This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Simple Sentences – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Sentences Quiz 20 (44 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the complete thought of the sentence? Reggie is looking for a job after school. A) Is. B) Looking. C) Reggie. D) For a job after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For a job after school. 2. An abrupt remark, shows emotion A) Article. B) Preposition. C) Conjunction. D) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interjection. 3. Which word best completes the sentence? If it weren't for all the ....., I would be able to think more clearly. A) Headway. B) Commotion. C) Banish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commotion. 4. Which clause cannot stand alone? A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) Subordinating conjunction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent clause. 5. The most important thing to remember about simple sentences is: A) They never have more than one subject or more than one predicate. B) They have to be long. C) They must have an adjective. D) They have to be short. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They never have more than one subject or more than one predicate. 6. What is the SIMPLE subject of this sentence? The dog ran away. A) Away. B) Ran away. C) Dog. D) The dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dog. 7. Read the following sentence:Our local bakeries smell appetizing. Identify the subject. A) Our local bakeries smell appetizing. B) Smell appetizing. C) Our local bakeries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our local bakeries. 8. Identify the dependent clause:Although I am good at writing sentences, it can be very difficult to identify compound sentences. A) Although. B) Although I am good at writing sentences. C) It can be very difficult to identify compound sentences. D) I am good at writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although I am good at writing sentences. 9. What is the subject in this sentence? Dorm 16 looks very messy. A) Very messy. B) Looks. C) The dormitory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dormitory. 10. Identify the following groups of words:Fell from a tree and broke their arm. A) Simple sentence. B) Fragment (incomplete). C) Run-on sentence. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment (incomplete). 11. Rzan and Rawan played together and watched a movie. A) SSVV. B) SSV. C) SV. D) SVV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SSVV. 12. Fill in the blank.I went to the park, ..... I stayed for an hour. A) Nor. B) And. C) But. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And. 13. Identify the subject in the sentence:Amy went to the Houston for the weekend. A) Weekend. B) Went to the Houston. C) Amy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amy. 14. What type of sentence? The marking period ends on October 31st ..... A) Interrogative (? ). B) Imperative (.). C) Declarative (.). D) Exclamatory (!). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarative (.). 15. My brother wants to go to university. A) Main verb. B) Main noun. C) Subject. D) Predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 16. Which sentence has "who" information? A) He slept because he was super tired. B) He slept at home. C) He slept with his teddy bear. D) He slept until 10 a.m. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He slept with his teddy bear. 17. What can you remove from a phrase to identify if it is a simple sentence? A) Prepositional Phrase. B) Adjective Phrase. C) Adverbial Phrase. D) Predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepositional Phrase. 18. What is the verb in the following sentence? The class takes a quiz. A) A. B) Quiz. C) Takes. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Takes. 19. What is the subject in the following sentence? The class takes a quiz A) Quiz. B) Class. C) Takes. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Class. 20. Which is a simle sentence. A) She did not cheat on the test, for it was not the right thing to do. B) Christian is slow. C) Wherever you go, you can always find beauty. D) Kate doesn't like cartoons because they are loud, so she doesn't watch them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christian is slow. 21. In the simple sentence "After school, I will study, " how many clauses are there? A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 22. What is the verb in the following sentence? Whales eat plankton. A) Whales. B) Eat. C) Plankton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eat. 23. What is the best revision to make to the following sentence more clear:It is hard for young people to think about putting away money at an early age, but it is very important for their future. A) Change putting away to saving. B) Change young people to youngsters. C) Change future to goals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change putting away to saving. 24. My favorite cousin Caleb rides mountain bikes. A) Predicate. B) Main noun. C) Main verb. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main noun. 25. He and his friends want to see each other again. A) SVV. B) SSV. C) SV. D) SSVV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SSV. 26. Which option makes this sentence a COMPOUND sentence? Sam woke up too late. He was late for school. A) Sam woke up too late he was late for school. B) Sam woke up too late, and he was late for school. C) Sam woke up too late, but he was late for school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sam woke up too late, and he was late for school. 27. Read the following sentence:Mrs. Scully's students are awesome at reading and writing. Identify the predicate. A) Are awesome at reading and writing. B) Mrs. Scully's. C) Students. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are awesome at reading and writing. 28. What exists between a subject and a predicate? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjectives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 29. Maria and Pavel were both characters in "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 30. What is the subject of the following sentence? The ghost was hiding in the laundry room. A) Room. B) Laundry. C) Ghost. D) Hiding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ghost. 31. What is the COMPLETE predicate of this sentence? Mr. Randall's dog loves to play outside. A) Mr. Randall's dog. B) Dog. C) Loves to play outside. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loves to play outside. 32. What type of sentence is this:The sound of the airplane overhead was loud. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 33. What would be the best coordinating conjunction to join these 2 independent clauses? Addison studied all week. A) BUT. B) YET. C) SO. D) OR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SO. 34. What is the predicate in this sentence? All day long, I hummed my favorite song. A) All day. B) Hummed. C) I. D) My favorite song. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hummed. 35. Create a simple sentence by placing the words in the correct order.Principal, very, kind, is, the A) The kind is the principal. B) Is the kind the principal?. C) The principal is very kind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The principal is very kind. 36. Jason and his three friends went swimming. A) Main noun(s). B) Subject. C) Predicate. D) Main verb(s). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 37. They came over and ate lunch. A) SVV. B) SSV. C) SSVV. D) SV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SVV. 38. What part of the sentence is found at the beginning of the sentence? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Predicate. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 39. On the field, the boys were playing football. What is the verb? A) Field. B) Were. C) Boys. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 40. Which isn't a simple sentence. A) Mrs.Miller is the best, I cant wait for her class. B) I am going to miss this class. C) Please no more ThinkCerca. D) I like to read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs.Miller is the best, I cant wait for her class. 41. They played with cars and trucks. A) SSV. B) SSVV. C) SV. D) SVV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SV. 42. Which sentence follows the formula SSVV(who): 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: D) Rawan and Rzan made kebab and ate it with their friends. 43. Read the following sentence:Top college teams can help increase their school enrollments. Identify the subject. A) Top college teams. B) Can help. C) Increase their school enrollments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Top college teams. 44. Choose the correct formula for the sentence.He and my grandmother got married 50 years ago. A) SVV. B) SSV. C) SV. D) SSVV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SSV. ← PreviousRelated 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