This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentences > Sentence Types – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Types Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Determine the type of sentence: "She cooked dinner while he set the table, and then they ate together." A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound/Complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound/Complex sentence. 2. These are my friends. A) Statement. B) Question. C) Command. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement. 3. Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence:Thomas went to bed early because he was tired. A) Because he was tired. B) He was tired. C) Thomas went to bed early. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he was tired. 4. Esteban's dad is a good baseball player, loves to write poetry, and is now missing. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 5. After taking the order and arranging the flowers, Samantha sent the order out for delivery. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 6. Watch out for that pothole! A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 7. A compound sentence needs: A) At least 2 independent clauses. B) A conjunction. C) 2 independent clauses and a conjunction. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 independent clauses and a conjunction. 8. In Quebec, Canada, many street signs are written in French A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 9. Do you want coffee, tea or soda? A) Yes/No interrogative. B) Alternative interrogative. C) Tag question. D) Wh-interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alternative interrogative. 10. What do you need for a correct compound sentence? A) A comma and a FANBOYS. B) Quotation marks. C) An AAAWWUBBIS word. D) A transition word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comma and a FANBOYS. 11. FANBOYS connect ..... A) Compound Sentences. B) Correlated Sentences. C) Communication Words. D) Conversation Starters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound Sentences. 12. Be on your best behaviour during the trip. A) Imperative sentence. B) Declarative sentence. C) Exclamatory sentence. D) Interrogative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative sentence. 13. Where might you find quotation marks in a newspaper story about a baseball game? A) When the reporter is expressing her own opinion about the team. B) When the reporter is recording the manager's exact words. C) When the reporter is giving the final score. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the reporter is recording the manager's exact words. 14. What type of sentence is this?It snowed while the children were sleeping. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 15. Though Nastacia prefers to watch mystery movies, she purchased the romantic movie to watch over the weekend and she enjoyed it very much. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound-complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-complex. 16. It was silly in the extreme, but we kept throwing the old papers up in the air. This sentence is A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 17. Identify the dependent clause in the compound-complex sentence:'After I ate dinner, I went for a walk.' A) I went for a walk. B) Ate dinner. C) After I went for a walk. D) After I ate dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After I ate dinner. 18. A dependent clause on its own is considered a A) Complete sentence. B) Independent thought. C) Fragment. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 19. Identify the type of sentence:The dog barks loudly. A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 20. The scientists were on a research expedition in frigid coastal waters when they observed the pod of whales. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 21. What punctuation should be added:What is a group of leopards called A) Period. B) Exclamation mark. C) Question mark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question mark. 22. The team of doctors did what could be done, but it simply was not enough to save the old man's life. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-Complex. 23. I passed my test! A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exclamatory. 24. Maybe Nag will think I am you some dark night, and he will kill me. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 25. A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one subordinating clause is a A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex sentence. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSentence Types Quiz 2Sentence Types Quiz 3Sentence Types Quiz 4Sentence Types Quiz 5Sentence Types Quiz 6Sentence Types Quiz 7Sentence Types Quiz 8Sentence Types Quiz 9Sentence Types Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books