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Simple sentences

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Combine the sentences:

Turtles live near the pond. Frogs live near the pond.

(a)  

2.
After midnight the ghosts will come out of the haunted attic.
a)
compound
b)
complex
c)
simple
3.

The baseball player struck out.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound-Complex

4.
I needed milk, sugar, and flour from the store.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
5.

What type of sentence is the following - simple or compound?


During their lunch, Mrs. Musto and Mrs. Gambler ate an entire cheese pizza and a large antipasto salad.

a)

Simple Sentence

b)

Compound Sentence

6.

Which of these does a complete sentence NOT need?

a)

Punctuation at the end

b)

Start with a capital letter

c)

At least 2 verbs

d)

A subject

7.

Which of these sentences in a simple sentence.

a)

Pugsley and Obi slept together on the couch.

b)

Buddy ran to the fence while Pugsley sat under the tree.

c)

Mrs. Schick worked all weekend, and her husband played computer games.

d)

The storm came, and it went.

8.

Dara doesn't have money to pay for his school fee. 

a)

Simple Sentence

b)

Compound Sentence 

c)

Complex Sentence 

d)

Compound-complex Sentence

9.

The word orbit means "to travel around something."

a)

Compound Sentence

b)

Simple Sentence

10.
I want to wear my blue shirt with yellow and green stripes.
a)
simple
b)
compound
c)
complex
11.
Syntax is the study of_______________.
a)
Word formation
b)
How language is used to communicate within its situational context
c)
Linguistic meaning
d)
Phrases, clauses, and sentences
12.

She cooked grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.

a)

simple sentence

b)

compound sentence

13.

Sara slammed the door and left.

a)

Sentence Fragment

b)

Simple Sentence

c)

Compound Sentence

d)

Run-On Sentence

14.

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence:


In 1868 and 1975, damaging earthquakes created tsunamis.

a)

tsunamis

b)

damaging

c)

earthquakes

d)

created

15.

He runs.

a)

sentence

b)

non sentence

16.
When joining two simple sentences, the period becomes _____________________. 
a)
a conjunction
b)
a simple sentence
c)
a comma
d)
a capital
17.

Simple or Compound?


2) They watched a really funny movie last night.

a)

simple

b)

compound

18.

Choose if the sentence is simple or compound: He has one brother and three sisters.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

19.

My new shoes hurt my feet and my toes.

a)

Simple

b)

compound

20.

Megan ate too much food.

a)

Simple Sentence

b)

Compound Sentence

c)

Complex Sentence

d)

Compound Complex Sentence