This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During an interesting movie, everyone should be quiet it can be very annoying if other people people talk too much. A) Fused sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fused sentence. 2. Madison believed that the best job in the universe would be to work as a crew member on the star ship Enterprise since this job existed only on television, Madison settled for clerking at a neighborhood comic book store that sold Star Trek memorabilia. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 3. Rachel painstakingly ironed her linen shirt all the while, she was thinking howpointless this chore was since linen begins to wrinkle the moment after the lastbutton is fastened. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 4. As Irene scooped stuffing from the Thanksgiving turkey, gold glinted in the breadcrumbs, finally, the earring that she had lost early that morning reappeared. A) Breadcrumbs finally. B) Breadcrumbs, finally at last. C) Breadcrumbs; finally. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breadcrumbs; finally. 5. Professor Britton was grading papers at her desk, her students were slaving over their in-class compositions, sighing heavily and flipping through their dictionaries for the correct spellings of words. A) Desk her. B) Desk while her. C) Desk, moreover, her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desk, moreover, her. 6. Directions:Find the fragment. A) As they talked. B) They were walking down the hall to go to class. C) The teacher continued talking about the book. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As they talked. 7. Always use a comma before the coordinating conjunction when connecting two independent clauses. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Ingie looked at his wife's collection of cookbooks and sighed, although there were thousands of recipes for delicious meals, he knew that Valerie would want to order another pepperoni and mushroom pizza for dinner. A) Sighed although. B) Sighed. Although. C) Sighed; Although. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sighed; Although. 9. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to man they are very beautiful. A) Complete sentence. B) Fused sentence. C) Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 10. Fix this:If you have a personal electronic device, please turn it off you don't want to get in trouble with administration. A) Off, you. B) Off, because you. C) Off. You. D) NO change needed. It is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Off. You. 11. Jeremiah likes to put peanut butter on his pancakes instead of syrup, the smell is appealing, but I wouldn't want to eat anything so sticky that early in the morning. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 12. Cindy's mumbling often gets her in trouble just the other day, in fact, her stylist misunderstood Cindy's instructions and dyed her hair blue after Cindy asked him to trim the ends. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 13. To determine if a clause can stand on its own, you can ask the question: "Is it true that ..... ?" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Orange juice, toast, and cereal might be a healthy breakfast, but Lucy always hitsthe snooze button on her alarm too many times all she can grab is a stale pastry andsoda. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 15. Louise is a real worrier when she leaves the house she is certain that she left the stove on, and when she comes home, she's afraid she forgot to lock her classroom door. A) A. comma splice. B) B. fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. fused sentence. 16. What is the definition of a run-on sentence? A) Two sentences with punctuation. B) Two sentences without any punctuation. C) Two sentences with commas in the wrong place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two sentences without any punctuation. 17. Ralph needs to find either his skis or his snowboard before his winter vacation. A) Add a comma. B) Do not add a comma. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not add a comma. 18. Emma is a vegan therefore she does not eat animal products. A) Fused Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Complete Sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fused Sentence. 19. After the thunderstorm, Teresa splashed through the puddles left on the street, she enjoyed the cool rainwater on her hot feet A) Street she. B) Street, because she. C) Street, for she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Street, for she. 20. What is this categorized as?The boy accidentally knocked over the girls books. Then picked up the girls books. A) Comma splice. B) Run-on. C) No error. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragment. 21. I cannot help you. Unless you cooperate with me. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 22. Which best describes the following:Manuel searched for his cell phone charger he didn't know it was in his backpack. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Comma splice. D) Complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on sentence. 23. Josie, Don's Cairn terrier, will bark at anything that moves, squirrels, wind blown leaves, passing cars, and her own shadow will start her yapping. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 24. Richard squeezed, thumped, and shook the empty shampoo bottle, hoping for a few drops to wash his dirty hair, since the bottle was completely empty, Richard worked up a lather with a few sprinkles of bathroom cleanser instead. A) Hair since. B) Hair; since. C) Hair, consequently, since. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hair, consequently, since. 25. Should be able to visit. A) Comma Splice. B) Correct. C) Fragment. D) Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 26. During Math class, Mary kept chatting with her neighbor Jane because her behavior waskeeping Jane from understanding the lecture, Jane moved to another desk. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 27. Fragment or sentence?Susie watched Netflix. A) Fragment. B) Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence. 28. Since you left, however, I am sad. A) Fused sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Complete sentence. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete sentence. 29. Fix this:I play softball my sister plays volleyball. A) Correct. B) I play softball, my sister plays volleyball. C) I play softball, but my sister plays volleyball. D) I play softball, or my sister plays volleyball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I play softball, but my sister plays volleyball. 30. At the back of the classroom, Nina sat with her arms crossed, glaring at her teacher, Professor Beane, her body language indicated that English literature was her leastfavorite subject. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 31. Bored with the lecture on comma splices and fused sentences, Jayson started poking Kim with the sharp tip of his pencil finally she whirled around, threatening to slug him if he interrupted her learning one more time. A) Pencil, finally she. B) Pencil, as a result she. C) Pencil; finally, she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pencil; finally, she. 32. Several students sat sneezing and sniffling in their seats, Jason always wore too much cologne, and allergic reactions kicked into high gear as the odor wafted through the classroom. A) Seats Jason. B) Seats, and Jason. C) Seats. Jason. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seats. Jason. 33. Even though you knew him. A) Fused Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 34. Raccoons are also destructive and unpredictable, even when tame or born into captivity. A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 35. Wes did not want to do anything to ruin his new pair of athletic shoes, he always stayed on the sidewalks, sidestepped puddles, and made several trips a day to the bathroom to dust the sneakers with toilet paper. A) Shoes he. B) Shoes, but he. C) Shoes, so he. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoes, so he. 36. After the pitcher decided to walk toward the other dugout, the fans started booing. A) Run-on (Fused). B) Complete Sentence. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complete Sentence. 37. Choose what the following fragment is missing:As I was walking down the road. A) A subject. B) A complete thought. C) A verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A complete thought. 38. Father put the baby to bed at seven o'clock, but she didn't fall asleep for a long time. A) Complex. B) Compound. C) Simple. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 39. Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly, any combination of which he could not stomach. A) Snack, his. B) Snack, but his. C) Snack, so his. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snack, but his. 40. Two independent clauses cannot be joined by just a comma. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. We wanted to have a party everyone agreed to come. A) Fused. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fused. 42. To correct a fused (run-on) sentence, add a comma, a semicolon, or a period between the independent clauses. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. Sherian will not allow her children to have a puppy, she is convinced that dogs are just big germs and refuses to follow one around with a sponge and bottle of bleach. A) Puppy she. B) Puppy, but she. C) Puppy, for she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Puppy, for she. 44. Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly, any combination of which he couldn't stomach A) Snack, his. B) Snack, but his. C) Snack, so his. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snack, but his. 45. Natasha likes to get good grades but hates when her friends call her a nerd, sometimes Natasha will claim that she got a 77 on a test when, in reality, she earned a 97. A) Nerd sometimes. B) Nerd, so sometimes. C) Nerd, but sometimes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerd, so sometimes. 46. Many road signs warned Tommy of the construction work ahead, he did not realize that his lane was closed, though, until he mowed down a traffic barricade with the front of his car A) Ahead he. B) Ahead but he. C) Ahead. He. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ahead. He. 47. Fragment or sentence?She sneezed. A) Fragment. B) Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence. 48. Sandra spent every dime on her vacation to Cancun, Mexico, where she went shopping, dancing, swimming, and sightseeing, she does not care that her rent will be late or that she will have to eat macaroni and cheese for a month. A) Sightseeing she. B) Sightseeing, nevertheless, she. C) Sightseeing; she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sightseeing; she. 49. How can you correct the comma splice in the following sentence? "The sun was setting, the sky turned pink and orange." A) The sun was setting; the sky turned pink and orange. B) The sun was setting, because the sky turned pink and orange. C) The sun was setting the sky turned pink and orange. D) The sun was setting. Because the sky turned pink and orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun was setting; the sky turned pink and orange. 50. Choose the best way to correct the following comma splice."We can go to the beach, it is a beautiful day." A) We can go to the beach; it is a beautiful day. B) We can go to the beach, for it is a beautiful day. C) We can go to the beach. It is a beautiful day. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 51. Tajuana is a very conscientious student when she makes a B, she is so upset that she lies awake at night, staring at the ceiling and worrying about the effect this "bad" grade will have on her GPA. A) A. student, when. B) B. student. When. C) C. student, therefore when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. student, when. 52. Identify the sentence with correct punctuation to avoid a comma splice. A) They planned to meet at noon, they arrived early. B) He enjoys painting, his work is very impressive. C) She didn't want to go, however, she had already promised. D) It was a difficult decision, but he knew it was the right one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was a difficult decision, but he knew it was the right one. 53. Mike loves to play computer games, especially Tomb Raider, he imagines that all thevillains 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. 54. In Professor Ribley's calculus class, Yi-Ping tapes every lecture and carefully rewrites her notes, she is planning to sell these guides to desperate freshmen next semester. A) Notes she. B) Notes, because she. C) Notes, for she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Notes, for she. 55. A coordinating conjunction correctly joins two sentences. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Children like to play jokes on their peers, as a matter of fact. A) Comma Splice. B) Fragment. C) Fused sentence. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete sentence. 57. Last night, Julie went to the movies and ate out at the diner. A) Connecting independent clauses. B) Connecting verbs. C) Connecting objects. D) Connecting subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connecting verbs. 58. Tracy always knows the right answer in English class but is too shy to volunteer whenever Professor Simmons asks a question, Tracy's hand feels as if it weighs 1, 000 pounds. A) A. volunteer, whenever. B) B. volunteer, therefore whenever. C) C. volunteer; whenever. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. volunteer, whenever. 59. Aunt Mary gave us a painting, she likes art. A) Comma Splice. B) Fragment. C) Complete Sentence. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma Splice. 60. Carla has difficulties getting to her 8 a.m. English class on time, she always watches too many late night movies and then hits the snooze button on her alarm once too often. A) A. time she. B) B. time, because she. C) C. time, for she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. time, because she. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesComma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 1Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 2Comma 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