This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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 cat 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Even though you knew him. A) Fused Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. After the pitcher decided to walk toward the other dugout, the fans started booing. A) Complete Sentence. B) Run-on (Fused). C) Comma Splice. D) Sentence Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 9. 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. 10. Father put the baby to bed at seven o'clock, but she didn't fall asleep for a long time. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. We wanted to have a party everyone agreed to come. A) Fused. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fused. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. Fragment or sentence?She sneezed. A) Fragment. B) Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence. 20. 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. 21. Bo was craving a cold slice of watermelon, but he had money only for hotdogs and buns, Bo was pretty sure that sticking the huge fruit under his shirt and pretending that he was pregnant would not fool the cashiers. A) Buns Bo. B) Buns. Bo. C) Buns, but Bo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buns. Bo. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. Identify the sentence with correct punctuation to avoid a comma splice. A) It was a difficult decision, but he knew it was the right one. B) She didn't want to go, however, she had already promised. C) They planned to meet at noon, they arrived early. D) He enjoys painting, his work is very impressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was a difficult decision, but he knew it was the right one. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. 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. 29. Children like to play jokes on their peers, as a matter of fact. A) Fragment. B) Fused sentence. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete sentence. 30. Last night, Julie went to the movies and ate out at the diner. A) Connecting independent clauses. B) Connecting verbs. C) Connecting subjects. D) Connecting objects. 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