This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Simple Sentences – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Sentences Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We ..... to Medellin next week. A) Play. B) Go. C) Cry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 2. Is the following statement a simple sentence or a dependent clause?The birthday party will be a lot of fun. A) Dependent Clause. B) Simple Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple Sentence. 3. Choose the correct simple sentence. A) She runs every morning. B) Whenever I see her, she smiles. C) The boy who is wearing a red shirt is my brother. D) If it rains, we will stay indoors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She runs every morning. 4. Interrogative: ..... they ..... (like) swimming? A) Does they like. B) Does they likes. C) Do they likes. D) Do they like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do they like. 5. I waited almost an hour to get into the fair last night! A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 6. And she ..... (phone) for a taxi. A) Phoned. B) Phone. C) Phonet. D) Phont. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoned. 7. The-principal-very-is-kind. A) Is very kid the principal. B) The principal is very kind. C) The kind is the principal. D) Principal very is the kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The principal is very kind. 8. A simple sentence cannot have a compound verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Writing is challenging, and reading is challenging. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 10. Mary and I are walking and hiking the Appalachian Trail. A) SV. B) SSV. C) SSVV. D) SVV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SSVV. 11. What is missing from the following sentence?The students their lunch. A) There is no subject. B) There is no verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is no verb. 12. How would you correctly rewrite "The students are finishing their project" as a question? A) The students are finishing their project?. B) Finishing their project are the students?. C) Why the students are finishing their project?. D) Are the students finishing their project?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are the students finishing their project?. 13. He ..... his game A) Plays. B) Play to. C) Play. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plays. 14. We ..... pizza for dinner A) Ordering. B) Ordered. C) Orderended. D) Orders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ordered. 15. What is the complete predicate in the sentence:'My little brother always hides behind the living room couch.'? A) Hides. B) Hides behind the living room couch. C) Behind the living room couch. D) Always hides behind the living room couch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Always hides behind the living room couch. 16. What is the subject in the sentence:All of the flowers were blooming in the garden. A) Flowers. B) In the garden. C) Garden. D) All of the flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the flowers. 17. What is the COMPLETE subject?Jose and Lucas are riding bikes. A) Jose. B) Lucas. C) Riding bikes. D) Jose and Lucas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jose and Lucas. 18. Choose the correct negative form: "She (to finish) her homework." A) She did not finished her homework. B) She does not finish her homework. C) She didn't finish her homework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She didn't finish her homework. 19. Formulate an affirmative sentence using the verb 'to play'. A) She plays basketball on Fridays. B) They played video games yesterday. C) I play the piano every night. D) I play soccer every weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I play soccer every weekend. 20. My friends ..... very kind. A) Is. B) Are. C) Be. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 21. It/rain/yesterday afternoon (?) A) It rained yesterday afternoon?. B) Did it rain yesterday afternoon?. C) Did it rained yesterday afternoon?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did it rain yesterday afternoon?. 22. A simple sentence can include a conjunction. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Choose the simple sentence from the choices below. A) Allen and Henry ate hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner. B) We won the final game; it was so much fun. C) Although I am tired, I don't want to go home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allen and Henry ate hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner. 24. Skippy plays more than any of the other dogs because he has the most energy. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 25. What is the simple subject?Cara is shopping at Food Maxx. A) Cara. B) Shopping. C) Food Maxx. D) Shopping at Food Maxx. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cara. 26. Complete the sentence with the correct verb form:We ..... the game yesterday. A) Won. B) Win. C) Winning. D) Wins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Won. 27. A simple sentence can be called an independent clause because it can stand alone. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Interrogative: ..... he crazy? A) Am. B) Do. C) Is. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 29. What is the verb in the following sentence?Poetry connects to our lives. A) Our. B) Poetry. C) Connects. D) Lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connects. 30. Does Marcela ..... the house every day? A) Cleans. B) Clean. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clean. 31. What is the predicate of this sentence?:The pilot flew the airplane to Hawaii? A) Flew the airplane. B) To Hawaii. C) The pilot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flew the airplane. 32. What is the COMPLETE predicate?Fernanda was baking and cleaning this morning. A) Baking and cleaning this morning. B) Fernanda. C) Baking and cleaning. D) No correct answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baking and cleaning this morning. 33. We ..... videogames after school. A) Play. B) Plays. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play. 34. Daphne is usually so brave, yet she wouldn't ride the roller coaster. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 35. What is the best way to combine these sentences? He finished his homework. He went out to play. A) He finished his homework but he went out to play. B) He finished his homework or he went out to play. C) He finished his homework, he went out to play. D) He finished his homework, so he went out to play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He finished his homework, so he went out to play. 36. Choose the correct verb to complete this simple sentence:She ..... every morning. A) Jogging. B) Jogged. C) Jogs. D) Jog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jogs. 37. The cat and the dog yowled and howled, respectively. A) Simple subject. B) Compound subject and verb. C) Compound verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound subject and verb. 38. They ..... in Wroclaw when they were young A) Live. B) Lived. C) Liveed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 39. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a compound verb: A) She sings beautifully. B) She sings and dances. C) She sings because she loves music. D) She sings while she dances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She sings and dances. 40. The North Platte River ..... from Wyoming into Nebraska. A) It flowed. B) Flows. C) Flowing. D) With flowing water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flows. 41. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a simple sentence structure. A) She and her friend was going to the market. B) He runs fast every morning. C) They eats dinner together. D) We was late for the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He runs fast every morning. 42. Which sentence is a simple sentence with a compound predicate? A) Maria studied for the test, and she aced it. B) Maria studied for the test but forgot her pencil. C) Maria studied for the test and aced it. D) Because Maria studied, she aced the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maria studied for the test and aced it. 43. What is the subject of this sentence?:My closet has lots of clothes in it. A) Has lots of clothes. B) My closet. C) In it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My closet. 44. Ann ..... (help) me with my bags. A) Help. B) Helped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helped. 45. I (plan) a holiday last year (+) A) I planed a holiday last year. B) I plannd a holiday last year. C) I planned a holiday last year. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I planned a holiday last year. 46. Identify the complete predicate in the sentence: "The dog with muddy paws ran across the clean kitchen floor." A) Ran across the clean kitchen floor. B) Ran. C) Across the clean kitchen floor. D) The dog with muddy paws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ran across the clean kitchen floor. 47. Fill in the blank to form a simple sentence:The cat ..... on the warm windowsill. A) Sleep. B) Slept. C) Sleeps. D) Sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slept. 48. In a simple sentence, the subject can be implied. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Choose the most suitable word to complete the blankShe ..... very much last year, so she is overweight now. A) Cooked. B) Ate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 50. Dulce and Anthony are good students. A) Simple sentence. B) Fragment sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 51. Can RACE help you write your response? A) I don't know. B) I don't care. C) Yes. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 52. A simple predicate is typically what part of speech? A) Conjunction. B) Pronoun. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 53. Transform the interrogative sentence 'Do you play soccer?' into an affirmative sentence. A) You play soccer. B) They play soccer. C) I play soccer. D) You do not play soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You play soccer. 54. I drink ..... everyday. A) Rice. B) Water. C) Burger. D) Chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 55. Which word best completes this sentence using proper grammar? She ..... to school every day. A) Walked. B) Walk. C) Walking. D) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walks. 56. After dinner, she did her homework. A) Simple. B) Not simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 57. What is the subject in this sentence:My cousin likes to play with her puppy. A) Play. B) Puppy. C) Likes. D) My cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My cousin. 58. Gina loves the Ferris wheel, but she is afraid to ride the roller coaster. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 59. Fill in the blank with the verb that correctly agrees with the subject:A box of old comic books ..... in the attic. A) Are sitting. B) Were. C) Sit. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 60. Jeff ..... many photographs last weekend. A) Taken. B) Take. C) Takes. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took. 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