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 (30 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) Comma Splice. C) Complete sentence. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Fused. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Complete sentence. C) Fused 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) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on (Fused). D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Comma Splice. B) Complete sentence. C) Fused sentence. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesComma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 1Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 2Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 4Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 5Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 6Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 7Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 8Avoiding Run On Sentences Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books