This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Complex Sentences – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Complex Sentences Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do you correctly write the sentence below?Because I love you, I will share my last chip with you. A) Because I love you I will share my last chip with you. B) Because I love you I will share, my last chip with you. C) Because I love you, I will share my last chip with you. D) Because, I love you, I will share my last chip with you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because I love you, I will share my last chip with you. 2. What is the best way to combine these two ideas into one complex sentence? "The team practiced hard every day. They lost the championship game." A) The team practiced hard every day, so they lost the championship game. B) Although the team practiced hard every day, they lost the championship game. C) The team practiced hard every day, and they lost the championship game. D) The team practiced hard every day because they lost the championship game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although the team practiced hard every day, they lost the championship game. 3. Is the following sentence compound or complex?Our car broke down, so we took a taxi. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 4. True or False:'When the bell rings, we will go to lunch' is a complex sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Choose the best way to combine these two sentences:'The movie was very long. It was also very exciting.' A) The movie was very long, but it was also very exciting. B) The movie was very long, so it was also very exciting. C) The movie was very long, or it was also very exciting. D) The movie was very long, for it was also very exciting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The movie was very long, but it was also very exciting. 6. Select the correct subordinating conjunction to complete the complex sentence: " ..... the movie started, we bought popcorn." A) And. B) Before. C) But. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 7. The difference between a compound sentence and complex sentence is that a compound sentence has two independent clauses and a complex sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. Which sentence uses a subordinating conjunction correctly to show a condition? A) She will succeed, since she tries hard. B) Since she tries hard, she will succeed. C) She will succeed since, she tries hard. D) She will succeed she tries hard, since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since she tries hard, she will succeed. 9. How can you join an independent clause and a dependent clause in a complex sentence? A) With a comma and a coordinating conjunction. B) With a semicolon. C) With a subordinating conjunction. D) With a period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With a subordinating conjunction. 10. Which of the following is NOT a Simple sentence? A) He reads every day. B) He reads every day and he writes notes. C) She smiled. D) They play cricket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He reads every day and he writes notes. 11. Choose the best description of a compound-complex sentence. A) A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. B) A sentence with one independent clause and one dependent clause. C) A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a conjunction. D) A sentence with only one independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. 12. Which sentence is a correctly formed complex sentence and not a fragment? A) Since I was tired from soccer practice. B) I was tired from soccer practice, so I went to bed early. C) I went to bed early because I was tired from soccer practice. D) I was tired, I went to bed early. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I went to bed early because I was tired from soccer practice. 13. Mrs. McCoy enjoys hiking and spending time with her family. A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Not a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Sentence. 14. Identify the blue part:The rainforest is being destroyed because there is oil underneath it. A) Dependent Clause. B) Run-on. C) Correctly Complex. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent Clause. 15. Which sentence uses commas correctly in a complex sentence? A) If I finish my chores, I can go out to play. B) I can go out to play if, I finish my chores. C) If I, finish my chores I can go out to play. D) I, can go out to play if I finish my chores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If I finish my chores, I can go out to play. 16. The sentence below is a simple sentence.My mother and father wished me luck and drove me to the race. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Complete the sentence:When the sun sets, ..... A) The sky is dark. B) We went home. C) The stars shine bright. D) The birds are chirping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stars shine bright. 18. While Mom went into the post office, I read my Harry Potter book in the van. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 19. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of writing with complex sentences? A) It makes your writing more interesting to read. B) It makes the relationship between ideas clear for your reader. C) It will make your ELAR teacher proud. D) It makes your writing boring. E) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It makes your writing boring. 20. ..... he loves making Krabby patties, Spongebob is really good at his job. A) Which. B) Since. C) However. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 21. What kind of connecting word do you need in a compound sentence to connect both sentences? A) Subordinating conjunctions. B) Linking verbs. C) Coordinating conjunctions. D) Collective nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coordinating conjunctions. 22. Choose the option that correctly combines the two sentences into a compound sentence."I like to swim. My brother likes to play basketball." A) I like to swim, my brother likes to play basketball. B) Although I like to swim, my brother likes to play basketball. C) I like to swim, and my brother likes to play basketball. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I like to swim, and my brother likes to play basketball. 23. What is the best way to combine these two sentences into a single complex sentence? 'My brother is good at science. He wants to be a biologist.' A) My brother, who is good at science, wants to be a biologist. B) My brother is good at science, and he wants to be a biologist. C) My brother is good at science; he wants to be a biologist. D) Because my brother wants to be a biologist, he is good at science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother, who is good at science, wants to be a biologist. 24. What is the subordinating conjunction in the following sentence? "I stayed home because I was sick." A) Stayed. B) Home. C) Because. D) Sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because. 25. Complete the sentence:After we finished the project, we were tired, ..... we still went out for pizza. A) For. B) Yet. C) Nor. D) When. 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