This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Simple Sentences – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Sentences Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the subject/subjects.Rita Dove and Robert Frost are two famous American poets. A) Rita Dove. B) Robert Frost. C) Rita Dove and Robert Frost. D) American poets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rita Dove and Robert Frost. 2. How many parts are there in a simple sentence? A) 2. B) 5. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 3. S, F, or RO:Jerome forgot his keys they are still in his locker. A) S. B) F. C) RO. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RO. 4. What type of sentence? Do you know how to get to the art room ..... A) Imperative (.). B) Interrogative (? ). C) Declarative (.). D) Exclamatory (!). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrogative (? ). 5. Identify the simple predicate in the sentence below:My sister and I like to eat pepperoni. A) Like. B) Eat. C) I like. D) Like to eat pepperoni. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Like. 6. Identify the subject/ subjects.Both owls and raccoons hunt at night. A) Owls and raccoons. B) Both. C) Night. D) Owls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Owls and raccoons. 7. What is the predicate of this sentence ..... The leaves turn red, yellow, and orange. A) Red, yellow, and orange. B) Turn red, yellow, and orange. C) The leaves. D) Leaves turn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn red, yellow, and orange. 8. Is it a simple sentence? -Tim went to the store, and he bought a new laptop for school. A) No. B) Yes. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 9. In order to have a complete sentence, there must be a subject, verb, and ..... A) A complete thought. B) A predicate. C) A noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A complete thought. 10. SSV simple sentences have ..... A) 2 subjects, 1 verb. B) 1 subject, 2 verbs. C) 2 subjects, 2 verbs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 subjects, 1 verb. 11. Our whole family likes spaghetti.The word 'spaghetti' is the ..... of the sentence. A) Subject. B) Verb. C) Object. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object. 12. Identify the simple subject in the sentence below:My sister and I like to eat pepperoni pizza. A) My sister and I. B) Sister and I. C) Sister, I. D) Pepperoni pizza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sister, I. 13. What is the subject in the following sentence? The student ran to his locker. A) Locker. B) Student. C) Ran. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Student. 14. The / between the subject and predicate:The clouds raced across the sky. A) The clouds. B) Across the. C) Clouds raced. D) Raced across. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clouds raced. 15. Which sentence has "why" information? A) He slept until 10 a.m. B) He slept at home. C) He slept with his teddy bear. D) He slept because he was super tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He slept because he was super tired. 16. What is the subject of this sentence ..... The funny circus clown told jokes. A) Told jokes. B) The funny. C) Clown told. D) The funny circus clown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The funny circus clown. 17. Megan ate too much food. A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Sentence. 18. Which clause is dependent? Until the sun sets, we can play outside. A) We. B) Until the sun sets. C) Can play. D) We can play outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until the sun sets. 19. Is the sentence simple, compound or complex? A) Simple sentence. B) Complex sentence. C) Compound sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 20. What is the SUBJECT in the following sentence:My dog ran away. A) Away. B) Ran. C) My. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dog. 21. Simple sentences are (also known as) ..... A) Predicates. B) Subjects. C) Independent clauses. D) Fragments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent clauses. 22. What is the best way to combine these sentences into a complex sentence? I hate broccoli.My mother makes me eat it. A) Even though I hate broccoli, my mother makes me eat it. B) I hate broccoli, but my mother makes me eat it. C) I hate broccoli, so my mother makes me eat it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Even though I hate broccoli, my mother makes me eat it. 23. On the weekend, My friends come and visit me. What sentence is this? A) SV. B) SSVV. C) SSV. D) SVV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SVV. 24. What is this sentence missing? The dewan makan a new table. A) A subject. B) A verb. C) A subject or a verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A verb. 25. Learning all this grammar is important because ..... A) It will help you write excellent sentences. B) It is so much fun. C) It will impress the girls/guys. D) It isn't really very important. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It will help you write excellent sentences. 26. What is this sentence missing? At five o'clock. A) A subject. B) A verb. C) A subject or a verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A subject or a verb. 27. What is the complete subject on the given sentence? Her mom and dad call her every day. A) Her mom and dad. B) Her mom. C) Dad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her mom and dad. 28. What type of sentence is this? My mother went shopping today. A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative. 29. Which sentence follows the formula SV (when): A) He played a game and watched a movie at home. B) She danced until midnight. C) He and his family are excited for the movie. D) Rawan and Rzan made kebab and ate it with their friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She danced until midnight. 30. I like playing Quizizz quizzes, but sometimes I don't do too well. A) Simple sentence. B) Compound-complex sentence. C) Compound sentence. D) Complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound sentence. 31. Identify the following group of words:It is in the back. A) Fragment (incomplete). B) Run-on sentence. C) Simple sentence. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple sentence. 32. His friends are nice to him. A) SSV. B) SSVV. C) SV. D) SVV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SV. 33. After we left the movie theatre, we noticed a dent in Roger's car door. A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex Sentence. 34. Today I have an English quiz, and I must turn in the outline for my project. A) Simple sentence. B) Compound-complex sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound sentence. 35. "Mr. Shaun loves biryani" is a ..... sentence. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 36. In the simple sentence, "After school, I will study, " which clause is the INDEPENDENT clause? A) Will study. B) After school,. C) I will study. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I will study. 37. Identify the subject in the sentence:Jake rode the motorcycle around the block. A) Motorcycle. B) Jake. C) Rode. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jake. 38. Modifies (describes) adjectives, verbs, adverbs A) Adjectives. B) Adverbs. C) Conjunctions. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbs. 39. What is the complete thought of the sentence? Our family went out to eat. A) Out. B) Our family. C) Went. D) Out to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out to eat. 40. Read the group of words below. How could you change it to make it a compound sentence? It's cold in the winter, it's hot in the summer. A) Add a comma after "cold". B) Take out the comma after "winter". C) Add the word "and" after the comma. D) Add the word "months" after summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Add the word "and" after the comma. 41. What is the subject in this sentence? My parents cooked a delicious meal. A) Meal. B) My parents. C) Delicious Meal. D) Cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My parents. 42. Create a simple sentence by placing the words in the correct order.my, uncle, two, sons, has A) Sons two has my uncle/. B) Two sons have my uncle. C) Sons two has my uncle. D) My uncle has two sons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My uncle has two sons. 43. He and his friends went down the slide and ran around the park. A) SSV. B) SVV. C) SV. D) SSVV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SSVV. 44. What is the formula for a simple sentence? A) 2 independent clauses. B) 1 dependent clause + 1 independent clause. C) There is no formula. It's just a simple sentence. D) 1 independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 independent clause. 45. Identify the subordinating conjunction:Since I am 16, I can drive. A) I. B) Since. C) Drive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 46. Identify the conjunction (if one is present) and the type of sentence:We paid for the caps before we were off the team. A) Simple. B) Were, compound. C) Before, complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before, complex. 47. Complete the sentence with the coordinating conjunction that make sense.Uma baked banana bread, ..... she gave some to her neighbor. A) So. B) For. C) But. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) And. 48. Choose the correct formula for the sentence.On my grandfather's birthday, we gave him a gift and made a cake. A) SSV. B) SSVV. C) SV. D) SVV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SVV. 49. We enjoyed our day because we were allowed to choose our reading. A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex Sentence. 50. What is the simple subject on the given sentence? A dog with brown and white spots ran by my bus today. A) Dog. B) Dog with brown spots. C) Dog with brown and white spots. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog. 51. Identify the conjunction (if one is present) and the type of sentence:The keys are under the table. A) Simple sentence. B) Are, compound. C) Are, complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 52. Why isn't this a simple sentence? I walked to the park with my dog and played fetch. A) A. too many subjects. B) B. too many verbs (walked/played). C) C. both a & b. D) It is a simple sentence!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. both a & b. 53. My naughty puppy chewed on my shoes. A) Main noun. B) Predicate. C) Main verb. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Main verb. 54. An example of a dependent clause A) Stayed up late. B) I stayed up late. C) Because I stayed up late. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because I stayed up late. 55. What is the complete 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. 56. Which word best completes the sentence? I didn't study for the test, so I was very ..... about getting my grade back. A) Commotion. B) Banish. C) Apprehensive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apprehensive. 57. In the simple sentence, "After school, I will study, " which clause is dependent? A) I will study. B) I. C) Will study. D) After school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After school. 58. What is the correct way to combine the following two simple sentences into a compound sentence? Wishbone wanted to take a nap. He was too busy reading. A) Wishbone wanted to take a nap, he was too busy reading. B) Wishbone wanted to take a nap, since he was too busy reading. C) Since Wishbone wanted to take a nap, he was too busy reading. D) Wishbone wanted to take a nap, but he was too busy reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wishbone wanted to take a nap, but he was too busy reading. 59. SV simple sentences have ..... A) No subject, 1 verb. B) 1 subject, 1 verb. C) 2 subjects, 2 verbs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 subject, 1 verb. 60. What conjunction would you use to join the 2 simple sentences? Pufflings eat a lot. They keep their parents busy. A) And. B) But. C) Or. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. ← 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