Weekly ELA Quiz: 4 Main Types of Sentences

Which sentence is a simple sentence?

• The dog barked loudly.

• The dog barked, and the cat ran away.

• Because the dog barked, the cat ran.

• The dog barked while the cat hid.

Which of the following is a simple sentence?

• The sun is shining, and the birds are singing.

• The sun shines during the day.

• When the sun shines, I feel happy.

• The sun shines brightly, but the clouds are coming.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Select the simple sentence:

• I walked to the park and played with my friends.

• Because I was tired, I went home early.

• I went to the park.

• I went to the park, and I had fun.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which is a simple sentence?

• The dog barked at the mailman.

• The dog barked, and the mailman ran away.

• The dog barked when the mailman came.

• The mailman ran because the dog barked.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which of these sentences is compound?

• I want to play outside after dinner.

• I finished my homework, and I went to the park.

• When I finished my homework, I went to the park.

• I went to the park because I finished my homework.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

Select the compound sentence:

• The dog chased the cat because it was hungry.

• The dog chased the cat, and it ran away.

• The cat ran when the dog chased it.

• Because the dog was hungry, it chased the cat.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

• I ate breakfast before I went to school.

• I ate breakfast, but I was still hungry.

• I ate breakfast because I was hungry.

• Although I ate breakfast, I was still hungry.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

• I finished my homework, and I played outside.

• Since it was raining, we stayed inside.

• It was raining, and we stayed inside.

• We stayed inside, but it stopped raining.

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CCSS.L.4.1B

Select the complex sentence:

• I want to go to the park, but it’s too late.

• We went to the park after we finished our homework.

• We finished our homework, and we went to the park.

• We went to the park, and it was fun.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which of these is a complex sentence?

• I like ice cream because it tastes good.

• I like ice cream, and I like cake.

• I like ice cream, but I don’t like chocolate.

• Ice cream tastes good, and cake is yummy.