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English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 2 Language - Complete Simple and Compound Sentences (Questions)

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Whenever we write, we should always read through our work. Sometimes we miss punctuation or words, add words twice or the sentence just doesn’t make sense. Play this quiz and see how good you are at sentences.

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1. Which sentence is missing a word?
[ ] My television used to be black and white but now it's in color.
[ ] My television used to be black and white but now in color.
[ ] My television used to be really heavy but now it's flat screen.
[ ] My television is my favorite object in my living room.
2. Which sentence isn't missing any words?
[ ] Rome capital.
[ ] Building started in.
[ ] Romulus and were the sons.
[ ] This is the colosseum.
3. shelf, they, going, make, to, are, a. These words are in a muddle but which one would be the last word in the sentence?
[ ] they
[ ] make
[ ] are
[ ] shelf
4. help, clocks, us, time, tell, the, to. These words are in a muddle but which one would be the first word in the sentence?
[ ] Clocks
[ ] Time
[ ] Help
[ ] Us
5. Put these words in order so that they make a sentence: a took She picture.
[ ] took a picture she
[ ] picture she took a
[ ] She picture a took
[ ] She took a picture.
6. Put these words in order so that they make a sentence: joined I dance class. a
[ ] dance class a I joined.
[ ] I joined a dance class.
[ ] I joined dance a class.
[ ] I dance joined a class
7. Put these words in order so that they make a sentence: eating I pepperoni love pizza.
[ ] I love eating pepperoni pizza.
[ ] I love pepperoni pizza eating.
[ ] I love eating pizza pepperoni.
[ ] I love pizza pepperoni eating.
8. What should be added to complete the sentence?
Mary fell asleep and …
[ ] did her homework.
[ ] she woke up early the next morning.
[ ] ran a mile.
[ ] to ask a question.
9. What should be added to complete the sentence?
Kevin wants to …
[ ] go to the park.
[ ] and eat a hamburger.
[ ] but cries a lot.
[ ] Bob will see a movie.
10. What should be added to complete the sentence?
Many people should watch the news, but….
[ ] Karen will ask her mother.
[ ] to see good things happening.
[ ] is Molly ready for school.
[ ] a few people actually do.
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English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 2 Language - Complete Simple and Compound Sentences (Answers)
1. Which sentence is missing a word?
[ ] My television used to be black and white but now it's in color.
[x] My television used to be black and white but now in color.
[ ] My television used to be really heavy but now it's flat screen.
[ ] My television is my favorite object in my living room.
The word we are missing is 'it's'. The first answer is the correct sentence. Televisions first went on sale in the late 1920s.
2. Which sentence isn't missing any words?
[ ] Rome capital.
[ ] Building started in.
[ ] Romulus and were the sons.
[x] This is the colosseum.
If a sentence has missing words it can lose all sense and be difficult to understand.
3. shelf, they, going, make, to, are, a. These words are in a muddle but which one would be the last word in the sentence?
[ ] they
[ ] make
[ ] are
[x] shelf
The sentence is: 'They are going to make a shelf.'
4. help, clocks, us, time, tell, the, to. These words are in a muddle but which one would be the first word in the sentence?
[x] Clocks
[ ] Time
[ ] Help
[ ] Us
The sentence is: 'Clocks help us to tell the time.'
5. Put these words in order so that they make a sentence: a took She picture.
[ ] took a picture she
[ ] picture she took a
[ ] She picture a took
[x] She took a picture.
To help you put the words in order, you should read each sentence out loud. You should also read aloud the sentences you write.
6. Put these words in order so that they make a sentence: joined I dance class. a
[ ] dance class a I joined.
[x] I joined a dance class.
[ ] I joined dance a class.
[ ] I dance joined a class
The word 'I' is always written as a capital letter but in this instance, it does also show the beginning of the sentence.
7. Put these words in order so that they make a sentence: eating I pepperoni love pizza.
[x] I love eating pepperoni pizza.
[ ] I love pepperoni pizza eating.
[ ] I love eating pizza pepperoni.
[ ] I love pizza pepperoni eating.
Pepperoni is a type of sausage.
8. What should be added to complete the sentence?
Mary fell asleep and …
[ ] did her homework.
[x] she woke up early the next morning.
[ ] ran a mile.
[ ] to ask a question.
This makes sense and is a good part to make a compound sentence.
9. What should be added to complete the sentence?
Kevin wants to …
[x] go to the park.
[ ] and eat a hamburger.
[ ] but cries a lot.
[ ] Bob will see a movie.
This completes a simple sentence.
10. What should be added to complete the sentence?
Many people should watch the news, but….
[ ] Karen will ask her mother.
[ ] to see good things happening.
[ ] is Molly ready for school.
[x] a few people actually do.
This completes the sentence and it makes sense.