This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentences > Sentence Types – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Types Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was completely lost. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Compound-Complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 2. Humans are the only animals known to blush. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 3. Fiona: "If we finish at the same time, I'll ride home with you." A) Compound-Complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex. 4. We use ..... to connect sentences A) FANBOYS. B) Adverbs. C) Adjectives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FANBOYS. 5. The grumpy little girl argued and cried at bedtime. A) Fragment (F). B) Sentence (S). C) Sentence with a Compound Verb (SCV). D) Sentence with a Compound Subject (SCS). E) Compound Sentence (CD). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence with a Compound Verb (SCV). 6. Example of Declarative Sentence. A) The sky is blue. B) Is the sky blue?. C) Don't say this. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sky is blue. 7. I love your Vocabulary Parade costume! A) Interrogative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamatory. 8. Choose the correct description for the type of interrogative sentence:Questions that can be answered with a yes or a no response. A) Tag questions. B) Alternative interrogative. C) Wh-interrogatives. D) Yes/No interrogatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes/No interrogatives. 9. It is important to vote when the time comes, or you won't get a say in new laws. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 10. What type of sentence is this: "The cat slept on the mat, and the dog watched the door." A) Compound/Complex sentence. B) Simple sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound sentence. 11. Modern planes are not likely to crash. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 12. Who were the first people to use paper money? A) Exclamatory Sentence. B) Interrogative Sentence. C) Imperative Sentence. D) Declarative Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrogative Sentence. 13. Identify the dependent clause in the compound-complex sentence:'Because it was raining, we decided to stay indoors.' A) We decided to stay indoors. B) Because it was raining. C) It was raining. D) To stay indoors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it was raining. 14. Identify the type of sentence: "What a beautiful garden!" A) Declarative Sentence. B) Interrogative Sentence. C) Exclamatory Sentence. D) Imperative Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamatory Sentence. 15. I wonder when we will get to dance again in class. A) Exclamatory. B) Imperative. C) Declarative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarative. 16. Choose the correct description Type of Interrogative Sentences:They are questions that begin with question words like:Who, Where, When. A) Alternatives interrogatives. B) Yes/No interrogatives. C) Tag questions. D) Wh-Interrogatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wh-Interrogatives. 17. What type of sentence is the following?Get out of my room! A) Imperative sentence. B) Interrogative sentence. C) Declarative sentence. D) Exclamatory sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative sentence. 18. What type of sentence is the following:I think our dinner tonight is pizza. A) Exclamatory. B) Imperative. C) Declarative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarative. 19. The ARTT room was empty at first, but Ms. Laverne slowly added some aesthetic touches. A) Compound. B) Compound-complex. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 20. What type of sentence is this:Amazon has made safety a priority, yet my delivery person was not wearing mask when he delivered my new phone. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Compound/complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound/complex. 21. "The canteen staff served bun and cheese to the first students in the long line." This is an example of a: A) Complex sentence. B) Complicated Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple Sentence. 22. Katie is an incredible artist; Jamyia is too. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 23. What kind of question is this:Should you answer this question? A) Information. B) Yes or No. C) Choice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes or No. 24. A sentence that shows strong or sudden feeling and ends with an exclamation point. A) Imperative. B) Interrogative. C) Declarative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exclamatory. 25. Identify the independent clause in the compound-complex sentence:'I will study for the exam, but I might not pass.' A) But I might not pass. B) I will study for the exam. C) I might not pass. D) I will study for the exam and pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I will study for the exam. 26. Jennifer liked pizza, but she did not like the garlic sauce. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 27. Which type of sentence has one simple sentence and one additional detail? A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 28. 2 or more subjects connected by a conjunction (and, or) that share the same verb(s) A) Simple sentence. B) Compound subject. C) Compound verb. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound subject. 29. Being tired, he went to bed. A) Complex. B) Compound. C) Compound-Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 30. What do you need in the majority of complex sentences? Choose all that apply A) A Fanboys. B) A semicolon. C) A comma after the phrase that begins with an AAAWWUBBIS word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comma after the phrase that begins with an AAAWWUBBIS word. 31. As Ruben sat down on the rickety old chair, it abruptly collapsed beneath him. A) Compound-complex. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 32. Where you go to college is only important for two years. A) Independent/Main Clause. B) Adverbial Clause. C) Adjective/Relative Clause. D) Noun Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun Clause. 33. Name the sentence type:"Get in a straight line." A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperative. 34. What type of sentence is this:Betty was such a bright light to everyone, who knew her. A) Compound/complex. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 35. What type of sentence is formed by joining two independent clauses with a conjunction? A) Complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 36. When my brother pranked me, I was so embarrassed. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 37. In 1996, Death Valley had forty days with temperatures above 120$^\circ$F! A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Exclamatory. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamatory. 38. A camel's hump can shrink when it goes without food, but a few days of eating and drinking can restore it. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Compound/complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound/complex. 39. What punctuation should be added:Give us some examples A) Period. B) Exclamation mark. C) Question mark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 40. This kind of sentence contains just one independent clause. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 41. What type of sentence is this?Do you know why? A) Interrogative. B) Exclamatory. C) Imperative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interrogative. 42. John likes Mary. A) Interrogative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative. 43. The imperative sentence is a: A) Question. B) Command. C) Statement. D) Strong emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command. 44. Every compound sentence needs a conjunction. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 45. For every example provided state what type of sentence it is:a statement, a question, a command or an exclamation. The moon is so bright tonight. A) Statement. B) Question. C) Command. D) Exclamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement. 46. Do you know how hard it is to study while you're blowing your nose? A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 47. What type of sentence is a question? A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Excalmatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interrogative. 48. 'Put your shoes on now!'What type of sentence is this an example of? A) Exclamation. B) Command. C) Question. D) Statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command. 49. What punctuation mark belongs at the end of the following sentence:Study the fossil records to understand the lifestyle of megafauna species A) . B) !. C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 50. Identify whether the sentence is a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence:The cat slept on the mat, and the dog watched. A) Compound. B) Compound-Complex. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 51. What type of sentence is this?Rugby is a sport I don't like because I never learned the rules, but my brother is a huge fan. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Compound-Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex. 52. Choose the sentence type:Have you made a decision yet? A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 53. Although she knew she was lost, Ereuna was not afraid. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 54. What is the best definition of a compound-complex sentence? A) It is a long sentence with commas and coordinating conjunctions. B) It has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. C) It has an independent clause and dependent clause. D) It has multiple dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. 55. What type of sentence is this?Professor Maple's intelligent students completed and turned in their homework. A) Compound. B) Compound-Complex. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 56. Through the trees and down the narrow country road. A) Sentence with a Compound Verb (SCV). B) Sentence with a Compound Subject (SCS). C) Compound Sentence (CD). D) Sentence (S). E) Fragment (F). Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Fragment (F). 57. 2 or more simple sentences connected by a comma and conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, yet) A) Simple sentence. B) Compound subject. C) Compound verb. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound sentence. 58. Identify whether the sentence is a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence:Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk, and we enjoyed the fresh air. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound-Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex. 59. Identify the type of clause used:Peter Parker was bit by a radioactive spider. A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 60. There is a big box of old baby clothes in the back of the closet. A) Compound-complex Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. 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