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
