This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Complex Sentences – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Complex Sentences Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best description of a compound-complex sentence. A) A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. B) A sentence with one independent clause and one dependent clause. C) A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a conjunction. D) A sentence with only one independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. 2. Which sentence is a correctly formed complex sentence and not a fragment? A) I was tired from soccer practice, so I went to bed early. B) Since I was tired from soccer practice. C) I was tired, I went to bed early. D) I went to bed early because I was tired from soccer practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I went to bed early because I was tired from soccer practice. 3. Mrs. McCoy enjoys hiking and spending time with her family. A) Compound Sentence. B) Simple Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Not a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple Sentence. 4. Identify the blue part:The rainforest is being destroyed because there is oil underneath it. A) Independent Clause. B) Run-on. C) Dependent Clause. D) Correctly Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent Clause. 5. Which sentence uses commas correctly in a complex sentence? A) I can go out to play if, I finish my chores. B) I, can go out to play if I finish my chores. C) If I finish my chores, I can go out to play. D) If I, finish my chores I can go out to play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If I finish my chores, I can go out to play. 6. The sentence below is a simple sentence.My mother and father wished me luck and drove me to the race. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Complete the sentence:When the sun sets, ..... A) The birds are chirping. B) We went home. C) The sky is dark. D) The stars shine bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The stars shine bright. 8. While Mom went into the post office, I read my Harry Potter book in the van. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 9. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of writing with complex sentences? A) It will make your ELAR teacher proud. B) I. C) It makes your writing boring. D) It makes your writing more interesting to read. E) It makes the relationship between ideas clear for your reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It makes your writing boring. 10. ..... he loves making Krabby patties, Spongebob is really good at his job. A) Since. B) Which. C) However. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 11. What kind of connecting word do you need in a compound sentence to connect both sentences? A) Coordinating conjunctions. B) Collective nouns. C) Subordinating conjunctions. D) Linking verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coordinating conjunctions. 12. Choose the option that correctly combines the two sentences into a compound sentence."I like to swim. My brother likes to play basketball." A) I like to swim, my brother likes to play basketball. B) Although I like to swim, my brother likes to play basketball. C) I like to swim, and my brother likes to play basketball. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I like to swim, and my brother likes to play basketball. 13. What is the best way to combine these two sentences into a single complex sentence? 'My brother is good at science. He wants to be a biologist.' A) My brother, who is good at science, wants to be a biologist. B) My brother is good at science, and he wants to be a biologist. C) My brother is good at science; he wants to be a biologist. D) Because my brother wants to be a biologist, he is good at science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother, who is good at science, wants to be a biologist. 14. What is the subordinating conjunction in the following sentence? "I stayed home because I was sick." A) Stayed. B) Home. C) Because. D) Sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because. 15. Complete the sentence:After we finished the project, we were tired, ..... we still went out for pizza. A) When. B) Nor. C) For. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yet. 16. True or False:When a dependent clause comes at the beginning of a sentence, you must place a comma after it. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. I want to be well-groomed ..... other people think nice things about me. A) So that. B) As soon as. C) So as not to. D) In order to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So that. 18. Which sentence correctly uses commas for a non-restrictive (non-essential) clause? A) My brother who is a senior, is captain of the team. B) My brother, who is a senior, is captain of the team. C) My brother who is a senior is captain of the team. D) The student, who is a senior, is captain of the team. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother, who is a senior, is captain of the team. 19. The campers stayed in the tent while the cold rain fell. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 20. Does this sentence need a comma? You need to grease the cake pan before you pour in the batter. A) After pan. B) No comma needed. C) After cake. D) After before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No comma needed. 21. True or False:In the sentence 'The student who finishes first can leave early, but they must be quiet, ' the clause 'who finishes first' is essential and should not have commas around it. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Now that football season is over, I am going to the weight room, and I am getting buff. A) Compound, complex. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound, complex. 23. ..... you sit down, please bring me the paper. A) Since. B) Before. C) And. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 24. Does this sentence need a comma? We couldn'y fly our kites because there was no wind. A) After kites. B) No comma needed. C) After fly. D) After because. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No comma needed. 25. True or False:'Because she was late, she missed the bus.' is a complex sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. We ran home and ate dinner. A) Complex sentence. B) NOT a complex sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NOT a complex sentence. 27. Is this a dependent clause or an independent clause?Since you came to class early, A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 28. He went on a great vacation although he was worried about getting his work done. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 29. Complete the sentence: ..... , we decided to watch a movie instead. A) Closed park. B) The park was closed. C) Parks are fun. D) Since the park was closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since the park was closed. 30. What type of sentence? Their robot can follow a simple path through a maze. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. 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