This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Sentence Structure – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Sentence Structure Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 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. A) Over. B) NO CHANGE. C) Passed. D) More then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 2. You have 3 options to complete a run-on sentence. Which one is NOT it? A) Divide the run-on into two or more complete sentences using a period. B) Insert a semicolon between the two complete thoughts. C) Divide the run-ons with a colon. D) Insert a comma + conjunction (FANBOYS) between the two complete thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divide the run-ons with a colon. 3. The ex-president passed away before having the chance ..... on trial. A) To be put. B) To put. C) Be put. D) Put. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be put. 4. If I tell you to "shut the door", I am using what kind of sentence? A) Imperative. B) Declarative. C) Exclamatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative. 5. If we made even a slight mistake. The entire project could be ruined. A) NO CHANGE. B) Slight mistake. C) Slight mistake, our. D) Slight mistake:the. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slight mistake, our. 6. A sentence must have all of the following except: A) Includes a FANBOY. B) Contains a subjuct. C) Contains a verb. D) A complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Includes a FANBOY. 7. Choose the correct transition word to complete the sentence: "Sarah loves to read, ..... she spends most of her free time at the library." A) Because. B) Consequently. C) Although. D) Therefore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Therefore. 8. What structure of sentence contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause? A) Complex Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Simple Sentence. D) Compound-Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex Sentence. 9. Identify the transition word in the following sentence: "Jessica loves ice cream; however, she is lactose intolerant." A) Loves. B) Ice cream. C) Intolerant. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) However. 10. Myriads of flowers, some from her well-manicured gardens. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 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." A) Therefore. B) However. C) In addition. D) Futhermore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Therefore. 12. Run-on sentences mean what? A) The sentence is perfect, no need to edit!. B) The sentence needs to be separated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sentence needs to be separated. 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. A) Enough taxol production to provide. B) NO CHANGE. C) They wanted to produce enough taxol to provide. D) Producing enough taxol in providing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 14. What punctuation is needed to fix this run-on sentence? 'I love to write it is my favorite hobby.' A) A dash. B) A semicolon. C) A colon. D) A comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A semicolon. 15. A sentence that is "broken" is called a A) Broken sentence. B) Incomplete sentence. C) Sentence Fragment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence Fragment. 16. "Last night someone broke into our house." "Oh, dear ..... ?" A) Did anything take. B) Was anything taken. C) Anything to take. D) Was anything being taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was anything taken. 17. "Some workers were loading the containers into the van" The passive form of the above sentence is: "The containers ..... into the van." A) Were being loaded. B) Were loaded. C) Are loading. D) Be loaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were being loaded. 18. A simple sentence needs a subject, a verb, and A) A to be a complete thought. B) A dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A to be a complete thought. 19. The shipment of logs ..... because of the bad weather. A) Has been postponed. B) They have been postponed. C) Being postpone. D) Been postponed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been postponed. 20. Choose the correct sentence structure: "After the movie ended, we went to a restaurant, and we had dessert." A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Compound-Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex. 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." A) Consequently. B) For instance. C) Instead. D) Additionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consequently. 22. Each time that Gridley started the bidding anew. A) Time that he. B) Time when be. C) NO CHANGE. D) Time, Gridley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time, Gridley. 23. Which sentence shows a correct use of Parallelism? A) They hired carpenters who work carefully and effectively. B) They hired carpenters who carefully works and effective. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They hired carpenters who work carefully and effectively. 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. A) Acquire, as much distinctiveness,. B) Acquire, as much distinctiveness. C) NO CHANGE. D) Acquire as much distinctiveness,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 25. Pleasantly heavy and from the sun, I can still imagine the feel of the fruit. A) NO CHANGE. B) I can still imagine the feel of the fruit, pleasantly heavy and warm from the sun. C) Pleasantly, the fruit is still warm and heavy where I can feel it in my imagination from the sun. D) Pleasantly heavy, I can still imagine the feel of the warm fruit from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I can still imagine the feel of the fruit, pleasantly heavy and warm from the sun. 26. Pollack's most intriguing impressionist works have beenproduced at his garden in Madrid, he moved there fromhis native France in the 1890s. A) Madrid, he moved there. B) Madrid; he moved there. C) Madrid, but he moved there. D) Madrid and he moved there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madrid; he moved there. 27. Decide what STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE is used in the given below. A) Compound-Complex Sentence. B) Simple Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex Sentence. 28. A sentence with an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is a A) Compound sentence. B) Complex sentence. C) Simple sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex sentence. 29. A subordinate/dependent clause ..... A) Can stand on its own. B) Can connect two nouns. C) Needs an independent clause. D) Can be Santa's helper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Needs an independent 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. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound-Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 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. A) Hip-high wire basket on two wheels,. B) NO CHANGE. C) Hip-high wire, basket on two wheels,. D) Hip-high, wire, basket, on two wheels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 32. Choose the correct sentence structure:'After the movie ended, we went to dinner, and we talked about the film.' A) Compound Sentence. B) Simple Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Compound-Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-Complex Sentence. 33. Identify the transition word in the following sentence: "The party was fun; however, it ended too soon." A) However. B) Soon. C) Fun. D) Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) However. 34. Choose the correct transition word to complete the sentence: "The movie was sold out, ..... we decided to go for dinner instead." A) Therefore. B) Consequently. C) Meanwhile. D) Nevertheless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Therefore. 35. In 1852, a fire destroyed the barn and shed that were connected to the house. A) No change. B) The barn and shed were destroyed by a fire. C) The barn and shed burning down. D) A fire destroying the barn and shed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 36. Even though he would go after the ball at full speed, he never hurt me. A) (Begin new paragraph) Despite the fact that. B) (Begin new paragraph) Even though. C) NO CHANGE. D) (Do NOT begin new paragraph) Just as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 37. Which transition word would best complete this sentence? "The team practiced diligently; ..... , they performed exceptionally well in the tournament." A) Nevetheless. B) Consequently. C) Meanwhile. D) Thus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thus. 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. A) Took the lead, he pulled. B) Taking the lead by pulling. C) Took the lead, pulling. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took the lead, pulling. 39. Identify the sentence type: "The book that you gave me is fascinating." A) Compound-Complex. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 40. What's that thing called that we can put after a semicolon? A) Conjunctivitis. B) Conjunctive adverb. C) Comma. D) Column. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunctive adverb. 41. Which of the following is NOT a component of a complete sentence? A) A complete thought. B) A conjunction. C) A verb. D) A subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A conjunction. 42. "Can we get tickets for the second show of the Jurassic Park?" "I think they ..... " A) Are sold out. B) Are to be sold out. C) Be sold out. D) Are selling them out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are sold out. 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. A) Complex. B) Compound-Complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound-Complex. 44. What is the main clause in this sentence:'If it rains, we will cancel the picnic.' A) Cancel the picnic. B) If it rains. C) We will cancel the picnic. D) If it rains, we will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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. A) Compound-Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-Complex. 46. Which transition word would best connect these two sentences? Sentence 1: "The traffic was terrible." Sentence 2: "We were late for the meeting." A) Therefore. B) Hence. C) However. D) Moreover. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Therefore. 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. A) Room, if. B) Room; if,. C) Room. If. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Room. If. 48. When I wrote my ELA paper, my mother helped me, and my father napped on the sofa. A) Compound-complex. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-complex. 49. Identify the sentence structure:'The cat slept on the mat, and the dog lay beside it.' A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound-Complex Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound Sentence. 50. Next, my mother and I, cored the tomatoes. A) NO CHANGE. B) Next my mother and I,. C) Next my mother, and I. D) Next, my mother and I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Next, my mother and I. 51. The gigantic engines, which on either side catch and roar A) Engines. B) NO CHANGE. C) Engines that. D) Engines, where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Engines. 52. Josephine sold her broken computer, and she used the money to buy a new one. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 53. A modifier is a group of words that explains or describes something or someone in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. The big, fat, fluffy cat is both beautiful and she is loving. A) And has a lot of love to give. B) And she has a lot of love to give. C) And loving. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And loving. 55. The cat jumped in the air and has climbed the tree. A) Is climbing. B) Climbed. C) NO CHANGE. D) Will climb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climbed. 56. Sam is unlike most toddlers in that he is not a picky eater, on the contrary, he will try almost any new food. A) NO CHANGE. B) Eater on the contrary, he. C) Eater however on the contrary, he. D) Eater ; on the contrary, he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eater ; on the contrary, he. 57. Nancy, feeling that her ideas were unpopular, kept them to herself. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 58. Potatoes, now a major source of food worldwide, ..... to Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century. A) Brought. B) Were being brought. C) Had been brought. D) Were brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were brought. 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." A) For example. B) Futhermore. C) Such as. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) However. 60. What is the subject of this sentence?:Get off my dang lawn! A) Get. B) Lawn. C) My. D) (You). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (You). Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct Sentence Structure Quiz 2Act English Commas QuizAct English Complete Sentences QuizAct English Mastering Concision QuizAct English Multiple Choice QuizAct English Practice QuizAct English Prep QuizAct English Punctuation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books