English Grammar: Sentence Structure Quiz!
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.
- 1.I have only one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
- A.
Complex
- B.
Compound
- C.
Compound-complex
- D.
Simple
- 2.I am a sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
- A.
Complex
- B.
Compound
- C.
Compound-complex
- D.
Simple
- 3.I am a sentence with two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
- A.
Complex
- B.
Compound
- C.
Compound-complex
- D.
Simple
- 4.I am a word that joins words, phrases, and clauses.
- A.
Conjunction
- B.
Noun
- C.
Verb
- 5.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
- 6.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
- 7.Pat put his glasses on, too.
- A.
Complex
- B.
Compound
- C.
Compound-complex
- D.
Simple
- 8.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
- 9.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
- 10.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
- 11.I am a clause with a subject and a verb, and I make sense all by myself.
- A.
Dependent clause
- B.
Independent clause
- 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
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