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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is missing from the following sentence?"The girls at the bridge." A) Nothing is missing. B) Subject. C) Verb. D) Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 2. The sad student sat silently in the room. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. Is this a simple, compound or incomplete sentence?"Don't know." A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Incomplete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incomplete. 4. Identify the sentence that has a smooth flow: A) She loves to read books. Her favorite book is about adventures. It's exciting. B) She loves reading. Her favorite book is about adventures that are very exciting. C) She loves books, and her favorite is about adventures, it's exciting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She loves reading. Her favorite book is about adventures that are very exciting. 5. What kind of a sentence is this, simple or compound?The students do their best every day. A) Simple. B) Simple-compound. C) Compound. D) Present simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 6. Choose the right conjunction to fit in the following sentence:"We won't have much teaching to do, ..... Monday is Eid." A) For. B) And. C) Nor. D) But. E) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Or. 7. Choose the best adjective in parentheses to complete each sentence.Skipping breakfast is the ..... way of all to start your day. (worse, worst) A) Worse. B) Worst. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worst. 8. You want to revise choppy sentences into a smoother version. Which revision strategy helps most? A) Remove punctuation to read faster. B) Replace common words with jargon. C) Add unrelated details for variety. D) Combine related ideas with conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Combine related ideas with conjunctions. 9. What is missing from the following sentence?"Walking on the street." A) Verb. B) Nothing is missing. C) Subject. D) Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 10. Which sentence has a varied beginning? A) Driving on the highway is easy during the day. B) It is easy to drive on the highway during the day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Driving on the highway is easy during the day. 11. Which example shows a complex sentence? A) When we finished dinner, we walked to the park. B) We walked to the park when we finished dinner. C) Both are complex sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both are complex sentences. 12. You can start your sentences with sequential words. Which list are sequential words? A) First, then, next, after that, lastly. B) While, because, but, due to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First, then, next, after that, lastly. 13. Which sentence is an example of good sentence fluency? A) The sun is shining. The birds are singing. The flowers are blooming. B) The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the flowers are blooming. C) The sun shines, the birds sing, the flowers bloom. D) The sun is shining and the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the flowers are blooming. 14. Which example shows simple sentences? A) We walked to the park. We walked after dinner. B) After dinner, we walked to the park. C) When we finished eating dinner, we walked to the park. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We walked to the park. We walked after dinner. 15. Read the sentence:I woke up. I ate breakfast. I went to school. How does this sentence sequence sound when read aloud? A) Smooth. B) Choppy. C) Run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choppy. 16. Identify the sentence with the best sentence fluency. A) The stars twinkled. The moon shone. The night was calm. B) The stars twinkled, the moon shone, and the night was calm. C) The stars twinkle, the moon shines, the night is calm. D) The stars twinkled and the moon shone and the night was calm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The stars twinkled, the moon shone, and the night was calm. 17. Identify the sentence with the best fluency. A) The dog, running through the park, barked happily. B) The dog barked happily, running through the park. C) Running through the park, the dog barked happily. D) Happily, the dog barked running through the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog, running through the park, barked happily. 18. Experiments help scientists to learn new things. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 19. The raindrops danced on the tabletop. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. What struture of sentence contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause? A) Compound-Complex Sentence. B) Simple Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex Sentence. 21. Choose the right conjunction to fit in the following sentence:"We have a few options for dinner. We can go to Mcdonalds, ..... we can go to Jolibees." A) For. B) And. C) Nor. D) But. E) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Or. 22. Read the sentence:I like math. I like science. I like English. How does this sentence sequence sound when read aloud? A) Choppy. B) Run-on. C) Smooth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Choppy. 23. When a subordinating conjunction starts a sentence, place a comma ..... A) Before the dependent clause. B) After the dependent clause. C) At the end of the sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the dependent clause. 24. Which revision best improves sentence fluency? Start with:The dog barked loudly it woke the neighbors. A) The dog barked loudly, and it woke the neighbors. B) The dog barked loudly waking the neighbors. C) The dog barked loudly. It woke the neighbors. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog barked loudly, and it woke the neighbors. 25. What are the 3 most common coordinating conjunctions? A) Because, since, when. B) Before, as, after. C) And, but, or. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And, but, or. 26. The pelicans ate fish.The pelicans ate crabs. A) The pelicans ate fish and crabs. B) The pelicans ate crabs and the fish ate crabs. C) The pelicans ate fish and the pelicans ate crabs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pelicans ate fish and crabs. 27. Most human fingers are six feet long. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 28. Why should writers use different sentences? A) To make the writing interesting. B) To show that they can write different sentences. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make the writing interesting. 29. When a dependent clause is connected to an independent clause, they form a ..... A) Complex sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Conjunction. D) Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex sentence. 30. Which sentence demonstrates proper sentence fluency? A) The cat sat on the mat. The dog sat on the mat. B) The cat and the dog sat on the mat together. C) The cat sat on the mat, and the dog sat on the mat. D) The cat sat on the mat, the dog sat on the mat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat and the dog sat on the mat together. 31. Which is the best example of sentence fluency? A) Go to sleep, but first wash your face. B) Your face should be washed before. C) Wash your face before you go to sleep. D) Before sleeping, wash your face. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wash your face before you go to sleep. 32. Which feature is most typical of a choppy sentence style? A) Varied sentence lengths and structures. B) One sentence with clear connections. C) Many short, simple sentences in a row. D) Long sentences joined correctly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many short, simple sentences in a row. 33. The subject names the A) Person, place, or thing. B) Action. C) Receiver of the action. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person, place, or thing. 34. By the side of the babbling brook A) Sentence-question mark. B) Sentence-period. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Sentence-exclamation point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence Fragment. 35. Which is the best way to combine these two sentences?Luke Bryan is a country singer. He is the best singer in the world. A) Luke Bryan is a country singer, but he is the best in the world. B) Luke Bryan, a country singer, is the best singer in the world. C) Luke Bryan is the best in the world, he is a country singer. D) Luke Bryan is the best country singer in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Luke Bryan is the best country singer in the world. 36. While not necessary to be complete sentence, THIS will help give us more information about the sentence. A) A verb. B) A subject. C) An object. D) A preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An object. 37. Decide what STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE is used in the given below.When we won the debate championship last year, our group danced for joy, and our classmates and teachers hooted. A) Compound-Complex Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-Complex Sentence. 38. What is the main focus of sentence fluency? A) Correct punctuation usage. B) The flow and rhythm of sentences. C) The length of sentences. D) The complexity of sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The flow and rhythm of sentences. 39. Which contains an adjective? (describes a person, place, object or thing) A) The blue boat. B) The rain falls. C) She sings loudly. D) The dog barks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The blue boat. 40. Words used to connect clauses and sentences A) Dependent clauses. B) Conjunctions. C) Compound sentences. D) Independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunctions. 41. Yesterday is the day before today. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 42. What kind of a sentence is this? (*Remember to isolate the subject and verb(s) first!)What kind of a sentence is this? A) Dependent clause. B) Compound. C) Run-on. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 43. The odor of old, rotten garbage is pleasant. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 44. What does the author mean when they say, "She is as slow as a sloth." A) She is really slow. B) She can climb trees like a sloth. C) She is really. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is really slow. 45. Combing her hair causes it to become tangled. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 46. Choose the best adjective in parentheses to complete each sentence.Missing meals is ..... than eating regular meals. (worse, worst) A) Worse. B) Worst. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worse. 47. The sun is extremely hot inside, but it's surface is hotter. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) False. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 48. We built sand castles.We built forts. A) We built sand castles and built forts. B) We built sand castles and forts. C) We built sand castles and we built forts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We built sand castles and forts. 49. Decide what STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE is used in the given below.The teacher walked into the classroom, greeted the students, and took attendance. A) Compound Sentence. B) Complex Sentence. C) Compound-Complex Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple Sentence. 50. Which example uses a question sentence (interrogatory) to add more interest? A) What is your name?. B) What is your name? Is your name Elizabeth?. C) She asked, "What is your name?" Then I replied, "It's Brooke.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asked, "What is your name?" Then I replied, "It's Brooke.". 51. This word means the same thing as emotional A) Thrilling. B) Moving. C) Sad. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moving. 52. What struture of sentence contains two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Dependent clauses can refer to the subject (who, which) the sequence/time (since, while), or the causal elements (because, if) of the independent clause? A) Simple Sentence. B) Complex Sentence. C) Compound-Complex Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex Sentence. 53. Choose the right conjunction to fit in the following sentence:"There are things I am supposed to do, ..... there are some things I'm not supposed to do." A) For. B) And. C) Nor. D) But. E) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And. 54. Mr. Henderson read the ..... at the end of each day to catch up on the news. A) Coopers. B) Alphabet. C) Newspaper. D) Tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Newspaper. 55. A dependent clause always begins with this. A) A coordinating conjunction. B) A subordinating conjunction. C) A compound sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A subordinating conjunction. 56. Identify the direct object in this sentence:The teacher gave her students an assignment. A) Assignment. B) Gave. C) Students. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assignment. 57. Identify the parenthetical phrase in the following sentence:The cat, a small and fluffy animal, purred contentedly. A) The cat. B) A small and fluffy animal. C) Purred contentedly. D) Identify the parenthetical phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A small and fluffy animal. 58. What is missing from the following sentence?"I kicked." A) Object. B) Verb. C) Subject. D) Nothing is missing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object. 59. Geographers and scientists ..... study the Earth and its features depend on maps. A) Whom. B) Who. C) Where. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who. 60. When something is over-priced and you cant afford it, it means that it is A) Boring. B) Over-rated. C) Expensive. D) Extravagant. 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