This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Simple Sentences – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Sentences Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What's missing:really wanted a dog A) Subject. B) Predicate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 2. Complete the sentence:My brother ..... his homework every day. A) Did. B) Does. C) Doing. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 3. A simple sentence can have compound subjects or verbs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Washing the dishes. A) Sentence fragment. B) Simple Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence fragment. 5. Select the simple sentence from the options: A) Although it was cold, he didn't wear a coat. B) The car is fast. C) She wanted to go, but it was too late. D) While I was walking, I saw a bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The car is fast. 6. She was always laughing and singing and hopping around on that old crutch. A) Simple sentence. B) Not a simple sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 7. I always bring my dictionary to class.the simple predicate is ..... A) Always. B) Bring. C) Dictionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bring. 8. What's the synonym of 'care'? A) Neglect. B) Protect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect. 9. ..... Androcles accepted western culture? Cause I've heard. A) Have. B) Had. C) Has been. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 10. New / to / I / buy / curtains / . / some / need A) New curtains I need to buy some. B) I need to buy some new curtains. C) I buy some to need new curtains. D) Some new curtains I need buy to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I need to buy some new curtains. 11. Suzanne slept a mile.Which one of the 5 components of a complete sentence is missing in sentence above? A) It does not start with a capital letter. B) It does not make sense. C) It does not have end punctuation. D) It does not have a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It does not make sense. 12. I ..... a great day A) Has. B) Have. C) Had. D) Haved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 13. She (take) the book home last week(+) A) She taked the book home last week. B) She takes the book home lat week. C) She took the book home last week. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She took the book home last week. 14. Complete the sentence:My brother and I ..... fishing on Saturdays. A) Goes. B) Go. C) Going. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 15. Tomorrow early morning, I go to the morning walk.Which is the subject? A) Tomorrow early morning. B) I. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 16. Identify the sentence that is not simple. A) The alarm rang loudly. B) The alarm rang while I was sleeping. C) The alarm and phone rang. D) The alarm rang at 7 AM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The alarm rang while I was sleeping. 17. True or False:A simple sentence can have a compound subject (like 'dogs and cats') and still be considered a simple sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Said-sorry-to-the-bears-Goldilocks A) The bears sorry said to Goldilocks. B) Goldilocks sorry said to the bears. C) Goldilocks said sorry to the bears. D) The bears said sorry to Goldilocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goldilocks said sorry to the bears. 19. Identify the simple predicate in the sentence below.The baby birds chirped loudly in the nest. A) Birds. B) Chirped. C) Chirped loudly in the nest. D) The baby birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chirped. 20. In the sentence "Maria was lost. She didn't panic, " what does the pronoun "She" refer to? A) Panic. B) Was. C) Lost. D) Maria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maria. 21. Choose the sentence that is a simple sentence: A) I like playing soccer. B) Although it was raining, we went outside. C) He went to the store, and then he cooked dinner. D) Since she was tired, she went to bed early. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I like playing soccer. 22. The nativity was stationed at the front of the house. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 23. True or False:A sentence can't be a simple sentence if it has a compound subject, like in 'Kara and I went to the movies.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Identify the sentence below. We have to go to sleep at ten o'clock. A) Simple Sentence. B) Complex Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Fragment Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Sentence. 25. Combine the sentences to make a compound sentence. Use a conjunction, such as and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet. The cake was delicious. Everyone wanted a second piece. A) The cake was delicious, so everyone wanted a second piece. B) The cake was delicious, yet everyone wanted a second piece. C) The cake was delicious, nor everyone wanted a second piece. D) The cake was delicious, for everyone wanted a second piece. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cake was delicious, so everyone wanted a second piece. 26. They boiled out of an alley, turned and headed straight toward me. A) Simple sentence. B) Not a simple sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 27. Which of these best describes what makes a sentence a simple sentence? A) It has one independent clause. B) It is always a very short sentence. C) It has two verbs and one subject. D) It must always ask a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has one independent clause. 28. What is wrong with the following sentence?Asked the teacher a question. A) There is no subject. B) There is no verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is no subject. 29. A simple sentence can contain a prepositional phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. We-in-the-classroom-are. A) We are in the classroom. B) The we in the classroom. C) We in the classroom are. D) In the classroom are we. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We are in the classroom. 31. In the sentence "The new student with the blue backpack sits in the front row, " what is the simple subject? A) Student. B) The new student with the blue backpack. C) Backpack. D) Row. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Student. 32. I ..... to the park yesterday A) Went. B) Go. C) Wented. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 33. Identify the subject-verb agreement in the sentence:'The team are winning the game.' A) The teams are winning the game. B) The subject-verb agreement is incorrect; it should be 'The team is winning the game.'. C) The team is winning the game correctly. D) The team wins the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The subject-verb agreement is incorrect; it should be 'The team is winning the game.'. 34. We ..... lots of fun! A) Had. B) Having. C) Have. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 35. Identify the complete subject in the sentence below. The tall pine tree swayed in the wind. A) Tree. B) The tall pine tree. C) Swayed. D) Swayed in the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tall pine tree. 36. True or False A sentence fragment lacks a subject, a predicate or both. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. What's missing:My dog Barney A) Subject. B) Predicate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predicate. 38. What is the simple predicate?Alissa is painting her room. A) Her room. B) No correct answer. C) Painting. D) Alissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painting. 39. Which of the following is an example of a predicate? A) Over. B) The cat. C) Jumped over the fence. D) The fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jumped over the fence. 40. My mum ..... her firiend last week A) Met. B) Meet. C) Meted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 41. They escaped and were later caught. A) Compound verb. B) Simple subject. C) Subject. D) Simple verb. E) Compound subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple subject. 42. Jacky and her daughter run and ride a bike every day. A) Compound subject, compound verb. B) Compound subject. C) Simple subject. D) Compound verb. E) Simple verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound subject, compound verb. 43. What is simple sentences? A) A simple sentence is a sentence that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. B) A simple sentence is a sentence that contains a subject but no verb. C) A simple sentence is a sentence that does not express a complete thought. D) A simple sentence is a sentence that contains a verb but no subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simple sentence is a sentence that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. 44. A simple sentence must have these parts: A) Subject and verb. B) Subject, verb and complete thought. C) Subject and predicate. D) Verb and complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject, verb and complete thought. 45. She ..... a car for her birthday A) Get. B) Got. C) Geted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got. 46. In 'My little brother always forgets his lunch money on the kitchen counter, ' what is the complete predicate? A) His lunch money. B) Always forgets his lunch money on the kitchen counter. C) Forgets. D) My little brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Always forgets his lunch money on the kitchen counter. 47. We didn't ..... home at 8.30 this morning. A) Left. B) Leaved. C) Leave. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leave. 48. Identify the sentence that is a simple sentence with a compound predicate. A) She sings beautifully and dances gracefully. B) While she sings, he plays the piano. C) He likes to sing but dislikes dancing. D) If it rains, we'll stay inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She sings beautifully and dances gracefully. 49. I ..... back home at 8 o'clock A) Come. B) Came. C) Comed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 50. Identify the complete predicate in the sentence below.The desert tortoise slowly crawled across the road. A) Crawled across the road. B) Crawled. C) The desert tortoise. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crawled across the road. 51. DID THEY ..... A NEW PLANET? A) FOUND. B) FIND. C) FINDED. D) FINDS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FIND. 52. They stayed to themselves, kept on sharecropping, and saving every dollar they could. A) Simple sentence. B) Not a simple sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 53. They do not have a computer.They A) It is the subject. B) It is the verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the subject. 54. Found the money in the store.What kind of sentence is this? A) Independent clause. B) Fragment. C) Sentnce. D) Dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 55. Identify the sentence type:The sun set, and the stars appeared in the sky. A) Complex Sentence. B) Compound-Complex Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound Sentence. 56. Complete the sentence using an S-V-IO-DO pattern:The coach ..... the team new uniforms. A) Was happy with. B) Looked at. C) Gave. D) Designed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gave. 57. A simple subject is typically what part of speech? A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 58. Birthday / my / party / . / is on / Sunday A) My birthday party is on Sunday. B) My birthday party is on Sunday. C) My birthday party is on sunday. D) My party birthday is on sunday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My birthday party is on Sunday. 59. Complete this sentence with a predicate:My cat likes to ..... A) Swim. B) Meow. C) Drive. D) Play video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meow. 60. Complete the sentence:The girl ..... her homework every day. A) Do. B) Does. C) Done. D) Doing. 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