Act Sentence Structure Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. It has been for ten years since those days, but I can still remember how good I felt every time I won the ball from Max.
2. You have 3 options to complete a run-on sentence. Which one is NOT it?
3. The ex-president passed away before having the chance ..... on trial.
4. If I tell you to "shut the door", I am using what kind of sentence?
5. If we made even a slight mistake. The entire project could be ruined.
6. A sentence must have all of the following except:
7. Choose the correct transition word to complete the sentence: "Sarah loves to read, ..... she spends most of her free time at the library."
8. What structure of sentence contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause?
9. Identify the transition word in the following sentence: "Jessica loves ice cream; however, she is lactose intolerant."
10. Myriads of flowers, some from her well-manicured gardens.
11. Which transition word would best connect these two sentences?Sentence 1: "The weather was rainy and gloomy." Sentence 2: "We decided to stay indoors and watch movies."
12. Run-on sentences mean what?
13. To produce enough taxol to provide for the needs of all patients, chemists estimated that they would need the bark for approximately 40, 000 Pacific yews each year.
14. What punctuation is needed to fix this run-on sentence? 'I love to write it is my favorite hobby.'
15. A sentence that is "broken" is called a
16. "Last night someone broke into our house." "Oh, dear ..... ?"
17. "Some workers were loading the containers into the van" The passive form of the above sentence is: "The containers ..... into the van."
18. A simple sentence needs a subject, a verb, and
19. The shipment of logs ..... because of the bad weather.
20. Choose the correct sentence structure: "After the movie ended, we went to a restaurant, and we had dessert."
21. Select the appropriate transition word to link these sentences:Sentence 1: "The store was closed." Sentence 2: "We had to find another place to shop."
22. Each time that Gridley started the bidding anew.
23. Which sentence shows a correct use of Parallelism?
24. The skeletal wire frame, the hooks that jingle, the grey or plaid liner-over time, these acquire as much distinctiveness as a human face.
25. Pleasantly heavy and from the sun, I can still imagine the feel of the fruit.
26. Pollack's most intriguing impressionist works have beenproduced at his garden in Madrid, he moved there fromhis native France in the 1890s.
27. Decide what STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE is used in the given below.
28. A sentence with an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is a
29. A subordinate/dependent clause .....
30. What kind of sentence is this?:If you see Bill, tell him I plan on stealing his wife because she is my type.
31. The word vegalah is Yiddish for "little wagon, " and when I was growing up in the Bronx, that's what we called the hip-high wire basket on two wheels that my parents used for all sorts of errands.
32. Choose the correct sentence structure:'After the movie ended, we went to dinner, and we talked about the film.'
33. Identify the transition word in the following sentence: "The party was fun; however, it ended too soon."
34. Choose the correct transition word to complete the sentence: "The movie was sold out, ..... we decided to go for dinner instead."
35. In 1852, a fire destroyed the barn and shed that were connected to the house.
36. Even though he would go after the ball at full speed, he never hurt me.
37. Which transition word would best complete this sentence? "The team practiced diligently; ..... , they performed exceptionally well in the tournament."
38. Then one of the other musicians taking the lead, pulling strange patterns from his instrument, the equivalent in sound of someone dancing under a blinking strobe light.
39. Identify the sentence type: "The book that you gave me is fascinating."
40. What's that thing called that we can put after a semicolon?
41. Which of the following is NOT a component of a complete sentence?
42. "Can we get tickets for the second show of the Jurassic Park?" "I think they ..... "
43. What kind of sentences is this?:Because I couldn't sleep, I drove all night to Las vegas, and I lost everything I own playing Blackjack.
44. What is the main clause in this sentence:'If it rains, we will cancel the picnic.'
45. What kind of sentence is this:Because we couldn't sleep, we drove all night to Las Vegas, and then we lost all of our money.
46. Which transition word would best connect these two sentences? Sentence 1: "The traffic was terrible." Sentence 2: "We were late for the meeting."
47. The YMCA's expansion plans include a new gymand a new lunch room if the fundraising drive issuccessful there will be enough funds for both.
48. When I wrote my ELA paper, my mother helped me, and my father napped on the sofa.
49. Identify the sentence structure:'The cat slept on the mat, and the dog lay beside it.'
50. Next, my mother and I, cored the tomatoes.
51. The gigantic engines, which on either side catch and roar
52. Josephine sold her broken computer, and she used the money to buy a new one.
53. A modifier is a group of words that explains or describes something or someone in a sentence.
54. The big, fat, fluffy cat is both beautiful and she is loving.
55. The cat jumped in the air and has climbed the tree.
56. Sam is unlike most toddlers in that he is not a picky eater, on the contrary, he will try almost any new food.
57. Nancy, feeling that her ideas were unpopular, kept them to herself.
58. Potatoes, now a major source of food worldwide, ..... to Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century.
59. Select the appropriate transition word to link these sentences:Sentence 1: "I want to visit Paris." Sentence 2: "I need to save money first."
60. What is the subject of this sentence?:Get off my dang lawn!