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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Because his glasses were so thick, Quincy refused to get contacts, he worried thatequally 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. 2. 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. 3. 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) Complete Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Run-on (Fused). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 4. When a person studies for an exam and feels prepared. A) Complete sentence. B) Fused sentence. C) Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Luckily, no one was hurt. A) Fused sentence. B) Complete sentence. C) Comma Splice. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complete sentence. 9. 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. 10. Which sentence is free of a comma splice? A) The teacher explained the concept, the students understood immediately. 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) It's nearly time to leave, pack your bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We could go to the museum, or we could go to the aquarium. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Which best describes the following:Looking at his watch, Vance realized he was going to be late. A) Complete thought. B) Run-on sentence. C) Comma splice. D) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete thought. 15. 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. 16. Alfred should either study or practice the guitar this evening. A) Connecting verbs. B) Connecting objects. C) Connecting subjects. D) Connecting independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connecting verbs. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. Ron Weasley has a freckle on his nose, and I have some on my cheeks. A) Connecting independent clauses. B) Connecting subjects. C) Connecting verbs. D) Connecting objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connecting independent clauses. 25. 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. 26. Talking loudly in the library can be annoying to people who are trying to study. A) Complete sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 27. She runs two kilometres every day, she is very healthy. A) Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Correct. D) Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. We went shopping at the local grocery story we bought a variety of fruit to make smoothies. A) Fragment. B) Correct. C) Fused. D) Comma Spice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fused. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesComma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 1Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 2Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 3Comma 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