Sentence Structure and Clauses MCQs 2026

Sentences are classified by structure into simple, compound, complex and

1. Apositive✓
2. Bnegative✓
3. Cinterrogative✓
4. Dcompound-complex✓

A group of words containing a subject and a predicate is called a

1. Aphrase✓
2. Bfragment✓
3. Cclause✓
4. Dmorpheme✓

A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence is called

1. Aan independent (main) clause✓
2. Ba dependent clause✓
3. Ca phrase✓
4. Da fragment✓

A clause that cannot stand alone is called a

1. Amain clause✓
2. Bdependent (subordinate) clause✓
3. Cindependent clause✓
4. Dsentence✓

A group of related words that lacks a subject or a verb is a

1. Aclause✓
2. Bsentence✓
3. Cindependent clause✓
4. Dphrase✓

A sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clause is

1. Acompound✓
2. Bcomplex✓
3. Ccompound-complex✓
4. Dsimple✓

A sentence made of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction is

1. Asimple✓
2. Bcompound✓
3. Ccomplex✓
4. Da fragment✓

A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause is

1. Acomplex✓
2. Bsimple✓
3. Ccompound✓
4. Dminor✓

A sentence with at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses is

1. Asimple✓
2. Bcompound✓
3. Ccompound-complex✓
4. Dcomplex✓

The two essential parts of every sentence are the subject and the

1. Apredicate✓
2. Bobject✓
3. Cadjective✓
4. Dpreposition✓

In "The tall boy ran quickly", the complete subject is

1. Aran quickly✓
2. Bboy✓
3. CThe tall boy✓
4. Dquickly✓

The coordinating conjunctions are remembered by the acronym

1. AANDBUT✓
2. BSWABI✓
3. CNAVER✓
4. DFANBOYS✓

Which word is a coordinating conjunction?

1. Abecause✓
2. Bbut✓
3. Calthough✓
4. Dwhile✓

Which word is a subordinating conjunction?

1. Aand✓
2. Bbecause✓
3. Cor✓
4. Dyet✓

A clause beginning with "who", "which" or "that" that modifies a noun is a

1. Anoun clause✓
2. Badverb clause✓
3. Cmain clause✓
4. Drelative (adjective) clause✓

In "She knows that you are right", "that you are right" functions as a

1. Aadjective clause✓
2. Badverb clause✓
3. Cnoun clause✓
4. Dphrase✓

A major error where two independent clauses are joined with no punctuation is a

1. Arun-on (fused) sentence✓
2. Bfragment✓
3. Ccomplex sentence✓
4. Dsimple sentence✓

A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined by only a

1. Asemicolon✓
2. Bfull stop✓
3. Ccomma✓
4. Dconjunction✓

An incomplete sentence missing a subject or verb is called a

1. Asentence fragment✓
2. Bcompound sentence✓
3. Cclause✓
4. Drun-on✓

In "Ali plays cricket and Sara plays hockey", the sentence type is

1. Asimple✓
2. Bcomplex✓
3. Ccompound-complex✓
4. Dcompound✓

The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does is the

1. Aobject✓
2. Bpredicate✓
3. Cmodifier✓
4. Dsubject✓

"Running down the street" is an example of a

1. Aparticipial phrase✓
2. Bindependent clause✓
3. Ccomplete sentence✓
4. Dnoun clause✓

Two independent clauses may be correctly joined by a

1. Acomma alone✓
2. Bsemicolon✓
3. Cpreposition✓
4. Dnoun✓

In "When the bell rang, the students left", the dependent clause is

1. Athe students left✓
2. Bthe bell✓
3. CWhen the bell rang✓
4. Dleft✓

A subordinate clause that answers "when", "where" or "why" is a

1. Anoun clause✓
2. Brelative clause✓
3. Cmain clause✓
4. Dadverb clause✓

The simple subject in "The old wooden bridge collapsed" is

1. Aold✓
2. Bwooden✓
3. Ccollapsed✓
4. Dbridge✓

The simple predicate in "The children played happily" is

1. Achildren✓
2. Bhappily✓
3. Cplayed✓
4. DThe children✓

A compound predicate contains

1. Atwo or more verbs sharing the same subject✓
2. Btwo subjects✓
3. Ca dependent clause✓
4. Dno subject✓

The conjunction "although" introduces a

1. Anoun clause✓
2. Bmain clause✓
3. Ccoordinate clause✓
4. Dsubordinate (concessive) clause✓

Sentences are classified by structure into simple, compound, complex and

1. Apositive✓
2. Bnegative✓
3. Cinterrogative✓
4. Dcompound-complex✓

In "She sings well but he dances better", the two clauses are joined by the conjunction

1. Awell✓
2. Bbetter✓
3. Cbut✓
4. Dshe✓

Which is an independent clause?

1. AThe sun rose✓
2. BWhen the sun rose✓
3. CBecause the sun rose✓
4. DAfter the sun rose✓

A simple sentence must contain at least

1. Atwo independent clauses✓
2. Bone subject and one predicate✓
3. Ca dependent clause✓
4. Dtwo verbs✓

In "The man who called you is my uncle", the relative clause is

1. Ais my uncle✓
2. Bwho called you✓
3. CThe man✓
4. Dmy uncle✓

A relative clause usually begins with a relative pronoun such as

1. Aand✓
2. Bbecause✓
3. Cso✓
4. Dwho, which or that✓

Choose the compound-complex sentence.

1. AI read a book.✓
2. BWhen it rained, we stayed in, and we watched a film.✓
3. CI read a book and slept.✓
4. DBecause I was tired.✓

"The book on the table" contains a

1. Anoun clause✓
2. Badverb clause✓
3. Cprepositional phrase✓
4. Dindependent clause✓

Which sentence is simple?

1. AHe came, and she left.✓
2. BWhen he came, she left.✓
3. CHe came home early.✓
4. DHe came, but she stayed, because it was late.✓

A phrase differs from a clause because a phrase lacks a

1. Asubject-verb combination✓
2. Bnoun✓
3. Cpreposition✓
4. Dmodifier✓

A dependent clause acting as the subject or object of a verb is a

1. Anoun clause✓
2. Badverb clause✓
3. Cadjective clause✓
4. Dmain clause✓

The best way to fix a run-on sentence is to

1. Aremove the subject✓
2. Bdelete the verb✓
3. Cadd more clauses✓
4. Dseparate or correctly join the clauses✓

Which is a complete sentence?

1. ABecause it was raining.✓
2. BThe team won the match.✓
3. CRunning very fast.✓
4. DAfter the long meeting.✓

The subordinating conjunction in "We left after the movie ended" is

1. AWe✓
2. Bleft✓
3. Cafter✓
4. Dended✓

Which is a sentence fragment?

1. AWhile waiting for the bus.✓
2. BHe waited for the bus.✓
3. CThe bus arrived late.✓
4. DShe caught the bus.✓

In "I stayed home because I was ill", "because I was ill" is a(n)

1. Anoun clause✓
2. Brelative clause✓
3. Cadverb clause of reason✓
4. Dmain clause✓