This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Sentence Structure – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Sentence Structure Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It has been for ten years since those days, but I can still remember how good I felt every time I won the ball from Max. A) NO CHANGE. B) Over. C) More then. D) Passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 2. You have 3 options to complete a run-on sentence. Which one is NOT it? A) Insert a semicolon between the two complete thoughts. B) Insert a comma + conjunction (FANBOYS) between the two complete thoughts. C) Divide the run-ons with a colon. D) Divide the run-on into two or more complete sentences using a period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divide the run-ons with a colon. 3. The ex-president passed away before having the chance ..... on trial. A) To be put. B) Be put. C) To put. D) Put. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be put. 4. If I tell you to "shut the door", I am using what kind of sentence? A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Declarative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative. 5. If we made even a slight mistake. The entire project could be ruined. A) NO CHANGE. B) Slight mistake:the. C) Slight mistake, our. D) Slight mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slight mistake, our. 6. A sentence must have all of the following except: A) A complete thought. B) Contains a subjuct. C) Contains a verb. D) Includes a FANBOY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Includes a FANBOY. 7. What is the main clause in the sentence: "Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk." A) Although it was raining. B) We decided to go for a walk. C) It was raining. D) To go for a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We decided to go for a walk. 8. Choose the correct transition word to complete the sentence: "Sarah loves to read, ..... she spends most of her free time at the library." A) Because. B) Although. C) Consequently. D) Therefore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Therefore. 9. What structure of sentence contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause? A) Simple Sentence. B) Compound Sentence. C) Complex Sentence. D) Compound-Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex Sentence. 10. Identify the transition word in the following sentence: "Jessica loves ice cream; however, she is lactose intolerant." A) Loves. B) Ice cream. C) However. D) Intolerant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) However. 11. Myriads of flowers, some from her well-manicured gardens. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 12. Which transition word would best connect these two sentences?Sentence 1: "The weather was rainy and gloomy." Sentence 2: "We decided to stay indoors and watch movies." A) However. B) Therefore. C) Futhermore. D) In addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Therefore. 13. Run-on sentences mean what? A) The sentence is perfect, no need to edit!. B) The sentence needs to be separated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sentence needs to be separated. 14. To produce enough taxol to provide for the needs of all patients, chemists estimated that they would need the bark for approximately 40, 000 Pacific yews each year. A) NO CHANGE. B) Enough taxol production to provide. C) Producing enough taxol in providing. D) They wanted to produce enough taxol to provide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 15. What punctuation is needed to fix this run-on sentence? 'I love to write it is my favorite hobby.' A) A comma. B) A semicolon. C) A colon. D) A dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A semicolon. 16. A sentence that is "broken" is called a A) Broken sentence. B) Incomplete sentence. C) Sentence Fragment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence Fragment. 17. "Last night someone broke into our house." "Oh, dear ..... ?" A) Did anything take. B) Was anything taken. C) Anything to take. D) Was anything being taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was anything taken. 18. "Some workers were loading the containers into the van" The passive form of the above sentence is: "The containers ..... into the van." A) Were loaded. B) Are loading. C) Be loaded. D) Were being loaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were being loaded. 19. A simple sentence needs a subject, a verb, and A) A to be a complete thought. B) A dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A to be a complete thought. 20. The shipment of logs ..... because of the bad weather. A) They have been postponed. B) Being postpone. C) Been postponed. D) Has been postponed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been postponed. 21. Choose the correct sentence structure: "After the movie ended, we went to a restaurant, and we had dessert." A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-Complex. 22. Select the appropriate transition word to link these sentences:Sentence 1: "The store was closed." Sentence 2: "We had to find another place to shop." A) Consequently. B) For instance. C) Instead. D) Additionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consequently. 23. Each time that Gridley started the bidding anew. A) NO CHANGE. B) Time, Gridley. C) Time that he. D) Time when be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time, Gridley. 24. Which sentence shows a correct use of Parallelism? A) They hired carpenters who work carefully and effectively. B) They hired carpenters who carefully works and effective. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They hired carpenters who work carefully and effectively. 25. The skeletal wire frame, the hooks that jingle, the grey or plaid liner-over time, these acquire as much distinctiveness as a human face. A) NO CHANGE. B) Acquire, as much distinctiveness,. C) Acquire, as much distinctiveness. D) Acquire as much distinctiveness,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct Sentence Structure Quiz 2Act Sentence Structure Quiz 3Act English Commas QuizAct English Complete Sentences QuizAct English Mastering Concision QuizAct English Multiple Choice QuizAct English Practice QuizAct English Prep QuizAct English Punctuation QuizAct English Review QuizAct English Test Prep QuizAct English QuizAct Reading Strategies QuizAct Reading QuizAct Writing Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books