Sentence Skills Mastery Quiz

Combine the following sentences into one: "The cat is sleeping. The cat is on the mat."

• The cat is sleeping on the mat.

• The cat sleeping on the mat.

• The cat is on the mat sleeping.

• The cat sleeps on the mat.

Identify the correct subject-verb agreement: "The list of items ____ on the desk."

• are

• is

• were

• be

Choose the correct verb tense: "By the time we arrived, the movie ____ already started."

• has

• had

• have

• was

Combine the following sentences into one: "She loves to read. She reads every night before bed."

• She loves to read every night before bed.

• She reads every night before bed because she loves to read.

• She loves to read, and she reads every night before bed.

• She loves reading every night before bed.

Identify the sentence with correct person consistency: "If one wants to succeed, you must work hard."

• If one wants to succeed, you must work hard.

• If one wants to succeed, they must work hard.

• If one wants to succeed, one must work hard.

• If you want to succeed, one must work hard.

Correct the run-on sentence: "I went to the store I bought some milk."

• I went to the store, I bought some milk.

• I went to the store; I bought some milk.

• I went to the store and bought some milk.

• I went to the store. I bought some milk.

Combine the following sentences into one: "The sun set. The sky turned orange."

• The sun set, and the sky turned orange.

• The sun set the sky turned orange.

• The sun set; the sky turned orange.

• The sun set, the sky turned orange.

Identify the correct subject-verb agreement: "Neither the teacher nor the students ____ ready for the test."

• is

• are

• was

• were

Choose the correct verb tense: "She ____ to the gym every morning."

• goes

• go

• gone

• going

Combine the following sentences into one: "He was tired. He went to bed early."

• He was tired, so he went to bed early.

• He was tired he went to bed early.

• He was tired; he went to bed early.

• He was tired and went to bed early.