This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Sentence Structure – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Sentence Structure Quiz 3 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Next, my mother and I, cored the tomatoes. A) NO CHANGE. B) Next my mother and I,. C) Next my mother, and I. D) Next, my mother and I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Next, my mother and I. 2. The gigantic engines, which on either side catch and roar A) NO CHANGE. B) Engines, where. C) Engines. D) Engines that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engines. 3. Josephine sold her broken computer, and she used the money to buy a new one. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 4. A modifier is a group of words that explains or describes something or someone in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The big, fat, fluffy cat is both beautiful and she is loving. A) And has a lot of love to give. B) And she has a lot of love to give. C) And loving. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And loving. 6. The cat jumped in the air and has climbed the tree. A) Is climbing. B) Will climb. C) Climbed. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climbed. 7. Sam is unlike most toddlers in that he is not a picky eater, on the contrary, he will try almost any new food. A) NO CHANGE. B) Eater ; on the contrary, he. C) Eater on the contrary, he. D) Eater however on the contrary, he. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eater ; on the contrary, he. 8. Nancy, feeling that her ideas were unpopular, kept them to herself. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 9. Potatoes, now a major source of food worldwide, ..... to Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century. A) Had been brought. B) Were being brought. C) Brought. D) Were brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were brought. 10. Select the appropriate transition word to link these sentences:Sentence 1: "I want to visit Paris." Sentence 2: "I need to save money first." A) However. B) For example. C) Such as. D) Futhermore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) However. 11. What is the subject of this sentence?:Get off my dang lawn! A) (You). B) Lawn. C) Get. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (You). 12. Identify the sentence type:'Although it was raining, we went for a walk, and we enjoyed the fresh air.' A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-Complex. 13. Where does the comma go in this sentence?:Jim Bob was driving his truck to town but he had forgot his cow was still riding in the backseat. A) After "was". B) After "driving". C) After "town". D) After "but". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After "town". 14. Photos of Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and other jazz greats on the walls. A) NO CHANGE. B) Line. C) Along. D) Hanging on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 15. Its headed to an altitude of three thousand feet. A) NO CHANGE. B) Its'. C) It is. D) It was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is. 16. If Reagan gets in trouble, he won't be able to go to the dance, and his parents will be furious. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 17. Identify the sentence structure: "The cat slept on the mat, and the dog watched it quietly." A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 18. Which transition word would best fit in this sentence? "I enjoy playing basketball; ..... , I also like swimming." A) Thus. B) Meanwhile. C) Nevertheless. D) Similarly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nevertheless. 19. And then there are the copies of my own vegalah that I see coming and going, pulling by a number of area residents, who may, like me, wish their carts had more individuality. A) NO CHANGE. B) Going are pulled. C) Going, they are pulled. D) Going, pulled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going, pulled. 20. When Tran visited Vietnamese restaurants in the Los Angeles area, he was impressed, with both, their decor and.their menus but shocked to learn how much it costs to rent a suitable building. A) NO CHANGE. B) Impressed with both. C) Impressed with both,. D) Impressed. With both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impressed with both. 21. Scientists have already sequenced the genomes of many animals; as a result, they have now begun to map the epigenome. A) NO CHANGE. B) Animals. A result of which they. C) Animals resulting from which they. D) Animals, as a result, they. E) Animals:as a result, they. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 22. There is not much difference between the decision toenter a presidential race and the decision to walk intoa lion's den, in reality, the lion's den seems more fun. A) NO CHANGE. B) A lion's den. In reality,. C) A lion's den in reality,. D) A lion's den, in reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A lion's den. In reality,. 23. "Which paintings will be exhibited tomorrow?" "We don't know yet:they ..... by a team." A) Are still being selected. B) Are still selecting. C) Still be selected. D) Still selected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are still being selected. 24. "What time will the delayed plane depart?" "They say that it ..... soon." A) Will announce. B) Is to announce. C) To be announced. D) Will be announced. 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