English Grammar Quiz: Sentence Patterns
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The English language is an easy and fun language to learn. There are different ways that you can structure a sentence and get to pass an intended message to the recipient. How good are you at sentence patterns and how they are constituted? Take up the quiz below and get some practice. All the best, and keep practicing your grammar skills!
- 1.
- A.
Subject + verb
- B.
Subject + verb + direct object
- C.
Subject + linking verb + complement
- 2.Choose the sentence pattern for the following sentence: The family hikes the Appalachian Trail every year.
- A.
Subject + verb + direct object
- B.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object
- C.
Subject + linking verb + complement
- 3.My mother gave me new shoes.
- A.
Subject + verb + direct object
- B.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object
- C.
Subject + linking verb + complement
- 4.The people elected the young candidate governor.
- A.
Subject + verb
- B.
Subject + linking verb + complement
- C.
Subject + verb + direct object + object complement
- 5.Maryanne is one of the sisters in Sense and Sensibility.
- A.
Subject + verb + direct object
- B.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object
- C.
Subject + linking verb + complement
- 6.That boy never gave me the time of day.
- A.
Subject + linking verb + complement
- B.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object
- C.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object + object complement
- 7.Jane Austen wrote six full novels.
- A.
Subject + verb + direct object
- B.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object
- C.
Subject + linking verb + complement
- 8.Many consider Jane Austen, England's most celebrated novelist.
- A.
Subject + verb + direct object
- B.
Subject + verb + direct object + object complement
- C.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object
- 9.Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's most famous novel.
- A.
Subject + linking verb + complement
- B.
Subject + verb + direct object
- C.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object
- 10.Elizabeth I ruled England until 1603.
- A.
Subject + verb + direct object
- B.
Subject + linking verb + complement
- C.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object
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