Sentence Structure and Vocabulary Quiz

What is a subject of a sentence?

• The topic of a sentence; tells whom or what the sentence is about

• The action of the sentence; tells what is being done or felt

• Words used to connect or coordinate clauses or sentences

What type of conjunctions starts a dependent clause?

• Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)

• Subordinating conjunctions (AWHITEBUS)

Fill in the blank: A _______ is the topic of a sentence and tells whom or what the sentence is about.

• subject

• predicate

• conjunction

Fill in the blank: The _______ of a sentence tells what is being done or felt.

• subject

• predicate

• conjunction

Which of the following is a subordinating conjunction?

• but

• or

• since

Fill in the blank: A _______ clause can stand alone as a sentence.

• dependent

• independent

• subordinate

Fill in the blank: _______ conjunctions are used to join two independent clauses.

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

• Correlative

What type of clause has a subject, predicate, and can stand alone?

• Independent clause

• Dependent clause

What type of clause has a subject, predicate, and cannot stand alone?

• Independent clause

• Dependent clause

What type of sentence has one clause that has a subject and a predicate, and it can stand alone?

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex sentence