Sentence structure

Questions

1. Which sentence is a simple sentence?

   • The dog barked because it was scared.
   • The dog barked loudly at the mail carrier.
   • The dog barked when the bell rang.
   • The dog barked, and the cat hid.
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   The dog barked loudly at the mail carrier.

2. Which word is a coordinating conjunction?

   • although
   • because
   • but
   • while
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   but

3. Which sentence is compound?

   • Although it rained, I went swimming.
   • I wanted to swim because it was hot.
   • I wanted to swim in the pool.
   • I wanted to swim, but the pool was closed.
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   I wanted to swim, but the pool was closed.

4. Which sentence is complex?

   • Although it was late, we kept playing.
   • It was late, and we were tired.
   • It was late, so we went home.
   • We kept playing in the park.
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   Although it was late, we kept playing.

5. In "When the bell rang, we left," what is "When the bell rang"?

   • A compound predicate
   • A main clause
   • A prepositional phrase
   • A subordinate clause
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   A subordinate clause

6. Which sentence correctly joins two main clauses with a comma and "and"?

   • And she sang, he played guitar.
   • She sang and, he played guitar.
   • She sang he, and played guitar.
   • She sang, and he played guitar.
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   She sang, and he played guitar.

7. Which sentence is a compound-complex sentence?

   • Because it snowed, school closed, and we stayed home.
   • Because it snowed, school closed.
   • School closed because of the snow.
   • School closed, and we stayed home.
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   Because it snowed, school closed, and we stayed home.

8. Which is a run-on sentence?

   • Because I was tired, I went to bed.
   • I was tired I went to bed early.
   • I was tired, so I went to bed early.
   • I was tired; therefore, I went to bed early.
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   I was tired I went to bed early.

9. Which rewrite best varies "I woke up. I ate. I left."?

   • After I woke up and ate, I left.
   • I woke up. I ate. I left. I ran.
   • I woke up. Then I ate. Then I left.
   • I woke. I ate. I went.
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   After I woke up and ate, I left.

10. Which sentence opens with an -ing word to add variety?

    • Running down the hill, Sam waved.
    • Sam ran down the hill and waved.
    • Sam waved while he ran.
    • Sam, who ran, waved.
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    Running down the hill, Sam waved.

11. A compound sentence has two or more main clauses. (True or false?)

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    True

12. A simple sentence can never have a compound subject, like "Tom and Mia ran." (True or false?)

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    False

13. Using only short sentences all the time makes writing flow better. (True or false?)

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    False

14. Name one subordinating conjunction that can start a complex sentence. (Answer out loud)

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    because (also although, when, if, since, while, unless)

15. What is the term for joining two main clauses with just a comma? (Answer out loud)

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    A comma splice

16. Join with "so": "It was cold. I wore a coat." What type of sentence results? (Answer out loud)

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    A compound sentence

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