This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentences > Sentence Types – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Types Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Make this an imperative sentence:'You clean your room everyday.' A) Room clean!. B) Is the room cleaned everyday?. C) I've cleaned your room. D) Clean your room everyday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clean your room everyday. 2. When I stepped outside, I was blinded by the sunlight. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 3. What type of sentence is this?Keith, Carrie, and Kyle bought donuts and ate them down by the river. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Compound-Complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 4. The inventor of cotton candy, who was surprisingly a dentist, had an idea for a new kind of sweet, and he teamed up with a candy maker to make it happen. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Compound-Complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex. 5. Which type of sentence contains two or more independent clauses but doesn't have any dependent clauses? A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Compound-complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 6. Because she was determined and confident, Mia overcame her challenges. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 7. What type of sentence is this?I love hamburgers! A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamatory. 8. Because Carol and Tyler arrived at the bus station before noon, I did not see them at the station. What type of sentence is this? A) Complex. B) Compound-complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 9. Identify the type of clause used:As long as they stand together A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 10. What an amazing show!What type of sentence is this? A) Command. B) Statement. C) Exclamation. D) Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamation. 11. As many as 80, 000 honey-producing bees can live together comfortably in one hive. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 12. They went to the place where memories once existed before Receivers were created. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Compound-Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 13. While she was reading a book, Sandy heard a loud bang, so she went out to investigate. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Compound-complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-complex. 14. The spelling bee was fun, but I wish we could have clapped every time someone spelled. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 15. When the weather is nice, I love to cook on the BBQ. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 16. If I want to get a good grade, I'll have to study more. A) D:Compound-Complex. B) C:Complex. C) B:Compound. D) A:Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C:Complex. 17. Did you see the look on Mr. Bell's face? A) Exclamatory. B) Interrogative. C) Declarative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrogative. 18. During the board meeting, the superintendent will consider input from the public about a ban on cell phones in the classroom. A) Compound-Complex. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 19. Which sentence type gives a command or instruction. A) Interrogative. B) Declarative. C) Imperative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperative. 20. When Haley receives a letter from her father, she reads it carefully and puts it in the drawer with all the other letters. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 21. What punctuation should be added:Have you ever heard of a leap of leopards A) Question mark. B) Exclamation mark. C) Period. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question mark. 22. I don't like to eat vegetables because they taste bitter. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 23. In a complex sentence, a comma is needed if: A) The independent clause is first. B) The dependent clause is first. C) The comma isn't needed at all. D) A comma is always needed in a complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dependent clause is first. 24. Identify the sentence type:While the perils & hazards of school stress are real, few students had researched the lasting consequences of unrealistic expectations due to stress, and so they just assumed that's what life would be like. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-Complex. 25. We fished all day by the river, but we did not catch a single fish. A) Compound. B) Compound-Complex. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 26. I want a new doll, but I haven't saved enough money yet. A) B:Compound. B) D:Compound-Complex. C) A:Simple. D) C:Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B:Compound. 27. If you want to go to the mall, you'll have to clean your room A) A:Simple. B) B:Compound. C) D:Compound-Complex. D) C:Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C:Complex. 28. What type of sentence is this?It was the perfect type of snow for building a snowman. A) Compound. B) Compound-Complex. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 29. A simple sentence or independent clause consists of a subject and a predicate. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. Sit down now ..... A) !. B) . C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 31. Our vacation was scheduled for May; however Sarah could not go with us. A) Compound Sentence (CD). B) Sentence with a Compound Verb (SCV). C) Sentence (S). D) Fragment (F). E) Sentence with a Compound Subject (SCS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound Sentence (CD). 32. I am not perfect, and when I tried before to train a successor, I failed. A) Simple. B) Compound-Complex. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound-Complex. 33. How long does it take to reach Cameron Highlands? A) Imperative sentence. B) Declarative sentence. C) Interrogative sentence. D) Exclamatory sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative sentence. 34. Dad is cooking lasagna for dinner, and I cannot wait! A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Compound/complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 35. What punctuation should be added:Either noun can be used for whales A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 36. An interrogative sentence is a: A) Command. B) Shout and yell. C) Question. D) Make a statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question. 37. Which type of sentence is the following?There were so many choices, so I was really confused because I was overwhelmed. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 38. Which type of sentence is this?Ashley worried about her friends, but they didn't worry about her. A) Compound. B) Compound-complex. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 39. The family drove to the river and had a picnic before they went tubing. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound-complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 40. The students enjoyed doing the Travel Guide performance task. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 41. The sun sets in the west. A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Exclamatory. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 42. The shocking news brought everyone to a screeching halt. What is the participle adjective? A) Shocking. B) Brought. C) Screeching. D) BOTH shocking and screeching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BOTH shocking and screeching. 43. If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 44. Should I wear sandals or sneakers? A) Wh-interrogative. B) Alternative interrogative. C) Yes/No interrogative. D) Tag question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alternative interrogative. 45. The cat chased the mouse.With a backpack filled with camping gear and a heart full of excitement, Sarah embarked on a challenging trek through the rugged mountains, determined to reach the summit before nightfall. A) Compound-Complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 46. What punctuation should be added:One is just as weird as the other A) Exclamation mark. B) Period. C) Question mark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation mark. 47. Choose the correct option to combine the following independent and dependent clauses:Independent clause:I love to read.Dependent clause:when I have free time. A) I love to read when I have free time, . B) I love to read, when I have free time. C) I love to read when I have free time, . D) I love to read when I have free time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I love to read when I have free time. 48. Identify the sentence that correctly uses parallel structure. A) She likes to swim, to dance, and jogging. B) He enjoys reading, writing, and to paint. C) They were happy, excited, and full of joy. D) She was tired but happy to finish the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were happy, excited, and full of joy. 49. Ideintify the type of sentence used:Hela wanted the throne for herself, but her brother stopped her. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 50. Which sentence uses the comma in the quote correctly? A) Asia is the largest, continent replied the student. B) "Asia is the largest continent, replied, the student. C) "Asia is the largest continent, " replied the student. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Asia is the largest continent, " replied the student. 51. In the summertime, I love to swim, hike, or relax with a good book. A) Parallel. B) Not parallel. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not parallel. 52. Hurray! We won the match! A) Interrogative. B) Exclamatory. C) Declarative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamatory. 53. Going to the mall to shop is Ginger's favorite activity. A) Compound-complex. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 54. Claire went to work, but her twin brother remained at home because he had measles. A) Compound-Complex. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-Complex. 55. Which of these sentence types use SUBJECT-VERB order? A) Exclamations. B) Commands. C) Statements. D) Questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Statements. 56. Which type of sentence is the following?Scott and Rob felt bad about their team's loss. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 57. What is the question tag for 'He won't be there'? A) Will he?. B) He will?. C) Won't he?. D) He won't?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will he?. 58. Identify the type of sentence below.Malik rented a bike and rode it down the boardwalk. A) Incomplete. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 59. Combine the following sentences into a compound sentence: "The rain stopped. We went outside." A) Although the rain stopped, we went outside. B) The rain stopped, so we went outside. C) The rain stopped because we went outside. D) We went outside when the rain stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rain stopped, so we went outside. 60. The Assignments continued, and Jonas watched and listened. A) Compound-Complex. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. 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