This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Complex Sentences – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Complex Sentences Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Does this sentence need a comma? After my dog bit the mail carrier the post office stopped delivering mail to my house. A) After stopped. B) After office. C) After carrier. D) No comma needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After carrier. 2. Choose the correct conjunction to complete the compound sentence: "I wanted to go swimming, ..... it was too cold." A) Because. B) But. C) Although. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 3. What type of sentence? We got lost in the woods, but my brother had a map in his backpack. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 4. When it rains, I like to stay indoors. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 5. Select the relative pronoun that is used to give more information about a person. A) When. B) Who. C) Where. D) Why. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who. 6. The clauses on these kind of sentences are joined by subordinating conjunctions such as because, after, when, although. A) Simple sentence. B) Phrase. C) Compound sentence. D) Complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex sentence. 7. She runs the shelter because she loves animals. A) Simple Sentence. B) Complex Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex Sentence. 8. True or False:You should always put a comma after a dependent clause when it comes at the beginning of a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. In the sentence "Students who complete their homework on time usually get good grades, " the clause "who complete their homework on time" is essential. What would happen if you removed it? A) The sentence would become a fragment. B) The meaning of the sentence would change significantly. C) The sentence would need a comma after 'Students'. D) The sentence's meaning would stay exactly the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The meaning of the sentence would change significantly. 10. Why is it important to vary sentence structures in writing? A) It decreases the impact of the message being conveyed. B) It limits the creativity of the writer. C) It makes the writing more confusing and difficult to understand. D) It helps maintain reader interest, improves readability, and adds variety to the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It helps maintain reader interest, improves readability, and adds variety to the text. 11. Is the punctuation of this sentence correct?Christine's math class, which is in room 304, started when the students sat at their desks. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 12. What is the subordinate clause in the following sentence?Since fourth grade, she'd kept a running list of them and liked to reread it to see if she could get the stories to go further in her head. A) She'd kept a running list of them and liked to reread it to see if she could get the stories to go further in her head. B) Since fourth grade,. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since fourth grade,. 13. Does this sentence need a comma? Since Joel has a fever and pink eye he cannot come to school. A) After since. B) After fever. C) After eye. D) No comma needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After eye. 14. What type of sentence contains 2 or more independent clauses? A) Simple sentence. B) Complex sentence. C) Compound sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound sentence. 15. Which one of the following options is a "dependent clause" ? A) He gradually improved her English. B) People take natural health supplements. C) Our children may not be properly educated. D) Even though they may not have been tested. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Even though they may not have been tested. 16. After all the trouble he went through, he only earned one dollar. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 17. Ashley drew a self-portrait. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 18. Identify the correct subordinating conjunction for the complex sentence:The fourth graders will be in trouble ..... the teacher sees them playing games on their tablets. A) Because. B) Although. C) Until. D) If. E) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If. 19. Identify the student example:When she tries to tell the other kids how she feels and what she has experienced. A) Dependent Clause. B) Run-on. C) Correctly Complex. D) Needs Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent Clause. 20. Choose the most appropriate punctuation to combine these two closely related independent clauses:The storm was getting worse ..... the wind howled fiercely. A) ,. B) . C) ;. D) , and. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ;. 21. True or False:A compound-complex sentence may begin with an independent clause followed by a dependent clause. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. In the sentence 'The book that you gave me was fascinating, ' what role does the clause 'that you gave me' play? A) It is an independent clause. B) It is a noun clause. C) It is an adjective clause. D) It is an adverb clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is an adjective clause. 23. ..... had I opened the front door when I heard a noise from the kitchen. A) Scarcely. B) No sooner. C) Only when. D) Not until. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcely. 24. Complete the sentence with the subordinating conjunction that best shows a cause-and-effect relationship:I brought my umbrella to school ..... it looked like it was going to rain. A) Although. B) Before. C) Because. D) Unless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because. 25. Choose the correct answer: ..... she was asleep, thieves broke in and stole her handbag. A) In order that. B) Although. C) Because of. D) While. 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