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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which parts are required to have a Simple Sentence?

a subject

a verb

a comma

a full stop

a semicolon

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentences start with an independent clause and ends with a dependent clause?

Because it was so cold.

Jay asked the store clerk for directions.

Dinah read a magazine while she waited for the bus.

Joyce enjoyed geometry more that she enjoyed algebra.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of sentence is this?

Since you like tulips, I didn't get any roses.

simple

compound

complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of sentence is this?

I gave my sister three cupcakes and a cookie.

simple

compound

complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of sentence structure follows? With furious anger, Siria started screaming, and she started flipping over tables and chairs.

Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of sentence structure is used in this sentence:

“She has no conversation,' he said, 'and I am afraid that she is a coquette, for she is always flirting with the wind.” (The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde)

Compound sentence

Simple sentence

Compound-complex sentence

Complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of sentence structure is used in this sentence: 

“Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its colour within twenty seconds.” (The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry)

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

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