This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Sentence Types > Simple Sentences – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Sentences Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the independent clause in the following sentence:The sun is shining. A) The sun. B) The sun is. C) The sun is shining. D) Is shining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun is shining. 2. The prisioner and his friend escaped. A) Simple subject. B) Compund subject. C) Simple verb. D) Compund verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compund subject. 3. What's the synonym of 'myths'? A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiction. 4. A sentence that has one subject and one predicate. A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Conjunction. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 5. Did Ann and Paul go to school yesterday? A) Yes, they did. B) Yes, Ann and Paul did. C) Yes, he does. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, they did. 6. A sentence that contains two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction (fanboys) or a semicolon. A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Fragment. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound sentence. 7. Select the simple sentence from the options below. A) If you call, I will answer. B) He enjoys reading books. C) After the movie, we had dinner. D) Whenever she visits, we have fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He enjoys reading books. 8. Combine these sentences using a conjunction:The dog barked loudly. The cat ran away. A) The dog barked loudly, and the cat ran away. B) The dog barked loudly, the cat ran away. C) The dog barked loudly or the cat ran away. D) The dog barked loudly but the cat ran away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog barked loudly, and the cat ran away. 9. What is the simple subject?Billy ran to the door. A) Ran. B) Billy. C) Door. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Billy. 10. Change the negative sentence 'I do not like apples' into an interrogative sentence. A) Do not I like apples?. B) Do I like apples?. C) I do like apples?. D) Do I not like apples?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do I not like apples?. 11. We were living in a brand-new country that had just been opened up for settlement. A) Simple sentence. B) Not a simple sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 12. He ..... swimming in summer. A) Go. B) Goes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 13. What does the "S" in the PENS method of writing simple sentence stand for? A) Search the subject and verb. B) Search the classroom. C) Search and check. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Search and check. 14. My-uncle-two-sons-has. A) Two sons has my uncle. B) Sons two has my uncle. C) My uncle has two sons. D) Has two sons my uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My uncle has two sons. 15. MY FATHER ..... A CAR. A) BUY. B) DIDN'T BOUGHT. C) BUIED. D) DIDN'T BUY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DIDN'T BUY. 16. Complete the sentence:My sister ..... a new book yesterday. A) Buys. B) Buy. C) Bought. D) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 17. They celebrate Christmas ..... December. A) At. B) On. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 18. Choose the correct past simple form of the verb: "They (to eat) dinner at 7 PM." A) Eated. B) Ate. C) Eats. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 19. There is an annual Christmas tree lighting. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 20. I ..... a strawberry cake. A) Cry. B) Buy. C) Drink. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buy. 21. Identify the following as a sentence or fragment.Jane and James are going to be late. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 22. The dog ran. A) Simple. B) Not simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 23. What is the subject of this sentence?:A buzzing bee looked for nectar in the flower. A) A buzzing bee. B) Looked for nectar. C) In the flower. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A buzzing bee. 24. A simple sentence can have multiple verbs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What is the complete subject in the sentence:The girls in fourth grade sang at the concert. A) The girls. B) The girls in fourth grade. C) Sang at the concert. D) Grade sang. 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