This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Simple Sentences – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Sentences Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Fill in the blank with the verb that correctly agrees with the subject:A box of old comic books ..... in the attic. A) Sit. B) Are sitting. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 3. Jeff ..... many photographs last weekend. A) Taken. B) Takes. C) Take. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took. 4. Identify the independent clause in the following sentence:The dog barked loudly. A) The dog barked. B) The dog barked loudly. C) The dog. D) Barked loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog barked loudly. 5. What is the simple subject in this sentence? The flag blew in the wind. A) Blew. B) Blew in the wind. C) The flag. D) Flag. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flag. 6. Apply the Subject-Verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object pattern to complete the sentence:The librarian handed ..... A) Me the overdue book. B) Quietly to the student. C) The overdue book to me. D) The book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Me the overdue book. 7. The people at the party danced and ate a lot. A) SSVV. B) SVV. C) SV. D) SSV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SVV. 8. Identify the following sentence as a simple or compound sentence:The flowers were blooming. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 9. Select the simple sentence from the following. A) The book that I am reading is fascinating. B) Although it was raining, we went outside. C) If you finish your homework, you can play. D) The child is playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The child is playing. 10. Which of the following end marks are needed?Why haven't you cleaned your room A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation point. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question mark. 11. Choose the correct negative form: "They (to arrive) on time." A) They did not arrived on time. B) They does not arrive on time. C) They didn't arrive on time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They didn't arrive on time. 12. Which sentence is the best example of a simple sentence? A) Because the boy laughed, everyone else did too. B) The boy laughed because the joke was funny. C) The boy laughed. D) The boy, who was very funny, laughed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boy laughed. 13. ..... you ..... that movie? (INTERROGATIVE) A) Are / Watch. B) Does / Watch. C) Is / Watches. D) Did / Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did / Watch. 14. Cute-I-a-have-kitten A) I a cute have kitten. B) I have cute a kitten. C) I a have kitten cute. D) I have a cute kitten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I have a cute kitten. 15. Could you please give me ..... books which is on the table. A) This. B) These. C) Those. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Those. 16. Identify the following sentence as a simple or compound sentence:The writing and organizing of the text was well presented. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 17. You and James could come over tonight. A) SVV. B) SSVV. C) SSV. D) SV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SSV. 18. Olivia ..... that cake (NEGATIVE) A) Did / Bake. B) Did not / Baked. C) Did / Bakes. D) Did not / Bake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did not / Bake. 19. I figured he had a much better chance if he left town at night. 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. 20. Which word best completes this simple sentence:The dog ..... quickly. A) Running. B) Runs. C) Runed. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Runs. 21. Identify each group of words. Even the rain couldn't dampen their spirits. A) Compound sentence. B) Run-on. C) Simple sentence. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple sentence. 22. Samantha read the book. She said it was very good.In this sentence, "it" refers to ..... A) Read. B) Very. C) The book. D) Samantha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The book. 23. I-two-pencils-in-have-my-bag. A) Two pencils in my bag have. B) I have two pencils in my bag. C) In my bag have two pencils. D) My bag have two pencils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have two pencils in my bag. 24. The purpose of diagramming sentences is A) To better understand parts of speech. B) To learn a strategy to avoid fragments. C) To have a greater understanding of the structure of sentence. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Identify the following as a sentence or fragment.All along the way, Henry and Jonah. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 26. Identify:Patti practiced every day for the recital she played flawlessly. A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Fragment. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run-on. 27. What is the subject of this sentence?:The space alien landed the UFO on Mars. A) Landed the UFO. B) The space alien. C) On Mars. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The space alien. 28. Identify the sentence that is NOT a simple sentence: A) After he finished dinner, he went to bed. B) The sun sets in the west. C) I love ice cream. D) The dog barked loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After he finished dinner, he went to bed. 29. Simple sentences can include coordinating conjunctions. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. My parents ..... around the world. They love visiting interesting places. A) Travelled. B) Travel. C) Traveled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Travelled. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSentence Structure QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSimple Sentences Quiz 1Simple Sentences Quiz 2Simple Sentences Quiz 4Simple Sentences Quiz 5Simple Sentences Quiz 6Simple Sentences Quiz 7Simple Sentences Quiz 8Simple Sentences Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books