This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentences > Sentence Types – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Types Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Determine the type of sentence: "She cooked dinner while he set the table, and then they ate together." A) Compound/Complex sentence. B) Simple sentence. C) Compound sentence. D) Complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound/Complex sentence. 2. These are my friends. A) Statement. B) Question. C) Command. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement. 3. Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence:Thomas went to bed early because he was tired. A) Because he was tired. B) He was tired. C) Thomas went to bed early. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he was tired. 4. Esteban's dad is a good baseball player, loves to write poetry, and is now missing. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Compound-complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 5. After taking the order and arranging the flowers, Samantha sent the order out for delivery. A) Compound. B) Compound-complex. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 6. Watch out for that pothole! A) Interrogative. B) Exclamatory. C) Declarative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 7. A compound sentence needs: A) At least 2 independent clauses. B) A conjunction. C) 2 independent clauses and a conjunction. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 independent clauses and a conjunction. 8. In Quebec, Canada, many street signs are written in French A) Exclamatory. B) Imperative. C) Declarative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarative. 9. Do you want coffee, tea or soda? A) Alternative interrogative. B) Tag question. C) Yes/No interrogative. D) Wh-interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alternative interrogative. 10. What do you need for a correct compound sentence? A) A comma and a FANBOYS. B) Quotation marks. C) An AAAWWUBBIS word. D) A transition word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comma and a FANBOYS. 11. FANBOYS connect ..... A) Compound Sentences. B) Conversation Starters. C) Communication Words. D) Correlated Sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound Sentences. 12. Be on your best behaviour during the trip. A) Exclamatory sentence. B) Imperative sentence. C) Declarative sentence. D) Interrogative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperative sentence. 13. Where might you find quotation marks in a newspaper story about a baseball game? A) When the reporter is expressing her own opinion about the team. B) When the reporter is recording the manager's exact words. C) When the reporter is giving the final score. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the reporter is recording the manager's exact words. 14. What type of sentence is this?It snowed while the children were sleeping. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 15. Though Nastacia prefers to watch mystery movies, she purchased the romantic movie to watch over the weekend and she enjoyed it very much. A) Compound. B) Compound-complex. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound-complex. 16. It was silly in the extreme, but we kept throwing the old papers up in the air. This sentence is A) Simple. B) Compound-Complex. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 17. Identify the dependent clause in the compound-complex sentence:'After I ate dinner, I went for a walk.' A) Ate dinner. B) I went for a walk. C) After I ate dinner. D) After I went for a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After I ate dinner. 18. A dependent clause on its own is considered a A) Compound sentence. B) Complete sentence. C) Fragment. D) Independent thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 19. Identify the type of sentence:The dog barks loudly. A) Interrogative. B) Exclamatory. C) Imperative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative. 20. The scientists were on a research expedition in frigid coastal waters when they observed the pod of whales. A) Compound. B) Compound-Complex. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex. 21. What punctuation should be added:What is a group of leopards called A) Period. B) Exclamation mark. C) Question mark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question mark. 22. The team of doctors did what could be done, but it simply was not enough to save the old man's life. A) Compound-Complex. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-Complex. 23. I passed my test! A) Imperative. B) Interrogative. C) Declarative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exclamatory. 24. Maybe Nag will think I am you some dark night, and he will kill me. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 25. A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one subordinating clause is a A) Complex sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Simple sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex sentence. 26. I exhaled loudly, and the instructor calmly ordered reassurance. A) Compound-Complex. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Simply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 27. Jenny loves to sing opera and dance in her bedroom. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 28. Ms. Chew graded papers, and her husband did paperwork until it was time for both of them to go to sleep. A) Compound-Complex. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-Complex. 29. Sally got a new bike helmet to wear for the race on Saturday. What type of sentence is this? A) Compound-complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 30. What is the purpose of a semicolon in a compound-complex sentence? A) To indicate a pause or break in a sentence. B) To connect a dependent clause to an independent clause. C) To separate two independent clauses that are closely related. D) To separate items in a list or series. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To separate two independent clauses that are closely related. 31. Olivia made a statement about her favorite book. What type of sentence did she use? A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative. 32. A complex sentence needs: A) Only one verb. B) A dependent clause. C) An independent clause. D) Both an independent and dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both an independent and dependent clause. 33. Cindy is a competitive horseback rider, and she will be competing in the next World Equestrian Games, which are held every four years. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Compound-complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-complex. 34. Is this a compound sentence? I like my classes so far, but I want to sit with my friends at lunch. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 35. Identify the type of clause used:Bruce Banner was unaware of his strength A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clause. 36. What type of sentence is this?If we can't find an inexpensive hotel to stay in over 4th of July weekend, we can stay with my aunt and uncle. A) Compound-Complex. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 37. Identify the simple sentence from the options below: A) The cat slept on the mat, and the dog watched. B) The cat slept. C) Although the cat slept, the dog stayed awake. D) The cat slept because it was tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat slept. 38. Because the students did not read and write their sentences, the teacher decided not to show the movie to the class. A) Complex. B) Compound-Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 39. The neighbors' houses are all the same color.Which word shows plural possession? A) Neighbors'. B) Houses. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neighbors'. 40. What punctuation is used at the end of a statement? A) !. B) ,. C) ?. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . 41. If I don't get my work done while Ms. Grolemund is gone, she'll make me come for a working lunch, so I'm going to stay focused. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Compound-Complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex. 42. Name the sentence type. Help! A) Imperative. B) Interrogative. C) Declarative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exclamatory. 43. What type of sentence is this? Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk, and we enjoyed it. A) Simple Sentence. B) Complex Sentence. C) Compound-Complex Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex Sentence. 44. Identify which Type of Interrogative Sentences the following bellongs to:Is dinner ready? No, is not ready . A) Yes/No interrogatives. B) Tag questions. C) Alternative interrogatives. D) Wh-interrogatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes/No interrogatives. 45. Mr. Richards assigned ten pages of the novel for homework, but since I read ahead, I only need to read three pages. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-Complex. 46. To build a doll's house you need wood, a hammer, a saw, and lots of nails. A) Complex. B) Compound-Complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 47. Please help me with my homework A) Interrogative. B) Exclamatory. C) Imperative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperative. 48. What type of sentence states or declares an idea? A) Interrogative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative. 49. Have you heard from Jack since he moved to Oklahoma? What type of sentence is this? A) Compound-complex. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 50. Identify whether the sentence is a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence:Antonia played video games while James cooked their dinner. A) Compound. B) Compound-Complex. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex. 51. True or False?Parallel structure (PS) only applies to lists in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. Combine the following sentences into a compound sentence: "The game was exciting. The team won." A) The game was exciting because the team won. B) The game was exciting, and the team won. C) Although the game was exciting, the team won. D) The team won when the game was exciting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The game was exciting, and the team won. 53. Students know that progress reports go out this week so they are staying caught up now. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 54. Juan played computer games while Antonia went and cooked dinner. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 55. What type of sentence is this?It was a snow day that would be remembered forever. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 56. Choose tag-question. A) Where are you from?. B) She likes comedies, doesn't she?. C) Have we got a homework?. D) Do you like watermelon or melon?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She likes comedies, doesn't she?. 57. Do you have a spork in your miscellaneous drawer? A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 58. I had no idea you played the piano so beautifully! A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamatory. 59. Choose the correct punctuation to end this sentence:May I borrow your pencil ..... A) . B) !. C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 60. What is this fragment missing?Have math class during 5th block. A) We(Subject). B) End Punctuation(.). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We(Subject). 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