This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentences > Sentence Types – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Types Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of sentence is this?Since it takes approximately 1000 years for a printer cartridge to decompose, recycling them helps the environment. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Compound-Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 2. Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence:After the game ended, we went out for dinner. A) We went out for dinner. B) The game ended. C) After the game ended. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the game ended. 3. Which set of words are coordinating conjunctions (words that join two independent clauses)? A) For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. B) I, me, my, we, us, our. C) After, before, while, because, even though, when. D) IC DC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After, before, while, because, even though, when. 4. Even if the child is hungry, he will never eat oatmeal, but he will always eat ice cream. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 5. I love history, but math is difficult for me because word problems are confusing. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-Complex. 6. Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence from the video? A) "He was hungry, so he cooked dinner.". B) "Because I worked hard, I got an A star on the test.". C) "Although the girl studied hard, she failed the exam.". D) "Whenever prices are reduced, people buy more products.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "He was hungry, so he cooked dinner.". 7. Harry ate six shrimp at dinner. A) Active. B) Passive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active. 8. The pig is escaping A) Exclamatory. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamatory. 9. Aubrey shouted, "Watch out for the car" . What type of sentence is this? A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Declarative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamatory. 10. The camel can live in dry desert areas where other large animals cannot live. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 11. Myles can be such a sweet kid. A) Exclamatory. B) Interrogative. C) Declarative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarative. 12. What type of sentence is this?The kids put on their snow gear and they rushed outside. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Compound-Complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 13. Rikki-tikki was proud in his own way, and he had a right to be. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 14. Ana hardly ever watches TV at night. A) Neither her sister does. B) Neither does her mother. C) So does her brother. D) So do we. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither does her mother. 15. Hurricane season is approaching, so you should make a plan for evacuation in case a storm heads your way. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Compound-Complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex. 16. He loved to travel to exotic destinations; his favorite places included Bali, Fiji, and the Maldives. A) Compound-Complex. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 17. What punctuation mark belongs at the end of the following sentence:How did environmental changes contribute to the extinction of megafauna A) . B) !. C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 18. Nag knew that too, and the cobra was afraid. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 19. Do you know if it's possible to make seawater safe for drinking? A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 20. What type of sentence is this?A few neighborhood kids joined in the fun, and one snowman was joined by more. A) Complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 21. Most European countries now use the Euro, but the UK still uses the pound sterling. A) Complex. B) Compound-Complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 22. My big sister made us cookies and she mailed them to us. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 23. What type of training and experience do you need to become a referee? A) Imperative. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 24. A compound sentence consists of A) A. One or more independent clauses. B) B. Two or more independent clauses. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Two or more independent clauses. 25. Declarative sentences Interrogative sentences Exclamatory sentences What is fourth type of sentence? A) Simple sentences. B) Complex sentences. C) Compound sentences. D) Imperative sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative sentences. 26. Identify the type of sentence: "Stefana, please turn off the lights when you leave" A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperative. 27. The plane landed, but we were able to see the ocean for a few minutes. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 28. This kind of sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause connected by a subordinating conjunction. A) Compound-Complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex. 29. Identify which Type of Interrogative Sentences the following bellongs to:When will you visit your mom? A) Alternative interrogative. B) Wh-interrogatives. C) Yes/No interrogatives. D) Tag questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wh-interrogatives. 30. That was the best performance I've ever seen! A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Imperative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamatory. 31. The students are studying because they have an English exam tomorrow morning. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 32. What punctuation should go at the end of the following sentence?How long have you played piano A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 33. Because the road was bumpy, I drove slowly. A) Compound Sentence (CD). B) Sentence with a Compound Subject (SCS). C) Complex Sentence (CX). D) Sentence (S). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex Sentence (CX). 34. What type of sentence is this?When the snowball made contact, it exploded in a mess of snow and blood. A) Complex. B) Compound. C) Compound-Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 35. Although it was raining heavily, Mary decided to go for a walk in the park. A) Simple. B) Compound-Complex. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 36. After finishing his homework, Tom went to the park, but he returned home to get his backpack. A) Compound-complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-complex. 37. Harold fed the cats and walked the dog.Where does the comma belong? A) After cats. B) After walked. C) NO comma is needed because the coordinating conjunction is not separating two sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO comma is needed because the coordinating conjunction is not separating two sentences. 38. "You are extremely tired. You should wash up the dishes." Which conjunction would best join these two sentences? A) Since. B) And. C) Unless. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unless. 39. In a poem, the speaker is always the same thing as the poet. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 40. What is the verb in this sentence?Janie walked to the corner-store in her bedroom slippers. A) Store. B) Janie. C) Bedroom Slippers. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 41. This is a simple sentence. A) Compound-Complex. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 42. Tiago and Ashton don't say much, but they are important members of the class. A) Simple. B) Compound-complex. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 43. Identify whether the sentence is a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence:Lightning flashed, and thunder boomed as he left the building. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-Complex. 44. I wanted to eat dessert, but I was on a diet. What type of sentence is this? A) Compound-complex. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound. 45. Both Everardo and Ja'Quavian are kind and mannerly; they are true gentlemen. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 46. Complete the clause to make a compound sentence.The movie was fun, A) And exciting. B) And the characters were humorous. C) While the actors say funny lines. D) As long as you like the animation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And the characters were humorous. 47. What is the pronoun in this sentence?Jinx liked the dancing she saw on television. A) Television. B) Dancing. C) She. D) Jinx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She. 48. When the particles in a solid have more thermal energy, they vibrate more quickly, and the temperature of the substance goes up. A) Simple Sentence. B) Complex Sentence. C) Compound-Complex Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex Sentence. 49. Whose responsibility is it to wake the mayor when there is an emergency? A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 50. Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence: "Whenever she travels, she takes a lot of pictures." A) A lot of pictures. B) She travels. C) She takes a lot of pictures. D) Whenever she travels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whenever she travels. 51. Have you ever seen a fossil? A) Imperative. B) Interrogative. C) Declarative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrogative. 52. Identify the type of sentence below.I want to go to the movies, but I have too much work to do. A) Simple. B) Incomplete. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound. 53. What is the best definition of a complex sentence? A) It has several independent clauses. B) It has several dependent clauses and no independent clauses. C) It is an extremely long sentence using coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS). D) It has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. 54. What punctuation mark belongs at the end of the following sentence:What were some key characteristics of megafauna during the Pleistocene era A) . B) !. C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 55. What are the 4 English sentence types? A) The 4 English sentence types are declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. B) Noun, verb, adjective, adverb. C) Subjective, objective, possessive, reflexive. D) Past, present, future, conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The 4 English sentence types are declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. 56. Anthony is in first place in the bracket, but others are close behind him. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 57. Even though you are in middle school, you get to have a dress down, and you will get a snack at the end of the day.This is a ..... sentence. A) Complex. B) Compound-complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound-complex. 58. What type of sentence is this?I love ice cream, and I love running. A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound Sentence. 59. You are so funny ..... A) ?. B) . C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 60. 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