Sentence Structure

1. Alexander’s young sons were killed_____his generals wanted to divide the kingdom among themselves.

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Find the correct conjunction

But
So
Although
And

2. When you listen carefully to what the teacher says, you will get a high grade.

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Read the sentence and identify the subordinating clause.

You listen carefully
What the teacher says
When you listen carefully to what the teacher said
When you listen

3. Stan will not participate, but he will watch the speech and debate.

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Identify sentence structure as simple (S), compound (Cd), complex (Cx), compound -complex (CC)

Cd
CC
Cx
S

4. Whatever you choose to watch will be a great choice.

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Identify sentence structure as simple (S), compound (Cd), complex (Cx), compound -complex (CC)

CC
Cx
Cd
S

5. The students had a strategy for the basketball game during practice, so they assigned each player a position.

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identify sentence structure as simple (S), compound (Cd), complex (Cx), compound -complex (CC)

CC
S
Cd
Cx

6. Adverbs:

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It is best to identify words as adverbs by what question they answer and what word or word group they modify. Most often than not adverbs end with the suffix –ly.
All of the above
They answer the questions Where? When? How? Why? To What extent? Under what circumstances/conditions?
Adverbs make verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs more specific by modifying them. Like nouns and adjectives, they may be a word or word group (including a phrase or clause).

7. In art club this afternoon, Logan used his scissors and put <it> in his bag when he was done.

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Determine the correct pronoun to be used instead of the word within . If sentence is already correct, choose C.

Them
C
Are
His

8. Please do not tell your friends how the story ends.

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Read the sentence and identify the subordinating clause.

how the story ends
Please do not tell your friends
do not tell your friends
Please do not tell

9. Anyone who has finished <their> story may begin an illustration.

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Determine the correct pronoun to be used instead of the word within . If sentence is already correct, choose C.

C
Their
His or her
them

10. Adjectives:

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Choose the right answer that describes the word in question correctly.

to modify as a word that means to describe or to make its meaning more definite by telling what kind, which one, or how much/may.
Adjectives modify nouns
All of the above
An adjective is a word or word group (phrase or clause) that is used to modify a noun or pronoun.

11. Nouns can act in a sentence as:

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All of the above
Object of the preposition
Direct object
Simple subject

12. Interjections:

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First 3 sentences:
1. Wow! What a beautiful day!
2. Oh! You startled me.
3. Well, I’m not certain.

Last 3 sentences:
4. There must be, oh my, at least one hundred spiders.
5. We enjoyed the game, but, gee, it was challenging.
6. We won the game! Awesome!

The last 3 sentences because those are real interjections
All sentences because it doesn’t matter
In the sentences the interjections are only in the first 3 sentences because interjections are only used at the start of a sentence
In all sentences because interjections interrupt the sentence and are set off by commas.

13. Either Owen or Henry will present <their> report first.

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Determine the correct pronoun to be used instead of the word within . If a sentence is already correct, choose C.

Them
His
It
C

Sentence Structure Quiz