This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Fluency – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Fluency Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence is an example of sentence fluency? A) The car is red. The bike is blue. The bus is yellow. B) The car is red, the bike is blue, and the bus is yellow. C) The car is red and the bike is blue and the bus is yellow. D) The car is red; the bike is blue; the bus is yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The car is red, the bike is blue, and the bus is yellow. 2. Which sentence is fluent? A) He went to the park, he played soccer, he came home. B) He went to the park, played soccer, and came home. C) He went to the park and he played soccer and he came home. D) He went to the park; he played soccer; he came home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He went to the park, played soccer, and came home. 3. The use of specific and vivid language to paint a picture in the reader's mind A) Word choice. B) Organization. C) Ideas. D) Conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word choice. 4. Which of the following sentences needs improvement? (Choose the best option) A) I like to play soccer on the weekends. B) The weather is nice, and we decided to go for a walk. C) She running fast because she late for school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I like to play soccer on the weekends. 5. What is the structure of the following sentence? If you ever travel to Greece, be sure to visit the beautifully designed Acropolis Museum, with its spectacular collection of ancient Greek artifacts. A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound-Complex Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex Sentence. 6. What is the structure of the following sentence? Ms. Dudley launched her own business as a way to work for herself, and she also appreciated that the business provided an outlet for her creativity. A) Complex Sentence. B) Simple Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Compound-Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-Complex Sentence. 7. When we adopted the cutest puppy at the animal shelter. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 8. Choose the appropriate transition word to complete the sentence:She loves to read, ..... she also enjoys writing. A) And. B) Because. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But. 9. What is missing from this sentence?:I am here. A) Subject & Verb. B) Subject. C) Nothing is missing. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing is missing. 10. We rely on sun for light, but it is an ordinary star. A) Science. B) Negative. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound. 11. Dave took out ..... pencil. A) Yours. B) Ours. C) Mine. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His. 12. These are used to combine 2 simple sentences into 1 compound sentence. A) Subordinating conjunctions. B) Coordinating conjunctions. C) Complex sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coordinating conjunctions. 13. What is the best way to combine these sentences?Peter is a boy. He is the third fastest boy in my class. A) Peter, a boy, is the third fastest in my class. B) Peter is a boy, but he is the third fastest in my class. C) Peter is the third fastest boy in my class. D) The third fastest boy in my class, Peter is a boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peter is the third fastest boy in my class. 14. Why is sentence fluency important in writing? A) It makes writing more exciting. B) It helps sentences flow and sound natural. C) It ensures all sentences are long. D) It ensures all sentences are short. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It helps sentences flow and sound natural. 15. What kind of a sentence is this?The students want to learn, so they try their best every day. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Run on. D) Incomplete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 16. CAN STAND ALONE as a complete sentence A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 17. How can this writer start their sentence in a more interesting way? We have a cat. Her name is Macy. We love to play with Macy. Her favorite game is chase. A) "Meow, " that's our cat Macy. Zoom! There she goes, playing her favorite game of chase. B) Macy is our cat and we love to play chase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Meow, " that's our cat Macy. Zoom! There she goes, playing her favorite game of chase. 18. What are the nouns in the following sentence? I had never worn the sneakers to practice. A) Worn, sneakers. B) Never, practice. C) I, practice. D) Sneakers, practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sneakers, practice. 19. Which steps are needed when creating a compound sentence? A) 1) replace the period after the 1st sentence with a comma, 2) add a subordinating conjunction & 3) lower case the 2nd sentence. B) 1) replace the period after the 1st sentence and 2) lower case the 2nd sentence. C) 1) replace the period after the 1st sentence with a comma, 2) add a coordinating conjunction & 3) lower case the 2nd sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1) replace the period after the 1st sentence with a comma, 2) add a coordinating conjunction & 3) lower case the 2nd sentence. 20. Which sentence has two independent clauses combined with "and" to make 1 compound sentence? A) Kittens and puppies are the cutest baby animals. B) My favorite drinks are iced tea, lemonade, and fruit punch. C) The question was hard, and it required more time to complete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The question was hard, and it required more time to complete. 21. Is this a simple, compound or incomplete sentence?"I studied for the test, yet I failed miserably." A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Incomplete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 22. Is this a simple, compound or incomplete sentence?"The boys like racing and soap carving." A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Incomplete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 23. Identify the direct object in this sentence:The rock star sang her audience their favorite song. A) Audience. B) Sang. C) Rock star. D) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Song. 24. Choose the sentence with the best sentence fluency. A) I went to the store. I bought milk. I went home. B) I went to the store, bought milk, and went home. C) I went to the store and I bought milk and I went home. D) I went to the store, and I bought milk, and I went home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I went to the store, bought milk, and went home. 25. Which of the following is a parenthetical phrase in the given sentence? The sun, shining brightly, warmed the entire room. A) Warmed the entire room. B) The sun. C) Shining brightly. D) The given sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shining brightly. 26. Which word completes the following sentence:Miss Lee got papers from ..... drawer. A) Her. B) Mine. C) His. D) Our. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 27. Write a sentence using a parenthetical phrase to provide additional information about the main subject. A) I went to the store (which is located on Main Street) to buy some groceries. B) I went to the store (which is located on Mars) to buy some groceries. C) The cat (who can speak English) sat on the windowsill. D) She walked to the park (where unicorns live) to play with her friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I went to the store (which is located on Main Street) to buy some groceries. 28. The building is a tall tree in a small forest. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 29. Two or more independent clauses are connected improperly typically as a fused or comma splice. A) Complete sentence. B) Independent Clause. C) Dependent Clause. D) Run-on sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run-on sentence. 30. Which sentence has the best fluency? A) The children laughed. The adults smiled. The dogs barked. B) The children laughed, the adults smiled, and the dogs barked. C) The children laughed and the adults smiled and the dogs barked. D) The children laughed; the adults smiled; the dogs barked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children laughed, the adults smiled, and the dogs barked. 31. Tomas reads about how a delicious piece of blueberry pie tastes. He most likely responds by A) Remembering a field trip. B) Feeling hungry. C) Remembering a fluffy towel. D) Feeling cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling hungry. 32. What does it mean to read fluently? A) To get the words right. B) To read in an interesting way. C) To recognize words quickly. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 33. When 2 independent clauses are put together improperly into 1 sentence without punctuation or conjunctions to separate them A) Dependent clause. B) Run-on sentence. C) Comma splice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on sentence. 34. HOW CAN WE MAKE THESE SENTENCES MORE INTERESTING? We waited. We went in to see the doctor. We read a magazine. A) While we waited to see the doctor, we read a magazine. B) My dad and I waited. I waited and he waited to see the doctor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While we waited to see the doctor, we read a magazine. 35. Which sentence has good sentence fluency? A) I woke up, got dressed, and ate breakfast. B) I woke up. I got dressed. I ate. C) I woke up I got dressed I ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I woke up, got dressed, and ate breakfast. 36. What kind of a sentence is this? Simple or compound?The students want to learn. A) Simple vs. compound. B) Simple. C) Compound-compound. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 37. Identify the complete sentence:Running through the park and jumping over the fence. A) Running through the park and. B) The park and jumping over the fence. C) Running through the park and jumping. D) Running through the park and jumping over the fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running through the park and jumping over the fence. 38. What struture of sentence contains at least two independent clauses. These two independent clauses can be combined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction or with a semicolon? A) Compound-Complex Sentence. B) Complex Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound Sentence. 39. Read the sentence:I like soccer because it is fun and helps me stay active. How would you classify the fluency of this sentence? A) Choppy. B) Run-on. C) Smooth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 40. Independent clause; [conjunctive adverb], independent clause. Joining two independent clauses with a conjunctive adverb creates a ..... sentence. A) Simple sentence. B) Complex sentence. C) Compound sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound sentence. 41. A compound 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 a dependent clause and more than one independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has more than one independent clause connected by a coordinating conjunction or FANBOY. 42. If I don't know a word I should- A) Skip it and hope that I understand it after I finish the paragraph. B) Sound it out. Figure it out. Start the sentence over and read it fluently. C) Guess. D) Sound out the parts, guess, and move on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound it out. Figure it out. Start the sentence over and read it fluently. 43. Identify the properly composed sentence using the sequence words 'first', 'next', and 'finally'. A) First, I will go to the park, finally I will clean my room, and next, I will eat lunch. B) First, I will finish my homework, next I will have dinner, and finally, I will go to bed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First, I will finish my homework, next I will have dinner, and finally, I will go to bed. 44. Choose the sentence that uses "before" to begin the dependent clause. A) Before we met, I thought he was very nice. B) I went to the post office before I went to the bank. C) You learn to walk before you learn to run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before we met, I thought he was very nice. 45. One independent clause and at least one dependent clause combined with conjunctions and subordinators:who, which, since, while, because, if, though, even though, since, and although are to name a few. A) Compound sentence. B) Simple sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex sentence. 46. Name the subject in the sentence:Nathan asked a tricky question in Science class. A) Question. B) Asked. C) Tricky. D) Nathan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nathan. 47. A 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 a dependent clause and more than one independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has a dependent clause and an independent clause. 48. True or false:There is only one way to fix a run on sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. Decide what STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE is used in the given below.Juan played football, yet Juanita went shopping. A) Compound Sentence. B) Compound-Complex Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound Sentence. 50. Choose the appropriate transition word to complete the sentence:I was tired, ..... I went to bed early. A) So. B) Because. C) Meanwhile. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 51. Which of the following sentences is an example of correct compound sentence structure? A) It was raining; but we went for a walk. B) Although it was raining, but we went for a walk. C) It was raining, but we went for a walk. D) It was raining we went for a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was raining, but we went for a walk. 52. Which is the opposite? A) Calm. B) Relaxing. C) Peaceful. D) Tiring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tiring. 53. Is this a sentence?-Until tomorrow. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 54. We wondered who/whom the book was about. A) Whom. B) Who. C) Who. D) Whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whom. 55. Read the sentences:I like soccer. I play after school. I play with friends. How would you classify the fluency of these sentences when read together? A) Smooth. B) Run-on. C) Choppy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choppy. 56. Stars are found in outer space. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 57. A search; pursuit A) Extrovert. B) Quest. C) Traumatic. D) Poignant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quest. 58. Which word in the sentence is powerful and striking? The magnificent castle stood tall and proud on the hill. A) Magnificent. B) Tiny. C) Boring. D) Plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnificent. 59. The use of proper sentence structure A) Voice. B) Organization. C) Sentence fluency. D) Conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence fluency. 60. Identify the run-on sentence:The sun is shining brightly it's a beautiful day for a picnic. A) The sun is shining, brightly, it's a beautiful day for a picnic. B) The sun is shining brightly, it's a beautiful day for a picnic. C) The sun is shining brightly it's a beautiful day for a picnic. D) The sun is shining, brightly it's a beautiful day for a picnic. 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