English: Sentence Structuring MCQs

24 MCQs  (Page 3 of 3)

Arrange into a sentence: P: it began / Q: to rain / R: had we left / S: hardly ... when
Hardly had we left when it began to rain.
Hardly had we left than it began to rain.
It began to rain hardly had we left when.
Hardly we had left when it began to rain.
Combine into one sentence: He is rich. He is not happy.
He is rich and therefore not happy.
Although he is rich, but he is not happy.
Although he is rich, he is not happy.
Because he is rich, he is not happy.
Which of these is a complex sentence?
He is honest, but he is poor.
I know that he is honest.
Honest people are respected.
He is honest and hardworking.
Choose the correct use of the semicolon.
I wanted to go however; it was raining.
I wanted; to go however it was raining.
I wanted to go; but it was raining heavily outside;
I wanted to go; however, it was raining.