This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Another name for a fused sentence is a run-on sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. My cat Buster loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of themicrowave oven, his tail swipes the glass door like a windshield wiper. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 3. What is the difference between a comma splice and a fused sentence? A) A comma splice contains misplaced commas, and a fused sentence has no punctuation. B) A fused sentence contains misplaced commas, and a comma splice has no punctuation. C) A fused sentence is another word for a comma splice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comma splice contains misplaced commas, and a fused sentence has no punctuation. 4. Sylvia shivered in her silk shirt, the difference in temperature between the hot road and the cold library was extreme. A) Shirt the. B) Shirt, for the. C) Shirt, because the. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shirt, for the. 5. Lorna did not last long in Mr. Wolcott's busy office, her long fingernails made accurate typing impossible, and her abrasive manner scared away too many potential clients. A) Office her. B) Office, because her. C) Office. Her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Office. Her. 6. Michelle is terrified of spiders, so when she found one in the bathroom, she panicked, refusing to shower for three days to use the restroom, she drove to her neighborhoodgas station. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 7. Two sentences that are smooshed together with a comma in the middle is called ..... A) Run on Sentence. B) Complete sentence. C) Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma Splice. 8. Which is a correct way to fix the following run on sentence?We bought a hammer we bought nails. A) We bought a hammer; we bought nails. B) We bought a hammer and we bought nails. C) We bought a hammer, and we bought nails. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We bought a hammer, and we bought nails. 9. Cindy's mumbling often gets her in trouble just the other day, her stylistmisunderstood Cindy's instructions and gave her a pixie cut after Cindy asked him totrim the ends. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 10. Because his glasses were so thick, Quincy refused to get contacts, he worried that equally thick contact lenses would make him look like a bug-eyed space alien. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 11. The barn was very large it smelled of hay and horses. A) Fragment. B) Fused. C) Correct. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused. 12. WHAT'S WRONG?The student fell asleep in class, everyone thought this was rude behavior. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) Nothing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 13. The old dog that was last seen limping down Main Street at nine o'clock last night. A) Comma Splice. B) Fused sentence. C) Complete sentence. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragment. 14. Adding a period between to independent clauses is one way to correct a run-on sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Susan ducked down when she saw Mr. Hayden, her English teacher, walk into Tito's Taco Palace, unfortunately, a burrito wasn't big enough to hide behind, so poor Susan had to explain why she had missed his class again. A) Palace unfortunately. B) Palace; Unfortunately. C) Palace. Unfortunately. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palace. Unfortunately. 16. I went to the store to get eggs while I was there, I saw my teacher. A) Comma Splice. B) Fused Sentence. C) Fragment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused Sentence. 17. From his post in the mountains, Andy Bernard can see everyone entering and leaving the town, he uses flares to communicate with the other lookouts. A) Comma Splice. B) Run-on (Fused). C) Sentence Fragment. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma Splice. 18. My cat Buster is always tipping over the garbage can then he searches through the trash for milk jug caps, which he bats around the floor, the feline version of playing ice hockey. A) Can, then. B) Can, but then. C) Can, and then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can, and then. 19. Madison believed that the best job in the universe would be to work as a crewmember on the starship Enterprise since this job existed only on television, Madisonsettled for clerking at a neighborhood comic book store that sold Star Trekmemorabilia. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 20. None of the parents like the movie, it was full of violence. A) Fused sentence. B) Fragment. C) Complete sentence. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma Splice. 21. For two weeks, Todd refused to go to his accounting class because Professor Gastineau would not allow students to wear hats, under no circumstance would Todd allow anyone to see how badly the barber had butchered his hair. A) Hats under. B) Hats, and under. C) Hats, therefore under. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hats, and under. 22. A comma splice is created when a comma is placed where a period or semi-colon should go. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Susan ducked when she saw Professor Hayden walk into Tito's Taco Palace, unfortunately, a burrito was not big enough to hide behind, so poor Susan had to explain why she had missed class again. A) Palace unfortunately. B) Palace; Unfortunately. C) Palace. Unfortunately. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palace. Unfortunately. 24. Cassie has difficulties getting to her 8 a.m. Math class on time, she always watches too many late night movies and then hits the snooze button on her alarm once too often. A) Time, for she. B) Time, because she. C) Time she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time, for she. 25. Alex does not care as much about comfort as he does about style he will wear, for example, a long sleeve shirt and a leather jacket in the middle of a Florida summer if they are the perfect complement to his new pair of khakis. A) Style, he. B) Style, but he. C) Style; he. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Style; he. 26. Which of the following choices is true about a complete sentence? A) A complete sentence contains a complete thought. B) A complete sentence contains no capital letters. C) A complete sentence contains no predicate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A complete sentence contains a complete thought. 27. List the coordinating conjunctions A) For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. B) Therefore, Although, Moreover, Otherwise, For, So. C) For, And, Not, Because, Otherwise, For, Somewhat. D) Forward, Although, Nonetheless, But, Or, Somehow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. 28. When Jim threw his back out while helping his wife Nancy move the sofa, he feared the treatment the doctor would recommend, a week's worth of bed rest during the nicest week in April would certainly wreck Jim's golf plans. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 29. When Matt shaved his head, his mother worried that he had joined a cult the realreason for the bald head, however, was that Matt could get more attention andsympathy from girls who thought he was sick with a dread disease. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 30. Claire considered cutting her psychology class to go to the golf course, however, she decided she could not afford to miss the review for the upcoming exam. A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. 31. Slouched in his seat, Cory tried to pay attention to the grammar lecture the only problem was that NBA statistics and images of pretty women in tight miniskirts were more interesting than subordinate clauses and participle phrases. A) Lecture, the. B) Lecture, however the. C) Lecture. The. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lecture. The. 32. Rosalie Hale told the travel agents she wanted to fly around the world in a hot air balloon, they just rolled their eyes and laughed at her. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Complete Sentence. C) Comma Splice. D) Run-on (Fused). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma Splice. 33. When a person studies for an exam and feels prepared. A) Fused sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 34. Clarence couldn't believe that the hardware store was selling garden rakes for only $ 1.99 each when he brought home twenty of them, his wife Marie just shook her head and squeezed them into a garage stuffed full of her husband's other "good buys." A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 35. Jake's day revolves around sugar, he anticipates the pastry he will choose for breakfast, the candy bar he will eat for lunch, and the ice cream he will have as dinner. A) Sugar he. B) Sugar, for he. C) Sugar, but he. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugar, for he. 36. For two weeks, Todd refused to go to his accounting class because Professor Channing would not allow students to wear hats in class, under no circumstance would Todd allow anyone to see the butcher job his stylist had done to his hair. A) Class under. B) Class, and under. C) Class, therefore under. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Class, and under. 37. Luckily, no one was hurt. A) Comma Splice. B) Fragment. C) Complete sentence. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete sentence. 38. Mike loves to play computer games, especially Tomb Raider, he imagines that all of the villains are his problems, and he gets great satisfaction blasting them to bits. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 39. Which sentence is free of a comma splice? A) It's nearly time to leave, pack your bags. B) She didn't see the stop sign, she kept driving. C) We could go to the museum, or we could go to the aquarium. D) The teacher explained the concept, the students understood immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We could go to the museum, or we could go to the aquarium. 40. Sighing heavily, Melody tried to summon the energy to get to her next class her heavy book bag and the long walk, however, seemed impossible challenges. A) Class, her. B) Class; her. C) Class but her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Class; her. 41. There are two ways to fix a run on sentence. They are ..... A) Add a comma and coordinating conjunction OR add end punctuation. B) Trick question-there's only ONE way!. C) End punctuation OR a semicolon. D) Semicolon OR add a comma and a coordination conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add a comma and coordinating conjunction OR add end punctuation. 42. The Governor refused to comment, but he did refer the reporter to his press secretary. A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 43. Which best describes the following:Looking at his watch, Vance realized he was going to be late. A) Complete thought. B) Sentence fragment. C) Comma splice. D) Run-on sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete thought. 44. Rachel painstakingly ironed her linen shirt all the while, she was thinking how pointless this chore was since linen begins to wrinkle the moment after the last button is fastened. A) Comma Splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 45. Alfred should either study or practice the guitar this evening. A) Connecting subjects. B) Connecting independent clauses. C) Connecting verbs. D) Connecting objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connecting verbs. 46. WHAT'S WRONG?Organizations that promise students a scholarship if they pay an extraordinarily high application fee are most likely scams. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) Nothing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 47. Emma and Destiny earn good grades in English. A) Fused Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Complete Sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete Sentence. 48. Orange juice, toast, and cereal might be a healthy breakfast, but Ricardo always hits the snooze button on his alarm too many times all he can grab is a stale pastry and soda. A) Comma Splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 49. A subordinate conjunction A) Combines two ideas. B) Indicates a time, a place, or a cause and effect relationship. C) Clarifies an already specific word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indicates a time, a place, or a cause and effect relationship. 50. Fighting the urge to crawl under her desk, Adriana looked at the clock, there was still a half hour left of class, more than enough time to do her poorly prepared, ten-minute speech. A) Clock there. B) Clock; there. C) Clock, so there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clock; there. 51. Identify the comma splice:After finding her shoes, she put them on, ran after her dog. A) Shoes, she. B) On, ran. C) CORRECT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On, ran. 52. What is the subject?"Sparky!!" She called out. A) Sparky. B) She. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She. 53. Ron Weasley has a freckle on his nose, and I have some on my cheeks. A) Connecting subjects. B) Connecting verbs. C) Connecting independent clauses. D) Connecting objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connecting independent clauses. 54. A fused sentence means that two sentences are placed together without anything between them. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Talking loudly in the library can be annoying to people who are trying to study. A) Complete sentence. B) Fused sentence. C) Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 56. She runs two kilometres every day, she is very healthy. A) Correct. B) Fused. C) Comma Splice. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma Splice. 57. EVERYTHING IS A CORRECT REVISION, EXCEPT ..... I received an A on my Psychology test I am happy. A) I received an A on my Psychology test, I am happy. B) I received an A on my Psychology test, and I am happy. C) I received an A on my Psychology test; I am happy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I received an A on my Psychology test, I am happy. 58. Catrina frosted the birthday cake and I lit all sixteen candles. A) Add a comma. B) Do not add a comma. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add a comma. 59. We went shopping at the local grocery story we bought a variety of fruit to make smoothies. A) Correct. B) Fused. C) Fragment. D) Comma Spice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused. 60. Fred blew and blew on the globs of liquid whiteout, but they refused to dry when the professor called time, Fred closed the cover of his exam book and hoped the pages would not cement together A) Dry, when. B) Dry; when. C) Dry, as a result, when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dry, as a result, when. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesComma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 1Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 3Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 4Avoiding Run On Sentences QuizComma Splices QuizCorrecting Fused Sentences QuizEditing Run On Sentences QuizFixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books