This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Sentence Structure – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Sentence Structure Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of sentence is this?:If you see Bill, tell him I plan on stealing his wife because she is my type. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 2. 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) Hip-high wire basket on two wheels,. C) NO CHANGE. D) Hip-high wire, basket on two wheels,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 3. Choose the correct sentence structure:'After the movie ended, we went to dinner, and we talked about the film.' A) Compound-Complex Sentence. B) Complex Sentence. C) Compound Sentence. D) Simple Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-Complex Sentence. 4. Identify the transition word in the following sentence: "The party was fun; however, it ended too soon." A) Soon. B) Fun. C) Party. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) However. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. Even though he would go after the ball at full speed, he never hurt me. A) (Begin new paragraph) Even though. B) NO CHANGE. C) (Do NOT begin new paragraph) Just as. D) (Begin new paragraph) Despite the fact that. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 8. Which transition word would best complete this sentence? "The team practiced diligently; ..... , they performed exceptionally well in the tournament." A) Consequently. B) Meanwhile. C) Nevetheless. D) Thus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thus. 9. 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) NO CHANGE. B) Taking the lead by pulling. C) Took the lead, he pulled. D) Took the lead, pulling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took the lead, pulling. 10. Identify the sentence type: "The book that you gave me is fascinating." A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 11. What's that thing called that we can put after a semicolon? A) Conjunctive adverb. B) Conjunctivitis. C) Column. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunctive adverb. 12. Which of the following is NOT a component of a complete sentence? A) A verb. B) A subject. C) A conjunction. D) A complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A conjunction. 13. "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. 14. 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) Simple. C) Compound-Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex. 15. What is the main clause in this sentence:'If it rains, we will cancel the picnic.' A) If it rains. B) Cancel the picnic. C) We will cancel the picnic. D) If it rains, we will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We will cancel the picnic. 16. 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) Compound. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-Complex. 17. Which transition word would best connect these two sentences? Sentence 1: "The traffic was terrible." Sentence 2: "We were late for the meeting." A) However. B) Therefore. C) Hence. D) Moreover. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Therefore. 18. 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) NO CHANGE. D) Room; if,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Room. If. 19. When I wrote my ELA paper, my mother helped me, and my father napped on the sofa. A) Complex. B) Compound-complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound-complex. 20. Identify the sentence structure:'The cat slept on the mat, and the dog lay beside it.' A) Compound-Complex Sentence. B) Simple Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound Sentence. 21. 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. 22. The gigantic engines, which on either side catch and roar A) Engines that. B) Engines, where. C) Engines. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engines. 23. Josephine sold her broken computer, and she used the money to buy a new one. A) Complex. B) Compound-complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. The cat jumped in the air and has climbed the tree. A) NO CHANGE. B) Will climb. C) Is climbing. D) Climbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climbed. 27. Sam is unlike most toddlers in that he is not a picky eater, on the contrary, he will try almost any new food. A) Eater on the contrary, he. B) Eater however on the contrary, he. C) Eater ; on the contrary, he. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eater ; on the contrary, he. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. 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) Such as. B) Futhermore. C) However. D) For example. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) However. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct Sentence Structure Quiz 1Act Sentence Structure Quiz 3Act English Commas QuizAct English Complete Sentences QuizAct English Mastering Concision QuizAct English Multiple Choice QuizAct English Practice QuizAct English Prep Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books