Search Header Logo

Sentence Structure Assessment: Complex and Compound Sentences

Authored by Susan Sander

English

3rd Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

Sentence Structure Assessment: Complex and Compound Sentences
AI

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

    Content View

    Student View

20 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a complex sentence?

A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction

A sentence with one independent clause and one dependent clause

A sentence with only one independent clause

A sentence with two dependent clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1J

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word below is a subordinating conjunction?

And

But

Because

Or

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an independent clause?

A group of words that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

A group of words that contains only a subject

A group of words that contains only a predicate

A group of words that can stand alone as a complete sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

I like pizza and I like hamburgers.

When it rains, I stay inside.

The dog barked.

The cat sleeps on the couch and the dog sleeps on the floor.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1J

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is a coordinating conjunction?

Although

Unless

But

While

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a dependent clause?

A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence

A clause that needs an independent clause to make sense

A group of words without a subject

A group of words without a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

The boy ran quickly to school.

After the movie ended, we went home.

I studied hard, but I still failed the test.

While we waited, the bus arrived.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.4.2C

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?