General Sentence Structure Questions

In the following items (1-50), choose the most correct answer from the given alternatives:

[1] A sentence consists of ____________

A. subject and predicate

B. subject and a noun

C. subject and a pronoun

[2] ________ express a complete thought.

A. Independent clauses

B. Dependent clauses

C. Subordinate clauses

[3] ________ contains a subordinator.

A. Independent clause

B. Dependent clause

C. Main clause

[4] A subject can be a.

A. verb or adverb

B. noun or pronoun

C. Conjunction or adjective

[5] Traditionally, a subject is followed by ______

A. an adverb phrase

B. a verb

C. an adjective

[6] A __________ expresses the subject’s action or state of being

A. predicate

B. phrase

C. verb

[7] A _________ is a person, place, thing, or an abstract idea.

A. Preposition

B. Noun

C. Adverb

[8] ___________ are words that are used in the places of nouns.

A. Adjectives

B. Pronouns

C. Possessive pronouns

[9] _________ is a kind of sentence that can be as short as one word:

A. Simple sentence

B. Compound sentence

C. Complex sentence

[10] ________ contains only one independent clause.

A. Simple sentence

B. Independent sentence

C. Dependent clause

[11] The most natural sentence structure is the_____________

A. Subordinate sentence

B. Independent sentence

A. Simple sentence

[12] ‘Ice melts’ is an example of ___________

A. Compound sentence

B. Simple sentence

C. Complex sentence

[13] ______ many simple sentences can make your English look childish.

A. Too

B. Very

B. Much

[14] The country has _____ finest army in the continent.

A. an

B. the

C. a

[15] She _____ as quickly as leopard

A. run

B. runs

[16] A ___________ consists of two or more independent clauses/simple sentences joined by coordinating conjunctions.

A. Simple sentence

B. Compound sentence

C. Complex sentence

[17] This is my country________ it’s beautiful.

A. but

B. and

C. or

[18] Africa is the beautiful continent_______ it has many poor people.

A. or

B. and

C. but

[19] I love her ______ she hates me.

A. yet

B. but

C. for

[20] They are my friends _____  beautiful couples.

A. or

B. and

C. for

[21] She is _____ short as her mother.

A. like

B. as

C. likely

[22] A compound sentence consists ______ two or more simple sentences.

A. by

B. for

C. of

[23] Compound sentences are joined ______ coordinating conjunctions.

A. with

B. by

C. of

[24] The following are coordinating conjunctions except;

A. but

B. and

C. thus

D. so

[25] We played volleyball, and we took a shower  ___________.

A. ever since

B. after

C. afterwards

[26] Can you sing your song _______?

A. already

B. too

C. again

[27] Some children are clever, and they are _________ intelligent.

A. again

B. also

C. thus

[28] They ____________ send their children to school.

A. any longer

B. not any longer

C. no longer

[29] __________ the delegates have attended, the meeting should start now.

A. So as

B. So that

C. As long as

[30] I like to sit ___________ my father.

A. beside

B. besides

C. bedside

[31] We can enjoy being here. ________ , it’s getting dark.

A. Beside

B. Besides

C. For

[32] My grandmother takes care of us. ___________, she is a wise old woman.

A. Moreover

B. Further

C. Furthermore

[33] Her presentation was disorganized. __________, it had a lot of grammatical errors.

A. However

B. More than that

C. For that

[34] The President will _______ be at Uhuru Square.

A. soon after

B. soon

C. sooner

[35] They stopped working ___________ the accident happened.

A. as soon as

B. as though

C. as well as

[36] They will be here _________.

A. sooner

B. soon

C. sooner than

[37] Jane is a very talkative girl. Once she starts talking, she can’t stop _____ she’s done.

A. yet

B. until

C. since

[38] Jane is cooking ________ she is reading a novel.

A. and so

B. when

C. while

[39] They used to play good football, but good players have gone and they’ve dropped ____________.

A. since now

B. since then

C. since that

[40] ___________ is a kind of sentence that cannot stand alone and be meaningful.

A. Compound sentence

B. Complex sentence

C. Dependent sentence

[41] The whole audience enjoyed the music show; ___________, Michael did not.

A. moreover

B. however

C. unless

[42] We still enjoyed the game __________ the rain.

A. although

B. even though

C. despite

[43] They _________ wanted to play despite the rain.

A. instead

B. again

C. still

[44] He passed exams _________ having short time for preparation.

A. inspite of

B. despite

C. however

[45] I haven’t spoken to my family _______.

A. still

B. yet

C. until

[46] “Are you ready?”. “__________”

A. No yet.

B. Not yet.

C. Not still.

[47] “I’m Yanga FC fan”. “_____ is my son”

A. And

B. Also

C. So

[48] _________ industrial development, the country is still poor.

A. In spite that

B. In spite of

C. Despite of

[49] ________________ the bad weather, the children played their games.

A. Notwithstanding

B. Although

C. Even though

[50] They played well. ____________ they did not win the game.

A. Although

B. However

C. Notwithstanding

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