This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 4 (55 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mr. Howard went to the teacher lounge he saw Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones there. A) Correct. B) Mr. Howard went to the teacher lounge; He saw Mr. Smith; and Mr. Jones there. C) Mr. Howard went to the teacher lounge; he saw Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones there. D) Mr. Howard went to the teachers lounge, he saw Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones there. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Howard went to the teacher lounge; he saw Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones there. 2. I rode my bike over the glass, I got a flat tire. A) Fused. B) Comma Splice. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 3. Fragment or sentence?After some time, she (and all of her friends). A) Fragment. B) Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 4. Slouched in his seat, Michael tried to pay attention the problem was that Nina's smile before class was distracting him from Professor Tyson's grammar lecture. A) Lecture, the. B) Lecture, however the. C) Lecture. The. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lecture. The. 5. Children do not always pay attention in class this fact can disturb many teachers. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fused sentence. 6. Fix this:Harold is charismatic and funny, but he has a temper. A) Correct. B) Funny, he. C) Funny. But he. D) Funny he. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 7. Sit quietly you are disturbing everyone around you. A) Fused sentence. B) Fragment. C) Complete sentence. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fused sentence. 8. Cheryl realized that, although her friends were able to join a country club, she had to use a public golf course. A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 9. Some great athletes who were unknown in high school eventually became famous in college some even became superstars. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Fused sentence. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fused sentence. 10. Choose the option that is WRONG! A) The kind man and his wife read books. B) The kind man read his wife listened. C) The kind man read, and his wife listened. D) The wife listened; the kind man was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The kind man read his wife listened. 11. Donovan threw the ball and the bat into the air. A) Connecting verbs. B) Connecting objects. C) Connecting subjects. D) Connecting independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connecting objects. 12. I'll go on a run, or I'll read my magazine. A) Connecting verbs. B) Connecting independent clauses. C) Connecting subjects. D) Connecting objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connecting independent clauses. 13. Harriet was so sleepy after her marathon studying session for calculus that she ordereda triple espresso before going to class once the caffeine kicked in, Harriet knew that shewould not doze off on Ms. Gibson. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 14. Waiting in line for an hour at the supermarket. A) Comma Splice. B) Complete sentence. C) Fused sentence. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragment. 15. Fox got barbecue sauce all over his face the waitress noticed and brought him some extra napkins. A) Comma Splice. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Run-on (Fused). D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on (Fused). 16. We wanted to eat the apple pie, still warm from the oven. A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 17. What type of sentence is this?The Bill of Rights lists all of the rights of U.S. Citizens. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Comma Splice. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence. 18. Running through the parking lot, Aisha hoped to get to her car before the rain began when she found the doors locked and saw her keys lying on the front seat, she knew that she was in for a soaking. A) Began, when. B) Began; When. C) Began. When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Began. When. 19. Clyde knew that he should be saving money for next semester's tuition he spent every paycheck, however, on gold jewelry and expensive dinners for his greedy girlfriend Gloria. A) Comma Splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 20. After reading for five hours, my sister who fell asleep in the lounge chair. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Fused sentence. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 21. Dahlia sprinted home in the rain to avoid getting soaked. A) Run-on. B) Not a run-on. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not a run-on. 22. Mike has terrible eating habits when he opened his lunch bag, we saw a bag of potato chips, two candy bars, cellophane-wrapped cupcakes, and a carton of chocolate milk. A) Habits, when. B) Habits, but when. C) Habits; when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habits; when. 23. Fighting the urge to crawl under her desk, Adriana looked at the clock, a half hour of class remained, more than enough time to do her poorly prepared, ten-minute speech. A) Clock a. B) Clock; a. C) Clock, a. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clock; a. 24. Bernadette Wolowitz mixed up the numbers for the hospital and the pizza place in her phone the nurse was very confused when she ordered two pepperoni calzones. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Complete Sentence. C) Comma Splice. D) Run-on (Fused). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run-on (Fused). 25. The puppy followed my sister home so she decided to keep it. 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. 26. We went camping on the weekend we took our tents, sleeping bags, and some food. A) Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Fused. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fused. 27. The terrified passengers aboard the 747 gripped their armrests as the jet bucked in a bad stretch of turbulence after a ride like this one, everyone knew that five minutes on Disney's Space Mountain would feel like relaxing in a rocking chair A) Turbulence, after. B) Turbulence; After. C) Turbulence. After. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turbulence. After. 28. She noticed the falling star. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 29. Fused Sentences and Comma Splices are types of run-on sentences. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. While flirting on the phone with the satellite dish salesman, Rose forgot the omelet cooking in the kitchen, she was surprised when the stovetop fire filled the house with smoke. A) Kitchen she. B) Kitchen, so she. C) Kitchen, consequently; she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kitchen, consequently; she. 31. Every evening after soccer practice at my grandmother's house. A) Correct. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 32. At the campus coffee cart, Gini makes the best drinks her sweet cream latte, a blend of vanilla ice cream and espresso, will put on the pounds, but its cool, smooth taste is worth a trip to the gym. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 33. Mildred and the musicians are playing at the jazz club next week. A) Connecting subjects. B) Connecting independent clauses. C) Connecting objects. D) Connecting verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connecting subjects. 34. Directions:Find the comma splice.I'm hungry, tired, bored, and wish to go home, because I'm tired. A) Hungry, tired. B) Bored, and. C) Home, because. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Home, because. 35. Fix this:My father is tall my mother is short. A) My father is tall and my mother is short. B) My father is tall, and my mother is short. C) Correct. D) My father is tall, my mother is short. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My father is tall, and my mother is short. 36. What type of sentence is this?If you are deprived, you are not getting something it means someone is withholding or taking away something from you. A) Run-on. B) Fragment. C) Sentence. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 37. I like hummus it is very garlicky. A) Run-on. B) Not a run-on. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 38. Nobody arrived early. A) Fused sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete sentence. 39. During English class, Anthony kept flirting with RaShaunda because his behavior waskeeping Shenicka from understanding the lecture, Shenicka whacked him over thehead with her heavy dictionary. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 40. Saul does the magic tricks and I am his assistant. 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. 41. Poor Paula listened to her stomach rumbling loudly, she would have to wait twenty more minutes before she could dash to the cafeteria for a quick donut and soda A) Loudly she. B) Loudly; she. C) Loudly, so she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loudly; she. 42. What is this sentence categorized as?The man showed us his lizards, someone gave them to him. A) No error. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma splice. 43. Is this sentence a comma splice?I jumped so high in the air, I could see the clouds! A) No error. B) Comma splice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma splice. 44. Sherian refuses to let her kids 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. 45. How can you correct the comma splice in this sentence? "He wanted to play outside, it was raining." A) He wanted to play outside; because it was raining. B) He wanted to play outside. It was raining. C) He wanted to play outside it was raining. D) He wanted to play outside, because it was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wanted to play outside. It was raining. 46. At our lemonade stand, I keep track of all the money and Jane runs our juicer. 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. 47. Wally did not want 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 wipe the sneakers with toilet paper. A) A. shoes he. B) B. shoes, but he. C) C. shoes, so he. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. shoes, so he. 48. What is this categorized as? The boy accidentally knocked over the girls books. Then picked up the girls books. A) Fragment. B) Comma splice. C) No error. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 49. 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 above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We bought a hammer, and we bought nails. 50. What is this sentence categorized as? The man showed us his lizards, someone gave them to him. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) No error. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma splice. 51. Is this sentence a comma splice? I jumped so high in the air, I could see the clouds! A) No error. B) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma splice. 52. 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 above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 53. WHAT'S WRONG? My academic advisor told me not to take 18 credit hours for the fall semester I'm regretting not having listened to her. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) Nothing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 54. 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 above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 55. How would you rewrite the sentence with the correct punctuation?The red van with the flat tire is stranded down by the river. Sally lives there with her cats that like to meow and purr. A) Correct. B) The red van with the flat tire is stranded down by the river. Sally lives there with her cats that like to meow and purr. C) The red van with the flat tire is stranded down by the river Sally lives there with her cats that like to meow and purr. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesComma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 1Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 2Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 3Avoiding 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