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Complex Sentences QUIZ

Authored by Sarah Whitman

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 6+ times

Complex Sentences QUIZ
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Is the following sentence compound or complex?


While she was at the store, Ms. Sherwood bought some last minute Christmas presents.

compound

complex

Answer explanation

It's complex! It is formed with a dependent clause and an independent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Is the following sentence compound or complex?


He didn't want to go to the dentist, yet he went anyway.

compound

complex

Answer explanation

It's compound! It is formed with two independent clauses and a conjunction (plus a comma!)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Unless you are going to graduate you will not need to apply for your diploma. 
Where does the comma belong?

Between unless and you
Between graduate and you
Between not and need
This complex sentence does not need a comma

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which are correctly written complex sentences?

When I was a baby, my dad was in the army.
Although I was tired.
An adjective describes a noun.
A proper noun needs to be capitalized.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

If Darryl eats too much sugar, he will be very hyper.

Darryl eats too much sugar.

Darryl eats too much sugar, and he is always very hyper.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A complex sentence is made of...

one independent clause

one dependent clause

two independent clauses

one independent clause and one dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following are dependent clauses?

While you were outside.
If you don't study.
When you get to the goal.
all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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