EXAM: Sentence Structure

What is a noun/noun phrase that renames or explains another noun right beside-adds extra information?

• Adverbial Clause

• Appositive

• Dependent Clause

• Fragment

What type of sentence has two independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon?

• Run-on Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

What type of sentence is formed when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or a coordinating conjunction?

• Run-on Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

What type of sentence begins with at least one dependent clause and has one independent clause?

• Run-on Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

What type of sentence is formed when joining a complex sentence with a simple sentence or another complex sentence using a comma and a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon?

• Run-on Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

Running frantically through the abandoned house, the eerie sound of footsteps echoing behind me.

• Run-on

• Fragment

• Complex

• Compound

• Compound-Complex

Although Alyssa was exhausted from work, she stayed up late to finish her painting, a masterpiece in progress.

• Run-on

• Fragment

• Complex

• Compound

• Compound-Complex

The concert, an event people had been anticipating for months, finally began, and the eager audience cheered loudly.

• Run-on

• Fragment

• Complex

• Compound

• Compound-Complex

Maggie, Monica, and I arrived thirty minutes early for our dinner reservation the doors to the restaurant were locked.

• Run-on

• Fragment

• Complex

• Compound

• Compound-Complex

The musician, a talented violinist with years of experience, practiced daily so that she could perfect her technique.

• Run-on

• Simple

• Complex

• Compound

• Compound-Complex