This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Structure And Types – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Structure And Types Quiz 4 (51 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The purpose of a statement (also called a DECLARATIVE) is to ..... A) Order. B) Ask. C) Show strong feeling. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tell. 2. I didn't miss my salamander because he was slimy, and he smelled awful. A) Compound-Complex. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-Complex. 3. Analyze the sentence structure:The book on the table belongs to Sarah. A) Subject-Object-Verb. B) Object-Subject-Verb. C) Verb-Subject-Object. D) Subject-Verb-Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject-Verb-Object. 4. Analyze the sentence structure:The sun sets in the west. A) Subject-Verb-Adjective. B) Object-Verb-Prepositional Phrase. C) Subject-Verb-Prepositional Phrase. D) Subject-Adverb-Prepositional Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject-Verb-Prepositional Phrase. 5. He watched television, but he only understood the Spanish language channels. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 6. One which consists of at least a minimum of one dependent clause and one independent clause, combined by a subordinating conjunction. A) Compound-complex. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 7. What is the structure type of the sentence:'Scientists continue to make new discoveries about our cosmic neighborhood.'? A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 8. Mitch plays with blocks while he waits for his dad.What type of sentence is this? A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 9. It was the worst day of my life. A) Compound-Complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 10. What should you ALWAYS identify FIRST in a sentence? A) Subject. B) Nouns. C) Verb. D) Prepositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 11. Identify the part of the sentence written in red:Whenever the wind blows, our satellite stops working. A) Subordinate Clause. B) Adverb phrase. C) Independent Clause. D) Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate Clause. 12. A sentence with multiple subjects and multiple verbs can probably be the following sentence except A) Compound Sentence. B) Complex Sentence. C) Simple Sentence. D) Compound Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple Sentence. 13. What is the structure type of the sentence:'Eight planets, including Earth, orbit this incredible star, each one unique in its own way.'? A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 14. Identify the sentence type:They went to the beach last weekend. A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declarative. 15. Analyze the sentence structure:The birds chirped loudly in the morning. A) Subject-Verb-Adverbial Phrase-Object. B) Complement-Subject-Verb-Adverbial Phrase. C) Adverbial Phrase-Subject-Verb-Complement. D) Subject-Verb-Adverbial Phrase-Complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject-Verb-Adverbial Phrase-Complement. 16. What are the four subtopics of sentence structure types? A) Simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences. B) Declarative sentences, interrogative sentences, imperative sentences, and exclamatory sentences. C) Simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences. D) Subject-verb agreement, verb tense consistency, parallel structure, and pronoun-antecedent agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences. 17. What type of conjunction is associated with complex sentences? A) Coordinating. B) Subordinating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinating. 18. At least 2 independent clauses joined to 1 or more subordinate clauses make up which type of sentence? A) Compound-Complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-Complex. 19. Analyze the sentence structure:The cat chased the mouse. A) Verb-Object-Subject. B) Object-Subject-Verb. C) Subject-Object-Verb. D) Subject-Verb-Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject-Verb-Object. 20. What is the structure type of the sentence:'The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter contains millions of rocky objects, while the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune holds icy bodies and dwarf planets.'? A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 21. What is the structure type of the sentence:'Earth is just one small part of our vast solar system.'? A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 22. What type of conjunction is at the beginning of a dependent clause? A) Coordinating. B) Subordinating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinating. 23. Superheroes save the world while the rest of us sleep. What type of sentence is this? A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 24. What is one complete thought called? A) Complex Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Simple Sentence. D) Compound-Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple Sentence. 25. Annual plants survive only one season, but perennials return each year with new flowers and foliage. A) Complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 26. Now, the memories seemed bittersweet, and I wanted him to live again. A) Compound. B) Compound-Complex. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 27. Identify the following sentence type:If you plan to go to college, you should try to get good grades now because school will only become more difficult. A) Compound-Complex. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 28. Determine the structure of the following sentence:Kimmie read about China because she wanted to know more about pandas. A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex sentence. 29. Which type of sentence ALWAYS expresses strong feeling? A) A command (imperative). B) An exclamation (exclamatory). C) A question (interrogative). D) A statement (declarative). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An exclamation (exclamatory). 30. Mitch plays with blocks.What type of sentence is this? A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 31. What type of conjunction is in this sentence?As the trip to the mountains ended, the family took one last picture in front of the cabin. A) Coordinating. B) Subordinating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinating. 32. What is the independent clause in this sentence?Mary was late to work because of morning traffic. A) Mary was late to work. B) Because of morning traffic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary was late to work. 33. Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex?We like pizza and we like spaghetti. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 34. Although he is cute, his friends do not like him.The sentence above is a ..... A) Complex Sentence. B) Simple Sentence. C) Compound Complex Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex Sentence. 35. A type of sentence that contains at least three clauses-two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses-which equates to three sets of subjects and verbs A) Compound. B) Compound-complex. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound-complex. 36. Is there an indirect object in the following sentence?:Grandma and Grandpa brought us gifts from their vacation. A) No, it doesn't include one. B) Yes! It's "us". C) No, there wasn't a direct object. D) Yes! It's "gifts". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes! It's "us". 37. What type of sentence is this?The weather was getting worse, so we packed up our campsite. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 38. Where do you correctly insert a comma? We own a motorcycle and we have three electric bikes. A) We own a motorcycle and, we have three electric bikes. B) We own a motorcycle and we have, three electric bikes. C) We own a motorcycle, and we have three electric bikes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We own a motorcycle, and we have three electric bikes. 39. I didn't have to feed my frog for a week after he ate my salamander. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 40. What is the term used for a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause? A) Compound-complex sentence. B) Dependent clause sentence. C) Compound sentence. D) Complex-compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-complex sentence. 41. Her left arm was badly broken at the wrist during the car accident.This is ..... A) A simple sentence. B) A compound sentence. C) A complex sentence. D) (none are correct). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simple sentence. 42. I gave him his own pond and fed him daily. A) Complex. B) Compound-Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 43. Label the following sentence:The drummers played a long time, but the piano players stopped early A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 44. Those clouds promise snow; we might get another snow day off from school.This is ..... A) A simple sentence. B) A compound sentence. C) A complex sentence. D) (none are correct). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A compound sentence. 45. What is the structure type of the sentence:'Uranus and Neptune, the ice giants, complete our planetary family with their blue-green colors and unique features.'? A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 46. Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex?We really like pizza. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 47. Ali is athletic that he plays football everyday.The sentence above is a ..... A) Complex Sentence. B) Compound Complex Sentence. C) Simple Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex Sentence. 48. Identify the word written in red in the following sentence:We had planned to attend the reunion, but our flight was cancelled. A) Relative Pronoun. B) Coordinating Conjunction. C) Preposition. D) Subordinating Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coordinating Conjunction. 49. The trees lose their leaves.What type of sentence is this? A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 50. Every fortnightly, Ali and his brothers often travel to Singapore by air.The sentence above is a ..... A) Complex Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Compound Complex Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple Sentence. 51. Recognize imperative and exclamatory sentences:Help me with this math problem. A) This math problem is difficult. B) Can you help me?. C) Solve this math problem. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSentence Structure And Types Quiz 1Sentence Structure And Types Quiz 2Sentence Structure And Types Quiz 3Adverbial Fronting With Inversion QuizAgreement Rules QuizClause Complex QuizCleft Pseudo Cleft Transformation QuizCleft Transformation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books