Overview

This set of 20 questions is designed to assess students’ understanding of sentence structure. These questions focus on identifying and correcting issues in sentence construction, recognising different types of sentences, and improving sentence variety for clarity and flow. Sentence structure is critical for writing clear and coherent English, which is essential for success in the 11+ exam.

Sample Example:

Question:

Choose the sentence that is correctly structured:

  • a) The children was playing in the park.
  • b) The children were playing in the park.
  • c) The children were play in the park.
  • d) The children was play in the park.

Answer: b) The children were playing in the park.

Questions

Identifying Correct Sentence Structure

Question 1

Which sentence is structured correctly?

  • a) She walking home after school.
  • b) She is walk home after school.
  • c) She is walking home after school.
  • d) She walking is home after school.

Question 2

Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct:

  • a) They has finished their homework.
  • b) They have finish their homework.
  • c) They has finish their homework.
  • d) They have finished their homework.

Question 3

Identify the sentence with proper structure:

  • a) The book that I read was interesting.
  • b) The book that I reading was interesting.
  • c) The book that I have read is interested.
  • d) The book that I read was interest.

Question 4

Which sentence is written correctly?

  • a) The dog bark loudly at the stranger.
  • b) The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
  • c) The dog barking loudly at the stranger.
  • d) The dog bark loudly at stranger.

Question 5

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:

  • a) He don’t like ice cream.
  • b) He doesn’t like ice cream.
  • c) He not like ice cream.
  • d) He doesn’t likes ice cream.

Combining Sentences

Question 6

Which is the best way to combine these sentences:
I have a pet cat. The cat’s name is Fluffy.

  • a) I have a pet cat, and her name is Fluffy.
  • b) I have a pet cat, her name Fluffy.
  • c) I have a pet cat. Named Fluffy.
  • d) I have a pet cat, it is Fluffy.

Question 7

Choose the best combination for these sentences:
Tom went to the park. Tom played football with his friends.

  • a) Tom went to the park, and he played football with his friends.
  • b) Tom went to the park and, he played football with his friends.
  • c) Tom went to the park he played football with his friends.
  • d) Tom went to the park played football with his friends.

Question 8

Which is the best way to combine these sentences?
The sun was shining. It was a warm day.

  • a) The sun was shining, it was a warm day.
  • b) The sun was shining, and it was a warm day.
  • c) The sun was shining it was a warm day.
  • d) The sun was shining; it was a warm day.

Question 9

Choose the sentence that combines the following correctly:
She likes apples. She also likes bananas.

  • a) She likes apples and also bananas.
  • b) She likes apples and she also likes bananas.
  • c) She likes apples, and she also likes bananas.
  • d) She likes apples also likes bananas.

Question 10

Which is the correct way to combine these sentences?
The train was late. We missed the concert.

  • a) The train was late, so we missed the concert.
  • b) The train was late, we missed the concert.
  • c) The train was late missed the concert.
  • d) The train was late so we missed concert.

Improving Sentence Structure

Question 11

Which sentence can be improved by removing unnecessary repetition?

  • a) Emma saw her friend at the park and waved to her friend.
  • b) Emma saw her friend at the park and waved.
  • c) Emma saw her at the park and waved to her.
  • d) Emma saw her friend and waved at the park.

Question 12

Choose the sentence that is clearest and most concise:

  • a) Because she was tired, she went to bed early.
  • b) She was tired, because of this she went to bed early.
  • c) She was tired and because of this went to bed early.
  • d) She was tired, so therefore went to bed early.

Question 13

Which sentence improves the structure of this one?
The storm was very severe, and it caused a lot of damage.

  • a) The storm was severe and it caused damage.
  • b) The severe storm caused a lot of damage.
  • c) The storm was very, and it caused a lot of damage.
  • d) The storm very severe caused a lot of damage.

Question 14

Which is the most concise way to write the following sentence?
She ran quickly to catch the bus because she was late.

  • a) She ran quickly because she was late to catch the bus.
  • b) She quickly ran because she was late to catch the bus.
  • c) She ran to catch the bus because she was late.
  • d) She catch the bus and ran quickly because she was late.

Question 15

Which sentence is structured most effectively?
John wanted to go swimming. He also wanted to go hiking.

  • a) John wanted to go swimming and hiking.
  • b) John wanted to go swimming also hiking.
  • c) John also wanted to go swimming and hiking.
  • d) John wanted swimming and also hiking.

Types of Sentences

Question 16

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

  • a) I like ice cream because it’s sweet.
  • b) I like ice cream, and I like cake too.
  • c) I like ice cream when it’s hot outside.
  • d) I like ice cream and cake.

Question 17

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

  • a) The dog barked, and the cat ran away.
  • b) Although it was raining, we still went to the park.
  • c) It was raining, but we still went to the park.
  • d) The rain stopped, and we went to the park.

Question 18

Choose the simple sentence:

  • a) He ran quickly because the bus was leaving.
  • b) He ran, and he caught the bus just in time.
  • c) He ran quickly.
  • d) He ran quickly, and he caught the bus just in time.

Question 19

Which of the following is a compound-complex sentence?

  • a) The dog barked, the cat ran away, and I chased after them.
  • b) The dog barked, and the cat ran away.
  • c) The dog barked because it was startled, and the cat ran away.
  • d) The cat ran away, and the dog barked loudly.

Question 20

Which sentence is written in the passive voice?

  • a) The chef cooked the meal quickly.
  • b) The meal was cooked quickly by the chef.
  • c) The chef was cooking the meal quickly.
  • d) The meal cooked quickly.

Answers

Identifying Correct Sentence Structure

  1. c) She is walking home after school.
  2. d) They have finished their homework.
  3. a) The book that I read was interesting.
  4. b) The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
  5. b) He doesn’t like ice cream.

Combining Sentences

  1. a) I have a pet cat, and her name is Fluffy.
  2. a) Tom went to the park, and he played football with his friends.
  3. b) The sun was shining, and it was a warm day.
  4. c) She likes apples, and she also likes bananas.
  5. a) The train was late, so we missed the concert.

Improving Sentence Structure

  1. b) Emma saw her friend at the park and waved.
  2. a) Because she was tired, she went to bed early.
  3. b) The severe storm caused a lot of damage.
  4. c) She ran to catch the bus because she was late.
  5. a) John wanted to go swimming and hiking.

Types of Sentences

  1. b) I like ice cream, and I like cake too.
  2. b) Although it was raining, we still went to the park.
  3. c) He ran quickly.
  4. c) The dog barked because it was startled, and the cat ran away.
  1. b) The meal was cooked quickly by the chef.

This set of sentence structure questions challenges students to recognise and apply proper sentence construction, helping them develop strong writing skills that are crucial for success in the 11+ exam.