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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Sentences (Types) 2 (Questions)

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This second quiz looks at three more types of sentence to use in your writing: simple, compound and complex. The first Sentence (Types) quiz introduced statements, questions, commands and exclamations.

See if you can get top marks in both quizzes!

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
The family is walking home.

[ ]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Simple

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
What time is it?

[ ]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Question

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
We were late for tea.

[ ]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Simple

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
Stand up!

[ ]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Simple

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
We were late for tea and our meal was cold.

[ ]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Simple

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
He was young and she was old.

[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Exclamatory
[ ]	Simple

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
The car started hesitantly.

[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Interrogative
[ ]	Simple

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
He wore a coat but the weather was fine.

[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Exclamatory
[ ]	Simple

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
He wore a coat because it was raining.

[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Imperative
[ ]	Simple

10.

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
They went home because it was getting late.

[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Interrogative
[ ]	Simple

English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Sentences (Types) 2 (Answers)

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
The family is walking home.

[ ]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[x]	Simple

A simple sentence has subject 'family' and verb

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
What time is it?

[ ]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[x]	Question

A question (an interrogative) needs a question mark

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
We were late for tea.

[ ]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[x]	Simple

Simple: has subject 'we', verb 'were', object 'tea'

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
Stand up!

[x]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Simple

A command (imperative) uses an exclamation mark

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
We were late for tea and our meal was cold.

[ ]	Command
[ ]	Complex
[x]	Compound
[ ]	Simple

A compound sentence joins simple sentences

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
He was young and she was old.

[ ]	Complex
[x]	Compound
[ ]	Exclamatory
[ ]	Simple

'He was young'/'she was old' joined by 'and'

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
The car started hesitantly.

[ ]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Interrogative
[x]	Simple

Simple: has subject (car) + verb (started) as a minimum

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
He wore a coat but the weather was fine.

[ ]	Complex
[x]	Compound
[ ]	Exclamatory
[ ]	Simple

'He wore a coat'/'weather was fine' joined by 'but'

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
He wore a coat because it was raining.

[x]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Imperative
[ ]	Simple

10.

Select the correct term for the following sentence.
They went home because it was getting late.

[x]	Complex
[ ]	Compound
[ ]	Interrogative
[ ]	Simple

'Because it was getting late': clause - can't stand alone