This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Simple Sentences – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Sentences Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... so happy about it. (not be) A) Didn't be. B) Wasn't. C) Weren't. D) Didn't were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't. 2. Which of the following end marks are needed?Stop banging your brother's head on the table A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation point. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamation point. 3. The ..... tells us who or what in the sentence. A) Predicate. B) Simple Sentence. C) Independent Clause. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 4. An ..... is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate. A) Subject. B) Simple Sentence. C) Independent Clause. D) Predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent Clause. 5. True or False:Simple sentences can have adjectives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. We saw him at the movieWhat punctuation mark does this sentence need? A) ?. B) ;. C) !. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . 7. What is the purpose of a predicate? A) Tells who or what the sentence is about. B) Shows the location of the subject. C) Tells what the subject does or is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tells what the subject does or is. 8. Identify the subject in the simple sentence:'The scientist conducts experiments daily.' A) Experiments daily. B) Conducts experiments. C) Conducts. D) The scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The scientist. 9. Love to / I / . / books / read A) I love to books read. B) I love to read books. C) I books read to love. D) I read books love to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I love to read books. 10. Choose the correct sentence to complete the thought:The flowers ..... A) Bloom in spring. B) Because they bloom in spring. C) Bloom in spring and are beautiful. D) When they bloom in spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bloom in spring. 11. When Papa asked me to do important things like that, it made me feel as big as the Ozark Mountains. A) Simple sentence. B) Not a simple sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not a simple sentence. 12. Complete the sentence:Last weekend, we ..... to the beach. A) Went. B) Goes. C) Go. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 13. I love rain or snow. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 14. Which word in the following sentence is a noun? The cat is sleeping. A) The. B) Is. C) Cat. D) Sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cat. 15. My father drive a ..... A) Bicycle. B) Motorcycle. C) Car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Car. 16. True or False:Simple sentences can express complex ideas. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Identify the independent clause in the following sentence:The sun is shining. A) The sun is. B) Is shining. C) The sun. D) The sun is shining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun is shining. 18. The prisioner and his friend escaped. A) Compund subject. B) Simple subject. C) Compund verb. D) Simple verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compund subject. 19. What's the synonym of 'myths'? A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiction. 20. Did Ann and Paul go to school yesterday? A) Yes, they did. B) Yes, Ann and Paul did. C) Yes, he does. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, they did. 21. A sentence that contains two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction (fanboys) or a semicolon. A) Simple sentence. B) Fragment. C) Compound sentence. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound sentence. 22. Combine these sentences using a conjunction:The dog barked loudly. The cat ran away. A) The dog barked loudly, and the cat ran away. B) The dog barked loudly, the cat ran away. C) The dog barked loudly or the cat ran away. D) The dog barked loudly but the cat ran away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog barked loudly, and the cat ran away. 23. What is the simple subject?Billy ran to the door. A) To. B) Billy. C) Ran. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Billy. 24. Change the negative sentence 'I do not like apples' into an interrogative sentence. A) Do not I like apples?. B) I do like apples?. C) Do I not like apples?. D) Do I like apples?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do I not like apples?. 25. We were living in a brand-new country that had just been opened up for settlement. A) Simple sentence. B) Not a simple sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 26. He ..... swimming in summer. A) Go. B) Goes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 27. What does the "S" in the PENS method of writing simple sentence stand for? A) Search the subject and verb. B) Search the classroom. C) Search and check. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Search and check. 28. My-uncle-two-sons-has. A) Two sons has my uncle. B) Has two sons my uncle. C) My uncle has two sons. D) Sons two has my uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My uncle has two sons. 29. MY FATHER ..... A CAR. A) DIDN'T BOUGHT. B) BUIED. C) BUY. D) DIDN'T BUY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DIDN'T BUY. 30. Complete the sentence:My sister ..... a new book yesterday. A) Buys. B) Buy. C) Buying. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought. 31. They celebrate Christmas ..... December. A) At. B) On. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 32. Choose the correct past simple form of the verb: "They (to eat) dinner at 7 PM." A) Eats. B) Eating. C) Eated. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ate. 33. There is an annual Christmas tree lighting. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 34. I ..... a strawberry cake. A) Cry. B) Buy. C) Drink. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buy. 35. Identify the following as a sentence or fragment.Jane and James are going to be late. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 36. What is the subject of this sentence?:A buzzing bee looked for nectar in the flower. A) A buzzing bee. B) Looked for nectar. C) In the flower. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A buzzing bee. 37. A simple sentence can have multiple verbs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. What is the complete subject in the sentence:The girls in fourth grade sang at the concert. A) The girls in fourth grade. B) The girls. C) Sang at the concert. D) Grade sang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girls in fourth grade. 39. ..... Chris ..... Alicia? (INTERROGATIVE) A) Do / Marries. B) Did / Marry. C) Do /Marry. D) Did / Marries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did / Marry. 40. The lion ..... when it gets angry. A) Chirps. B) Roars. C) Meows. D) Quacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roars. 41. Anpu and Bata loved each other very much. A) Compound predicate. B) Simple predicate. C) Compound subject. D) Simple subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound subject. 42. Every simple sentence must have a verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. We watched a new movie. I liked ..... movie. A) The. B) A. C) An. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The. 44. I like taking pictures with my ..... A) Camera. B) Towel. C) Book. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Camera. 45. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a simple sentence? A) Contains a subject and a verb. B) Expresses a complete thought. C) Contains multiple independent clauses. D) Can stand alone as a complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contains multiple independent clauses. 46. In most English sentences the subject comes before the predicate.the simple predicate is ..... A) Comes before. B) Comes. C) Before the predicate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comes. 47. What is the simple subject?Jose is cleaning his bedroom. A) His. B) Jose. C) Cleaning. D) Bedroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jose. 48. Carter painted the room.What is the VERB in this sentence? A) Carter. B) Painted. C) Room. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painted. 49. My sister ..... toasts for breakfast. A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Eated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 50. Identify the simple subject in the following sentence.The girl with the blue shirt pushed me in the dirt. A) Dirt. B) Girl. C) Shirt. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Girl. 51. Complete the sentence:During winter, the river ..... with ice. A) Freezes. B) Freezing. C) Freeze. D) Froze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freezes. 52. Simple Sentence Structure ..... A) Conveys multiple ideas. B) Conveys one main idea. C) Is difficult to Understand. D) Will lead to arguable information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conveys one main idea. 53. Any possible academic assistance from taking stimulants ..... marginal at best. A) As. B) There is. C) Is. D) It is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 54. Finish this sentence. All sentences begin with a ..... A) Noun. B) Lower case letter. C) Full stop. D) Capital letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capital letter. 55. We play with ..... toys. A) Their. B) Our. C) You. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our. 56. My dad ..... the news paper every morning. A) Read. B) Reads. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reads. 57. Bob always ..... (drink) tea in the morning. A) Is drink. B) Drink. C) Drinks. D) Does drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drinks. 58. Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence.I can jump higher than you! A) You. B) I. C) Higher. D) Can jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can jump. 59. Which of these is a simple sentence with a compound subject? A) Anna and Lisa study together. B) Anna studies and Lisa reads. C) When Anna studies, Lisa reads. D) Anna studies while Lisa reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anna and Lisa study together. 60. Combine the sentences correctly.I met Nancy first. I introduced her to all the kids. A) I met Nancy first and introduced her to all the kids. B) I met Nancy first and I introduced her to all the kids. C) I introduced her to all the kids first. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I met Nancy first and introduced her to all the kids. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSentence Structure QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSimple Sentences Quiz 1Simple Sentences Quiz 2Simple Sentences Quiz 3Simple Sentences Quiz 4Simple Sentences Quiz 5Simple Sentences Quiz 6Simple Sentences Quiz 7Simple Sentences Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books