Level 3 Exam-Pattern Test — Types of Sentences
8 Questions • 15 min • Chapter MCQ
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Question 1 of 8
Identify the structure: 'After the storm passed, the sun came out and the birds sang.'
complex
compound
compound-complex
simple
Explanation: 1 dependent ('After the storm passed') + 2 independent clauses.
Question 2 of 8
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
When you arrive call me.
When you arrive, call me.
When, you arrive call me.
When you arrive; call me.
Explanation: Put a comma after a leading dependent clause.
Question 3 of 8
Combine into a complex sentence: 'He was honest. Everyone trusted him.'
He was honest, and everyone trusted him.
Because he was honest, everyone trusted him.
He was honest; everyone trusted him.
He was honest everyone trusted him.
Explanation: A subordinating conjunction makes it complex.
Question 4 of 8
Spot the comma splice.
I was hungry, so I ate.
I was hungry, I ate.
Because I was hungry, I ate.
I was hungry; I ate.
Explanation: Two independent clauses joined by only a comma = comma splice.
Question 5 of 8
Which clause is independent?
since it was raining
although she tried
the team won
when we left
Explanation: 'the team won' stands alone as a complete thought.
Question 6 of 8
Reduce to a simple sentence: 'When she heard the news, she smiled.'
On hearing the news, she smiled.
She heard the news and she smiled.
Because she heard the news, she smiled.
She heard; she smiled.
Explanation: A participial/phrase reduction makes it a simple sentence.
Question 7 of 8
Rearrange into a compound-complex sentence: 'rang / when / the bell / we / left / and / went home'
When the bell rang, we left and went home.
We left when the bell rang and went home.
We went home and left when the bell rang.
The bell rang we left and went home.
Explanation: Dependent clause first, then two independent clauses.
Question 8 of 8
Which sentence has TWO dependent clauses?
Because he was tired and because it was late, he slept.
He was tired, so he slept.
He slept because he was tired.
He was tired and slept.
Explanation: Two dependent 'because' clauses precede the independent clause.