WorksheetsCompound Sentences Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
(1) I was incredibly hungry this morning, but I stopped at the convenience store on the way to work.
What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 1?
Change but to so
Change but to for
Change the comma to a semicolon
No change is needed
(2) I tried to grab a jumbo bag of Takis. (3) I fumbled the bag.
What is the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?
I tried to grab a jumbo bag of Takis, and I fumbled the bag.
I tied to grab a jumbo bag of Takis; and I fumbled the bag.
I tried to grab a jumbo bag of Takis, but I fumbled the bag.
I tried to grab a jumbo bag of Takis; but I fumbled the bag.
(4) I asked an employee named Sarah to catch the bag; she rudely said I could "catch these hands instead."
What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 4?
Delete the semicolon after bag
Change the semicolon to a comma
Delete the semicolon after bag and insert the word but
No change is needed.
(5) I tried to ask for Sarah's manager. (6) I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.
What is the best way to combine sentences 5 and 6?
I tried to ask for Sarah's manager; so I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.
I tried to ask for Sarah's manager, or I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.
I tried to ask for Sarah's manager; I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.
I tried to ask for Sarah's manager but I didn't know Sarah WAS the manager.
(7) I was mortified. (8) I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.
What is the best way to combine sentences 7 and 8?
I was mortified; so I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.
I was mortified, so I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.
I was mortified so I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.
I was mortified, but I hurried to pay and ran out of the store.
(9) I was still feeling hungry, so I ate the entire bag of jumbo Takis.
What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 9?
Change so to or
Delete the comma after hungry
Change so to for
No change is needed.
(10) I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis. (11) I was wrong.
What is the best way to combine sentences 10 and 11?
I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis, but I was wrong.
I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis; but I was wrong.
I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis, so I was wrong.
I thought my stomach could handle all those Takis; so I was wrong.
(12) Sarah was the one who sold me the Takis; so I decided to sue her.
What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 12?
Delete the semicolon after Takis
Change so to and
Change the semicolon to a comma
No change is needed
(13) The lawyer laughed when I told him my story. (14) That's when I became a villain.
What is the best way to combine sentences 13 and 14?
The lawyer laughed when I told him my story, and that's when I became a villain.
The lawyer laughed when I told him my story; and that's when I became a villain.
The lawyer laughed when I told him my story and that's when I became a villain.
The lawyer laughed when I told him my story, that's when I became a villain.
Write your own compound sentence using either sentence formula (hint: IC;IC or IC,FIC). Feel free to write an ending to the story told in this quiz!
COMPLEX SENTENCE BONUS!
(1) When you get to this question, take a deep breath.
Which of the following is another way to write sentence 1?
When you get to this question; take a deep breath.
When you get to this question, and take a deep breath.
Take a deep breath when you get to this question.
Take a deep breath, when you get to this question.
COMPLEX QUESTION BONUS!
(2) We will review the quiz after everyone is finished.
What is another way to write sentence 2?
We will review the quiz until everyone is finished.
We will review the quiz, after everyone is finished.
After everyone is finished; we will review the quiz.
After everyone is finished, we will review the quiz.
