This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentences > Sentence Mechanics – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Mechanics Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I am sure that we can accomodate your request. A) I am sure that we can accommodate your request. B) I am sure, that we can accomodate your request. C) I am sure that we can, accomodate your request. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I am sure that we can accommodate your request. 2. Which part of the plot adds to the conflict causing the plot to thicken? A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 3. Every morning I read The Wall Street Journal. A) The Wall Street Journal should be in quotes. B) The Wall Street Journal should be in italics. C) No change is needed because it is capitalized. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Wall Street Journal should be in italics. 4. What type of sentence structure is shown in the sentence below?When we go on vacation, my family enjoys spending time at the beach, and we always have fun. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 5. Determine the structure of the following sentence:The wolf barked, howled, and growled at the moon. A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple sentence. 6. What type of sentence structure is shown in the sentence below?We walked to the beach, sat for a while in the sun, and took several dips in the water. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 7. Which part of the plot contains the setting, characters, and plot? A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 8. Correct this sentence. Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty or give me death" . A) Patrick Henry said, Give me liberty or give me death. B) "Patrick Henry said, Give me liberty or give me death.". C) Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty or give me death.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty or give me death.". 9. Proper nouns are capitalized A) When you want them to be. B) When you are in the capital city of the state you are doing homework in. C) Always. D) Only after you yell "clear!" To warn everyone or it will be a shock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Always. 10. Do you capitalize i when you are using it to refer to yourself? A) Yes. B) Dude, always capitalize I. Choose "yes". C) Please choose "yes". D) I'm begging you to choose "yes". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 11. What type of sentence structure is shown in the sentence below?Before I left for school, I checked my book bag for my homework. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 12. What type of sentence structure is shown in the sentence below?We need to complete the graphics for the project, so Addie and Sam are working on it now. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 13. Periods are used at the end of A) Declarative sentences. B) Decorative sentences. C) Some imperative sentences. D) Declarative and some imperative sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative and some imperative sentences. 14. Capitalize the ..... word in direct quotations A) Most meaningful. B) Third. C) Prettiest. D) First. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First. 15. What sentence structure is seen in the following sentence?Dos Palos was a small community, but the land was good for farming. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 16. You have to capitalize names of organizations, businesses, and government bodies A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. The first word of every sentence should be A) Italicized. B) Hyphenated. C) Capitalized. D) Erased. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalized. 18. Then or than? I am stronger ..... my brother. A) Then. B) Than. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Than. 19. When Germaine saw Keisha, it was love at first sight. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 20. Exclamation marks are used at the end of A) A road that is a dead end. B) A story with a really exciting ending. C) Exclamatory sentences, imperative sentences and interjections. D) Those marks are absolutely NEVER used!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamatory sentences, imperative sentences and interjections. 21. What type of sentence structure is the following sentence:They traveled all over Oklahoma, yet Lucy and her sisters never minded or complained. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 22. Choose the answer that has correct punctuation. A) "I like cheese, " Sue explained, "but I prefer hummus.". B) "I like cheese." Sue explained. "but I prefer hummus.". C) "I like cheese, " Sue explained. "but I prefer hummus.". D) "I like cheese, " Sue explained, but I prefer hummus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I like cheese, " Sue explained, "but I prefer hummus.". 23. How should the sentence be punctuated?Josh played the song again because it is his favorite. A) Comma after again. B) Comma after because. C) Semicolon after aga. D) Correct as it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct as it is. 24. I love early release days, but they take me by surprise when I'm not paying close attention to the schedule. A) SIMPLE. B) COMPOUND. C) COMPLEX. D) COMPOUND-COMPLEX. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) COMPOUND-COMPLEX. 25. Which part of the plot contains the "happily ever after" ? A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSentence Mechanics Quiz 1Sentence Mechanics Quiz 2Sentence Mechanics Quiz 4Exclamatory Sentences QuizExclamatory QuizImperative Sentences QuizJumble Word And Sentence QuizJumbled Sentences QuizParts Of Speech And Sentence Types QuizPhrase Structure Rules QuizPrepositional Phrase QuizSentence Completion QuizSentence Correction QuizSentence Formation QuizSentence Types QuizSentences With Objects QuizTransformation Of Sentences QuizTypes Of Sentences Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books