US English Sentence Structure MCQs (Chapterwise Multiple Choice Questions)

Identify the type and function of the underlined clause in the following sentence. What she did last summer surprised just about everyone.

Adverb clause modifying

Noun clause acting as subject

Noun clause acting as object

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Noun clause acting as subject

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Identify the subject in the following sentence. Sitting in a tree at the top of the garden was a huge bluebird with long, yellow tail feathers.

Sitting in a tree at the top of the garden was a huge bluebird with long, yellow tail feathers

Sitting in a tree at the top of the garden

a huge bluebird with long, yellow tail feathers

was

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: a huge bluebird with long, yellow tail feathers

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Identify, in order as they appear, the underlined parts of speech in the sentence below. After the blond model wobbled precariously, she hit the runway with a thud and died.

Subordinating conjunction, adjective, noun, adverb, pronoun, article, preposition, noun, conjunction, verb

Adjective, adverb, noun, adjective, noun, article, conjunction, verb, conjunction, adjective

Adverb, adjective, noun, adjective, pronoun, article, preposition, noun, conjunction, verb

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Subordinating conjunction, adjective, noun, adverb, pronoun, article, preposition, noun, conjunction, verb

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Identify the type and function of the underlined phrase in the following sentence. After gathering nectar and cleaning up the hive, the bees took a well-deserved break.

Prepositional phrase acting as an adverb

Noun phrase acting as the subject

Participial phrase modifying

This is not a phrase; it's an adverb clause.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: This is not a phrase; it's an adverb clause.

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The underlined phrase in the following sentence is a misplaced modifier. Analyze the sentence, and then identify the type of modifier error it contains. After being tossed on the barbecue, Malcolm thought the shrimp tasted much better.

Misplaced modifier: the word, phrase, or clause does not clearly relate to the word it is intended to modify

Dangling modifier: the word or phrase (commonly a participle) modifies a word that either does not appear in the sentence or is placed too far away from its modifier

Squinting modifier: the ambiguous modifier (usually an adverb) appears to qualify the words both before and after it

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Dangling modifier: the word or phrase (commonly a participle) modifies a word that either does not appear in the sentence or is placed too far away from its modifier

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Which of the following sentences illustrate(s) correct pronoun-antecedent agreement?

Everybody here must try their best to win the foot race.

When a person shows up late for work, he or she should be reprimanded.

The representatives of the press, who were annoyed by the president's remarks, have packed up their cameras and gone home.

Wilma never answers the phone after midnight, as it makes her nervous to do so.

All of the above use correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: All of the above use correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.

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Everybody on that soccer team should ask himself a few important questions and set his own goals before the season begins.

Indefinite pronoun, possessive pronoun, personal pronoun, interrogative pronoun

Indefinite pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, reflexive pronoun, possessive pronoun

Relative pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, possessive pronoun, reflexive pronoun

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Indefinite pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, reflexive pronoun, possessive pronoun

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Identify, in order as they appear, the types of phrases underlined in the following sentence. Before Ms. Allman became head of plastics for the toy company, she was a cosmetic surgeon.

Absolute phrase, participial phrase

Infinitive phrase, gerund phrase

Prepositional phrase, noun phrase

Appositive phrase, noun phrase

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Prepositional phrase, noun phrase

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Read the following statement and choose the correct answer from the options below. A clause is a group of grammatically related words that contains a subject and predicate; a phrase is a group of grammatically related words that does not contain a subject and predicate.

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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Analyze the following sentence, and then choose the correct statement from the options below. The boss told me to stay late and clear my desk before I leave for vacation.

This sentence has two independent clauses.

This sentence has one independent clause.

This sentence has no independent clause.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: This sentence has one independent clause.

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