Grade 6 ELA Practice Test: Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
- Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
Ten questions on sentence structure. Tip: count the independent clauses (parts that can stand alone as a sentence) and look for words like because, although and when, which start dependent clauses.
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Question 1
Which sentence is a compound sentence?
Correct answer: C
A compound sentence joins two independent clauses with a comma and a conjunction such as but. Choice B has a dependent clause, so it is complex, and D is a fragment.
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Question 2
Which sentence is a complex sentence?
Correct answer: A
A complex sentence has an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Because it snowed cannot stand alone, so the sentence is complex. B and D join two independent clauses, so they are compound.
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Question 3
Which group of words is a sentence fragment?
Correct answer: B
After the movie ended starts with after, so it is a dependent clause that leaves the reader waiting for the rest of the thought. The other choices are complete sentences.
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Question 4
The game was tied the crowd was cheering.
Which revision correctly fixes this run-on sentence?
Correct answer: D
Two independent clauses can be joined with a comma plus a coordinating conjunction such as and. Choice A uses only a comma, which creates a comma splice.
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Question 5
Leo studied for hours, ______ he still found the test difficult.
Which conjunction best completes the sentence?
Correct answer: A
The second clause shows an unexpected result, so a contrast word like yet fits. So would mean studying caused the difficulty, which makes no sense.
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Question 6
We stayed inside ______ it was raining.
Which word best completes the sentence?
Correct answer: C
Because shows the reason for staying inside and turns it was raining into a dependent clause. But would signal a contrast, and there is none.
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Question 7
The library is quiet. It is a good place to study.
Which choice correctly combines the two sentences into one complex sentence?
Correct answer: B
Since the library is quiet is a dependent clause joined to an independent clause, which makes a complex sentence. Choice A is a comma splice and C is a run-on.
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Question 8
Although the bus was late, Ana made it to class on time.
Which part of the sentence is the dependent clause?
Correct answer: D
Although the bus was late has a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone because it starts with although. Ana made it is part of the independent clause.
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Question 9
I finished my essay, and my sister checked it for spelling errors.
How many independent clauses does this sentence have?
Correct answer: C
I finished my essay and my sister checked it for spelling errors could each stand alone, so there are two. The word and joins them into a compound sentence.
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Question 10
Which sentence is a simple sentence?
Correct answer: A
Choice A has only one clause; my cousin and I is a compound subject, but the sentence is still simple. B is compound, and C and D each contain a dependent clause.
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