This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Compound Sentences – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Compound Sentences Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the role of a comma in a compound sentence? A) To separate items in a list. B) To join two independent clauses with a conjunction. C) To end a sentence. D) To introduce a quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To join two independent clauses with a conjunction. 2. Dogs make good pets, but cats also make good pets. A) This is a simple sentence. B) This is a compound sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is a compound sentence. 3. Identify the following sentence as a simple or compound sentence:The pizza had pepperoni and sausage. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 4. Cherry's speech was very funny. A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 5. Clothes and shoes scattered around the room. A) Run-On Sentence. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Compound Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence Fragment. 6. Which sentence is correctly created as a compound sentence with an adverbial conjunction? A) You are quite intelligent, you don't think before you act. B) You are quite intelligent, but you don't think before you act. C) You are quite intelligent; however, you don't think before you act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You are quite intelligent; however, you don't think before you act. 7. Does this sentence need a comma?He drove to the movie theater for the afternoon. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 8. Identify the following sentence as a simple or compound sentence:I love to look at plants. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 9. Identify the following sentence as a simple or compound sentence:Studying and memorizing important information is important. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 10. What is the best way to combine the sentences?The ball is mine. You can play with it. A) The ball is mine you can play with it. B) Or this ball is mine, you can play with it. C) This ball is mine, but you can play with it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This ball is mine, but you can play with it. 11. Identify the type of sentence:'Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.' A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 12. I cannot babysit for the Garcias on Friday night nor can I babysit on Saturday.Which of the following fixes the grammar problem? A) Garcias,. B) There isn't a problem. C) Night,. D) Nor,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Night,. 13. They spoke to him in English, A) But he responded in Spanish. B) And he was afraid. C) Or he was quiet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But he responded in Spanish. 14. When we get in the car. A) Simple Sentece. B) Compound Sentence. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Run-On Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence Fragment. 15. Is the following sentence a Simple sentence or a Compound sentence?" Mrs. Musto and Mrs. Gambler ate an entire pizza during lunch. '' A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Sentence. 16. We can have pizza for supper, ..... we can have burgers. A) Or. B) Yet. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 17. Is the following sentence simple or compound? A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 18. Choose the correct conjunction to complete the compound sentence:'He was tired, ..... he went to bed early.' A) So. B) And. C) Or. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 19. William was not feeling well, so he was taken to the hospital. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 20. Simple or Compound?5) Students volunteered after school, so the soup kitchen was well-staffed. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 21. Which punctuation mark is used before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence? A) Dash. B) Comma. C) Colon. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma. 22. Which coordinating conjunction would correctly combine these two sentences?Tony loves to play baseball, ..... he asks for a new bat every Christmas. A) And. B) So. C) Because. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So. 23. He doesn't speak English, ..... he speaks Italian. A) And. B) But. C) Or. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 24. "for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so" are all called what? A) Prepositions. B) Subordinating conjunctions. C) Adverbs. D) Coordinating conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coordinating conjunctions. 25. What is another term for SWABIS? A) Conjunctions. B) Subordinating Conjunctions. C) Coordinating Conjunctions. D) Adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinating Conjunctions. 26. We bought tickets to the hockey and basketball games. A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Sentence. 27. Complete the sentence:He didn't study for the exam, ..... he passed with flying colors. A) So. B) Nor. C) Yet. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yet. 28. Timmy loves to play basketball, ..... he doesn't have a basketball. A) Or. B) But. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 29. Is the following sentence a Simple Sentence or a Compound Sentence?My dad told me to finish my online assignments, so I can play video games with my friends. A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound Sentence. 30. Complete this sentence to make a compound sentence:You must eat your vegetables at dinner first, ..... A) Because you won't get any dessert. B) And you won't get any dessert. C) Or you won't get any dessert. D) So you won't get any dessert. 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