Sentence Structure and Variety

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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Hard
+11
Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Adding what would make this a compound sentence?
"Sally likes to run"
a coordinating conjunction and an independent clause
a subordinating conjunction
nothing
a comma
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2A
CCSS.L.7.1B
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.3.1I
2.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Make this sentence a compound sentence:
"Mark went to the park yesterday..."
Evaluate responses using AI:
OFF
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2A
CCSS.L.7.1B
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.3.1I
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Select the answer option that would make this sentence a compound sentence:
"Jack likes to swim early in the mornings..."
, and he likes to jog sometimes too!
before he gets his coffee.
because he enjoys swimming when the sun is out.
and he likes to jog sometimes too!
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2A
CCSS.L.7.1B
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.3.1H
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
FANBOYS are which type of conjunction?
Coordinating
Subordinating
Tags
CCSS.L.5.1A
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.1.1G
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What USUALLY and ALMOST ALWAYS goes before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?
another conjunction
a comma
quotation marks
parenthesis
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2A
CCSS.L.7.1B
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.3.1I
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What two things does a simple/ complete sentence/ independent clause have?
a subject (noun) and predicate (verb)
only a subject (noun)
only the predicate (verb)
a conjunction and a subject (noun)
Tags
CCSS.L.7.1B
CCSS.L.3.1I
CCSS.L.2.1F
CCSS.L.1.1J
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the pronoun in this compound sentence?:
"Jason likes to run, and he likes to dance".
Jason
likes
dance
he
Tags
CCSS.L.6.1A
CCSS.L.6.1C
CCSS.L.6.1D
CCSS.L.3.1A
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