English Grammar Test Sentence Structure 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What type of phrase is underlined in: 'The man *wearing a red hat* is my uncle'?
- Prepositional phrase
- Participial phrase (Correct answer)
- Infinitive phrase
- Appositive phrase
Correct answer: Participial phrase
A participial phrase begins with a participle ('wearing') and modifies a noun ('the man').
Question 2: Which sentence is a compound-complex sentence?
- I went home.
- I went home because I was tired.
- I went home, and she stayed at work.
- Because I was tired, I went home, and she stayed at work. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Because I was tired, I went home, and she stayed at work.
A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
Question 3: Which word functions as the object of the preposition in: 'She walked through the park'?
- walked
- She
- through
- park (Correct answer)
Correct answer: park
The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; 'park' follows 'through.'
Question 4: What is a sentence fragment?
- A sentence with too many clauses
- A group of words lacking a subject or verb that cannot stand alone (Correct answer)
- A sentence joined with a semicolon
- A sentence with more than one predicate
Correct answer: A group of words lacking a subject or verb that cannot stand alone
A fragment is an incomplete sentence because it is missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought.
Question 5: Which example is a run-on sentence?
- She studied hard, and she passed.
- She studied hard she passed. (Correct answer)
- She studied hard; she passed.
- She studied hard because she wanted to pass.
Correct answer: She studied hard she passed.
A run-on joins two independent clauses without proper punctuation or a coordinating conjunction.
Question 6: In the sentence 'To win the championship was her dream,' what is the infinitive phrase functioning as?
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Subject (Correct answer)
- Direct object
Correct answer: Subject
The infinitive phrase 'To win the championship' acts as the subject of the verb 'was.'
Question 7: Which sentence has a compound predicate?
- Tom and Jerry ran outside.
- She sang and danced at the recital. (Correct answer)
- The tall, dark stranger arrived.
- He is a doctor, and she is a lawyer.
Correct answer: She sang and danced at the recital.
A compound predicate has one subject performing two or more actions; 'she' both 'sang' and 'danced.'
English Grammar Test Sentence Structure 3
What type of phrase is underlined in: 'The man *wearing a red hat* is my uncle'?