This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentences > Sentence Mechanics – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Mechanics Quiz 3 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of sentence structure is shown in the sentence below?Before I left for school, I checked my book bag for my homework. A) Complex. B) Compound-complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 2. What type of sentence structure is shown in the sentence below?We need to complete the graphics for the project, so Addie and Sam are working on it now. A) Compound-complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 3. Periods are used at the end of A) Declarative sentences. B) Decorative sentences. C) Some imperative sentences. D) Declarative and some imperative sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative and some imperative sentences. 4. Capitalize the ..... word in direct quotations A) First. B) Prettiest. C) Third. D) Most meaningful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First. 5. What sentence structure is seen in the following sentence?Dos Palos was a small community, but the land was good for farming. A) Compound-Complex. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound. 6. You have to capitalize names of organizations, businesses, and government bodies A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. The first word of every sentence should be A) Erased. B) Italicized. C) Capitalized. D) Hyphenated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalized. 8. Then or than? I am stronger ..... my brother. A) Then. B) Than. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Than. 9. When Germaine saw Keisha, it was love at first sight. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Dependent clause. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex. 10. Exclamation marks are used at the end of A) A road that is a dead end. B) A story with a really exciting ending. C) Exclamatory sentences, imperative sentences and interjections. D) Those marks are absolutely NEVER used!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamatory sentences, imperative sentences and interjections. 11. What type of sentence structure is the following sentence:They traveled all over Oklahoma, yet Lucy and her sisters never minded or complained. A) Simple. B) Compound-Complex. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 12. Choose the answer that has correct punctuation. A) "I like cheese, " Sue explained, but I prefer hummus. B) "I like cheese, " Sue explained, "but I prefer hummus.". C) "I like cheese." Sue explained. "but I prefer hummus.". D) "I like cheese, " Sue explained. "but I prefer hummus.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I like cheese, " Sue explained, "but I prefer hummus.". 13. How should the sentence be punctuated?Josh played the song again because it is his favorite. A) Semicolon after aga. B) Comma after again. C) Comma after because. D) Correct as it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct as it is. 14. I love early release days, but they take me by surprise when I'm not paying close attention to the schedule. A) COMPOUND. B) COMPOUND-COMPLEX. C) SIMPLE. D) COMPLEX. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COMPOUND-COMPLEX. 15. Which part of the plot contains the "happily ever after" ? A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 16. What type of sentence structure is shown in the sentence below?The tacos and burritos are ready to eat. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 17. Which sentence uses the right word. A) Make sure you write the wright word. B) Make sure you write the rite word. C) Make sure you write the right word. D) Make sure you write the write word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make sure you write the right word. 18. Which part of the plot contains the turning point of the story? A) Rising action. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 19. Determine the structure of the following sentence:Chris decided to stay after school. A) Complex sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Simple sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple sentence. 20. What type of sentence:;Michael feeds and grooms his cats. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 21. What type of sentence structure is shown in the sentence below?Japan took control of the Marshall Islands during WWI. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 22. If a continuous sentence in direct quotation is split and the second half IS a new sentence then A) Capitalize it. B) Capitalize every letter in the sentence. C) Don't split it. D) Start over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitalize it. 23. What type of sentence:Because I'm hungry, I wanted to buy everything in the grocery store. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 24. Where should the apostrophe go in the following sentence:That ball is all of the schools; Adams, Woodcrest, and Central Park all share it . A) School's. B) S'chools. C) Schools'. D) Th'at b'all i's al'l o'f t'he sc'hools; Ad'ams, Wood'crest, an'd Ce'ntral Pa'rk a'll sha're i't. 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