fluency Quiz 7Sentence Fluency Quiz 8Sentence Fluency Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books