Sentence Structure Quiz Grade 8

Question 1

What are independent clauses also called?

Accepted Answer

Main clauses.

Question 2

What is an example of a coordinating conjunction?

Accepted Answer

And

Question 3

How do you say a sentence that ends with an exclamation mark?

Accepted Answer

With a forceful or excited voice.

Question 4

True or False? Some compound sentences are made up of 3 different simple sentences.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

What is an example of a imperative sentence?

Accepted Answer

Hurry up and put way your laundry!

Question 6

What is an example of a subordinating conjunction?

Accepted Answer

After

Question 7

True or False? If you add adverbs and adjectives to a simple sentence, It turns into a clause.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

True or false? Only exclamatory sentences end in exclamation marks.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What is an example of a compound sentence?

Accepted Answer

The boys grabbed their water bottles and the boys sat down.

Question 10

What is a exclamatory sentence?

Accepted Answer

A sentence that makes an exclamation.

Question 11

What is the simple subject in this sentence? The wolves ran toward the forest.

Accepted Answer

Wolves

Question 12

What is an example of a correlative conjunction?

Accepted Answer

Both-and

Question 13

What is another word for predicate?

Accepted Answer

Verb

Question 14

True or False? Independent clauses can work with subordinate and other independent clause.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

What is another word for subject?

Accepted Answer

Noun

Question 16

What coordinating conjunction can fuse these sentences? I went to the fair. I didn't like it.

Accepted Answer

But, And

Question 17

What are subordinating conjunctions?

Accepted Answer

Conjunctions that connect 2 clauses.

Question 18

What is a simple sentence?

Accepted Answer

A sentence that has 1 subject and 1 predicate.

Question 19

True or False? Simple sentences can be combined with a colon.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

What is added to 2 sentences to combine them?

Accepted Answer

A coordinating conjunction.

Question 21

What is a subordinate clause?

Accepted Answer

A clause that doesn't express a complete thought.

Question 22

What are subordinate clauses also called?

Accepted Answer

Dependent clauses

Question 23

What is a interrogative sentence?

Accepted Answer

A sentence that asks a question

Question 24

What is a imperative sentence?

Accepted Answer

A sentence that gives a command.

Question 25

What is an example of compound-complex sentence?

Accepted Answer

Although she won, she was upset and she started to cry.

Question 26

What is a compound sentence?

Accepted Answer

A sentence that has 2 simple sentences in it., A sentence that has 2 parts combined by a conjunction.

Question 27

What is a sentence called when it doesn't have a subject or a predicate?

Accepted Answer

Sentence fragment.

Question 28

What is the subject?

Accepted Answer

The noun of the sentence. Names what the sentence is about.

Question 29

True or False? All types of sentences can be a simple sentence.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

What is a declarative sentence?

Accepted Answer

A sentence that makes a statement.

Question 31

What are conjunctions?

Accepted Answer

A word that connects words and groups of words.

Question 32

What is an example of a declarative sentence?

Accepted Answer

Cole made the Kahoot.

Question 33

What is an example of a exclamatory sentence?

Accepted Answer

The picture turned out great!

Question 34

What is a independent clause?

Accepted Answer

A clause that expresses a complete thought.

Question 35

What is an example of a interrogative sentence?

Accepted Answer

What time is it?

Question 36

How to you say a sentence that ends with a period?

Accepted Answer

With a calm, formal voice.

Question 37

What is an example of a complex sentence?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 38

What are compound-complex sentences?

Accepted Answer

A sentence that has 2 or more independent clauses., A sentence that has 1 or more subordinate clauses.

Question 39

What are correlative conjunctions?

Accepted Answer

Conjunctions that work in pairs to connect words.

Question 40

True or false? A complex sentence has 1 independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

How do you say a sentence that ends with a question mark?

Accepted Answer

With a questioning voice, where the voice rises at the end.

Question 42

What is the simple predicate in this sentence? The large train quickly rolled on the track.

Accepted Answer

Rolled

Question 43

How many different types of ending punctuation are there?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 44

What are coordinating conjunctions?

Accepted Answer

Conjunctions that connect words used in the same way.

Question 45

What is the predicate?

Accepted Answer

The verb of the sentence. Tells what the subject does.

Sentence Structure Quiz Grade 8

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Sentence Structure Quiz Grade 8

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