Grammar Quiz

Types of Sentence Structures Quiz


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If you read about Charlemagne, you will discover that he was a brilliant ruler.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


The night sky was clear, but we did not see a single shooting star.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


As Tucker sat down on the rickety old chair, it abruptly collapsed beneath him.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


The platypus has venom-producing glands, which are rare among mammals, but its venom is not generally lethal to humans.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


We continued our vacation trip when the dense fog lifted.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


My aunt and uncle have retired to Florida.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


Barbara was an acrobat in the circus.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


Since it takes approximately one thousand years for a used printer cartridge to decompose, recycling these plastic ink dispensers helps the environment.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


The right hemisphere of the human brain typically controls muscle movement on the left side of the body.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


Leonardo da Vinci, who was a renowned painter and sculptor, was also an inventor and scientist.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


After a parrotfish eats algae-covered coral, the coral travels through the fish’s digestive system, and then it is deposited in the reef as white coral sand.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


I will help you, if I can, yet I know little about making jelly.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


Rusty went inside, and he applied for a job.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


As I watched the girls, Susan planted the tulips, and Jessie planted the daffodils.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex


After we fell asleep, raccoons invaded our campsite, but we awoke and chased them away.

A. simple

B. compound

C. complex

D. compound-complex




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