This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Fluency – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Fluency Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the run-on sentence:I like to play outside I also enjoy reading books. A) I like to play outside, and I also enjoy reading books. B) I like to play outside, I also enjoy reading books. C) I like to play outside I also enjoy reading books. D) I like to play outside, because I also enjoy reading books. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I like to play outside I also enjoy reading books. 2. A double amount is two times the original. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 3. Which version shows smoother sentence fluency? A) I like school. School is fun. School is important. B) I like school because it is fun and important. A) Neither version shows smooth fluency. B) Version A shows smoother fluency. C) Both versions are equally smooth. D) Version B shows smoother fluency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Version B shows smoother fluency. 4. Decide what STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE is used in the given below.Reggie passed the test because he studied hardand understood the material. A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound-Complex Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex Sentence. 5. What is the antecedent for the red pronoun?The girls sang their favorite song. A) Sang. B) Favorite. C) The girls. D) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The girls. 6. What sentence type is this?The surface, or photosphere, is frequently studied. A) Compound. B) Evidence. C) Science. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 7. Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence:I ate my popcorn while I watched my favorite movie. A) I ate my popcorn. B) While I watched my favorite movie. C) While. D) Ate and watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While I watched my favorite movie. 8. How should the following sentence be changed?The big, ugly ghost flew around asking, "Are you scared of me? A) Delete the comma after asking. B) Change scared to scaring. C) Add quotation marks after scared. D) Add quotation marks after the question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add quotation marks after the question mark. 9. Read the sentence:I like soccer I play after school it is fun. How would you classify the fluency of this sentence? A) Run-on. B) Choppy. C) Smooth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 10. What is the best way to improve sentence fluency? A) Use more adjectives. B) Use more conjunctions. C) Vary sentence length and structure. D) Use more complex vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vary sentence length and structure. 11. What two things make a sentence? A) Subject (noun) + Verb. B) Subject (noun) + Adjective. C) Verb + Adverb. D) Subject + Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject (noun) + Verb. 12. Identify the indirect object in this sentence:The rock star sang her audience their favorite song. A) Rock star. B) Sang. C) Audience. D) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 13. Which example is a compound sentence? A) I didn't finish my work at school, but I plan to when I get home. B) I didn't finish my work at school. C) I plan to finish my work when I get home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I didn't finish my work at school, but I plan to when I get home. 14. Why is it important to have sentence fluency? A) So our sentences are exciting. B) So our sentences flow and sound right when you read them. C) So our sentences are all long. D) So our sentences are all short. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So our sentences flow and sound right when you read them. 15. Happy is the opposite of glad. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 16. A bookcase is a piece of furniture made of cotton. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 17. What kind of a sentence is this?The principal has high expectations. A) Negative. B) Interrogative. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 18. What kind of sentence is this?The principal has high expectations, and the teachers care. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Fiction. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 19. Choose the sentence that demonstrates sentence fluency. A) The flowers are blooming. The bees are buzzing. The sun is shining. B) The flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing, and the sun is shining. C) The flowers bloom, the bees buzz, the sun shines. D) The flowers are blooming and the bees are buzzing and the sun is shining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing, and the sun is shining. 20. Read the sentence:I woke up, ate breakfast, and went to school. How does this sentence sound when read aloud? A) Choppy. B) Run-on. C) Smooth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 21. Add the correct punctuation to the following sentence:I like to play soccer, basketball and tennis A) I like to play soccer, basketball and tennis. B) I like to play soccer, basketball, and tennis. C) I like to play soccer basketball, and tennis. D) I like to play soccer, basketball and tennis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I like to play soccer, basketball, and tennis. 22. What is the object in this sentence?"He threw the glass bottle on the street." A) The Glass Bottle. B) On the Street. C) He. D) Threw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Glass Bottle. 23. Feeling or emotion of writing; this trait shows the personality of the writer A) Voice. B) Conventions. C) Word choice. D) Sentence fluency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voice. 24. Read the sentence:I like math, science, and English because they help me learn. How does this sentence sound when read aloud? A) Choppy. B) Run-on. C) Smooth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 25. A fence can be used to surround a property. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 26. What is/are the proper noun(s) in this sentence?Do the alligators in Everglades National Park look scary? A) Alligators. B) Everglades National Park. C) Scary. D) Look. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everglades National Park. 27. A group of related words that has its own subject and predicate A) Phrase. B) Comma. C) Clause. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clause. 28. Birds make cobwebs to catch bugs. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 29. An author's job is to bake cakes. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 30. Electricity produces power for operating lights and machinery. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSentence Fluency Quiz 1Sentence Fluency Quiz 2Sentence Fluency Quiz 3Sentence Fluency Quiz 4Sentence Fluency Quiz 5Sentence Fluency Quiz 6Sentence Fluency Quiz 7Sentence Fluency Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books