English Sentence Structure Quiz # 3

Which is an example of a subordinating conjunction?

over

or

and

if

"She accepted the punishment with dignity." What part of speech is "dignity"?

adverb

adjective

noun

conjunction

Which part of the following declarative sentence is incorrect? "That horses refuses to be saddled."

verb conjugation

noun number

article

predicate adjective

"She did not take his concern that seriously." What part of speech is "that"?

pronoun

adverb

article

adjective

The 'comma splice' is a kind of:

sentence fragment

dangling modifier

run-on sentence

complex sentence

Identify the dependent clause: "Should we clean up together, are you going to do it yourself, or do you expect me to do it for you?

sentence does not contain a dependent clause

do you expect me to do it for you

Should we clean up together

are you going to do it yourself

"We looked in the mailbox, the garden, the shed, and behind a tree." What type of error is present in this sentence?

parallel structure

modifier placement

subject-verb agreement

pronoun-antecedent agreement

Which part of this sentence is incorrect: "Only one of the seven countries that participate have any objections."

Only one

participate

have

any

Which is not an acceptable correction to the common run-on sentence?

Separate two independent clauses into two sentences.

Add a coordinating conjunction after inserting a comma.

Link two sentences as independent clauses.

Insert a semicolon into the sentence.

Which sentence contains an error of subject-verb agreement?

I am smarter than she is.

Either the senators or the president were responsible.

The dogs and the baby were asleep.

Neither you nor I am tall enough.

A dependent clause:

is an incomplete sentence without another dependent clause to complement it.

is a sentence fragment without an independent clause.

is always shorter than an independent clause.

is conditional, and therefore requires use of the subjunctive.

Identify the predicate in the following sentence: "Jim is going to the store to buy eggs."

store

is going to the store

is going

to the store to buy eggs

"Each piece of data should be recorded, so the scientists can learn from them." What type of error is present in this sentence?

subject-verb agreement

pronoun-antecedent agreement

parallel structure

modifier placement

Which of the following CANNOT correctly be used between two independent clauses?

a period

a semicolon

a comma and a coordinating conjunction

a comma

A compound-complex sentence always contains:

one or more independent clauses and two or more dependent clauses

two or more independent clauses, and/or two or more dependent clauses

two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

at least one dependent clause and at least one dependent clause

"He adored the kitten that Jane had rescued." Based on its structure, what type of sentence is this?

complex

simple

compound-complex

compound

"Having fallen in the sink, John found his phone no longer worked." What type of error is present in this sentence?

modifier placement

parallel structure

subject-verb agreement

pronoun-antecedent agreement

"While I was at work, Jack cleaned the bathroom." Based on its structure, what type of sentence is this?

complex

simple

compound-complex

compound

"Which shoes did she wear yesterday?" What part of speech is "Which"?

adjective

adverb

noun

preposition

"He had no comment concerning the scandal." What part of speech is "concerning"?

preposition

conjunction

verb

adjective

"He loved the gift that his mother sent us, but I abhorred it." Based on its structure, what type of sentence is this?

complex

compound

simple

compound-complex

Which sentence contains an error of pronoun-antecedent agreement?

Anders and I arrived later in the evening.

Mary-Kate and Ashley has lost their shoes.

Jan, Mary, and she won an award.

Every hiker should watch their step.

A predicate adjective:

modifies a sentence's subject

describes an adjective

describes a person, place, thing, activity, or action

modifies a sentence's object

Which is an example of a coordinating conjunction?

while

yet

that

if

"I am very, very sorry for everything," she admitted. What part of speech is "very" and word does the first "very" modify?

adverb/sorry

adjective/very

adjective/sorry

adverb/very

True or false– In English, an interrogative sentence will always begin with either a verb or with one of the following words: where, why, how, who, what, where, when.

False

True

Identify the dangling modifier.

While entering the meeting late, the accountant reached for the charts and began to present.

Entering the meeting late, the accountant reached for the charts and began to present.

Upon entering the meeting late, the accountant reached for the charts and began to present.

Having entered the meeting late, the accountant reached for the charts and began to present.

"His boss can be overbearing: she sometimes makes him come in on weekends, and he thinks he should be compensated for the extra hours of work." This is an example of:

Complex-compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound sentence

Simple sentence

Identify the predicate adjective in the following sentence: "The thankless, arduous task left him feeling miserably tired.

tired

thankless and arduous are both predicate adjectives

miserably

miserably tired

In the business community B2B means what?

Business to Business

Two Business Leaders Communication

Business plus additional business leads.

Business Two Businesses