Sentence Structure Quiz With Answers!

20 Questions | By Brennadjohnson | Updated: Nov 1, 2022 | Attempts: 65436

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How good are you at making sentences? With this sentence structure quiz, you can check how well you understand sentence structures. A sentence is a build-up of many words, and each word carries a meaning, whether it's the subject or a predicate; everything is essential to form a clear sense of what does the sentence means. This quiz is to practice using sentence structure and identifying sentences with simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex composition. Your score will reveal your knowledge. All the best, and do share your result!

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1.

The bus slowed and pulled up to the curb in front of a T-shirt shop.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
2.

Other small stores lined both sides of the street for the next few blocks, and Chris quickly scanned the names on the storefronts nearby.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
3.

Pat put his glasses on, too.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
4.

A few people strolled by them while they stood on the sidewalk glancing around, but nobody seemed especially curious.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
5.

I have only one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
6.

I am a sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
7.

I am a sentence with two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
8.

I am a sentence with two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon that separates the clauses.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
9.

I contain a subject and verb and cannot stand alone by myself. Subordinating conjunction usually comes before me in a sentence.
- A.
  
  Dependent clause
- B.
  
  Independent clause
10.

I am a clause with a subject and a verb, and I make sense all by myself.
- A.
  
  Dependent clause
- B.
  
  Independent clause
11.

I am a word that joins words, phrases, and clauses.
- A.
  
  Conjunction
- B.
  
  Noun
- C.
  
  Verb
12.

Identify the sentence structure: After Prince Charming put the glass slipper on her foot, Cinderella went to the palace and lived happily ever after.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
13.

Identify the sentence structure: Hank the Cowdog chased Pete the Barn cat into Sally Mae's Iris patch, and she was mad!
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
14.

Identify the sentence structure: After school on Thursday, I threw snowballs at three funny boys.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
15.

Identify the sentence structure in the following: Mrs. Johnson writes in her journal as she listens to a U2 album, and she prefers to do this on cloudy days.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
16.

Identify the sentence structure: Birds fly, and they migrate towards the south when it is wintertime.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple
17.

Identify the type of clause underlined in the following sentence: Bugs Bunny was a great philosopher and trickster in his Warner Bros. cartoons.
- A.
  
  Dependent clause
- B.
  
  Independent clause
18.

Identify the type of clause underlined in the following sentence: Whenever Daddy plays a saxophone solo at the concert, he stands up.
- A.
  
  Dependent clause
- B.
  
  Independent clause
19.

Identify the type of clause underlined in the following: The plants that scare me are the ones who sing "Feed Me" in a ghoulish manner.
- A.
  
  Dependent clause
- B.
  
  Independent clause
20.

Identify the sentence structure: When my students prepare for their quizzes and tests, I am not surprised by their success and mastery of the concept, even though I know they are more than capable.
- A.
  
  Complex
- B.
  
  Compound
- C.
  
  Compound-complex
- D.
  
  Simple