Grammar Level 4 Review

In the following sentence which is the dependent clause? When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps.

• When the Senate convened

• the citizens gathered

• on the steps

• the citizens gathered on the steps

In the following sentence which is the independent clause? When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps.

• When the Senate convened

• the citizens gathered

• on the steps

• the citizens gathered on the steps

What is the word Senate in the following sentence:

When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps.

• a proper noun

• a subject

• a collective noun

• all of the above

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps.

• When the Senate convened

• the citizens gathered

• on the steps

• the citizens gathered on the steps

What is the sentence structure of the following sentence:

When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

What is the sentence purpose of the following sentence:

When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps.

• declarative

• imperative

• exclamatory

• interrogative

What is the word when in the following sentence:

When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps.

• preposition

• adverb

• conjunction

• verb

When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps. This sentence contains:

• one coordinating conjunction

• one subordinating conjunction

• one correlative conjunction

• no conjunction

When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps. This sentence contains:

• one verb

• two verbs

• one subject

• no phrases

What is the word convened in the following sentence: When the Senate convened, the citizens gathered on the steps.

• an action verb

• a linking verb

• a transitive verb (has a direct object)

• a verb in the present tense