Sentence Structure

Adverbs:1

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
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).
They answer the questions Where? When? How? Why? To What extent? Under what circumstances/conditions?

Whatever you choose to watch will be a great choice.1

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

Cd
Cx
S
CC

Interjections:1

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!

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

The students had a strategy for the basketball game during practice, so they assigned each player a position.1

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

Cd
CC
Cx
S

When you listen carefully to what the teacher says, you will get a high grade.1

Read the sentence and identify the subordinating clause.

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

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

Find the correct conjunction

But
And
So
Although

Please do not tell your friends how the story ends.1

Read the sentence and identify the subordinating clause.

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

Adjectives:1

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

An adjective is a word or word group (phrase or clause) that is used to modify a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives modify nouns
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.
All of the above

Nouns can act in a sentence as:1

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

Anyone who has finished <their> story may begin an illustration.1

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

Either Owen or Henry will present <their> report first.1

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

It
His
Them
C

Stan will not participate, but he will watch the speech and debate.1

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

S
Cx
CC
Cd

In art club this afternoon, Logan used his scissors and put <it> in his bag when he was done.1

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

His
Are
C
Them

Sentence Structure Quiz

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