This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ana couldn't sleep all night because her missed kick caused her team to lose the game. Then the next morning, she could see the sun peeking over the trees. As the sun rose higher and shined more brightly, she felt better. She thought:I know I can work practice and do better at the next game! In this passage, the rising sun symbolizes- A) Ana's house. B) Volleyball. C) A second chance. D) A sleepless night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A second chance. 2. It is nearly half past five we cannot reach town before dark. A) No error. B) Sentence fragment. C) Run-on. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on. 3. True or False:The sentence 'The movie was long; however, it was exciting' is a comma splice. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Which sentence avoids a comma splice? A) The weather was cold; we wore jackets. B) The weather was cold we wore jackets. C) The weather was cold, yet we wore jackets. D) The weather was cold, we wore jackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The weather was cold; we wore jackets. 5. Choose the correct sentence that avoids a comma splice. A) We went to the park, had a picnic. B) We went to the park we, had a picnic. C) We went to the park; we had a picnic. D) We went to the park, we had a picnic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We went to the park; we had a picnic. 6. Driving the car is fast and comfortable, riding the bicycle is better for one's health. A) Comma Splice. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma Splice. 7. True or False?A comma splice is a error A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Manuel searched for his cell phone charger he didn't know it was in his backpack. A) Comma splice. B) Sentence fragment. C) Run-on sentence. D) Complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on sentence. 9. I like mustard on my hamburger; I had a hamburger for lunch. A) Written Correctly. B) Comma Splice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Written Correctly. 10. Fix this:The clown terrified all of the children at the birthday party, so he wiped all his make-up off in the bathroom. A) No change needed. B) Party, he (delete the word "so"). C) Party; so. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change needed. 11. My mother is a great cook, and so is my sister. A) Complete. B) Splice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete. 12. Identify each group of words:Michael Jordan is a good basketball player however Lebron is better. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Comma Splice. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on. 13. The sale begins on Saturday, let's get there right at 7:00 a.m. A) Written Correctly. B) Comma Splice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 14. A ..... occurs when two or more complete sentences are jammed together with NO punctuation. A) Comma splice. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on. 15. Complete the sentence to correct the comma splice:'We wanted to go hiking, ..... the storm kept us indoors.' A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But. 16. Replacing a comma with a semicolon is a valid way to correct a comma splice. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Identify the comma splice in the following:She loves to read, she spends hours at the library every day. A) She loves to read, she spends hours at the library every day. B) She loves to read. She spends hours at the library every day. C) She loves to read she spends hours at the library every day. D) She loves to read; she spends hours at the library every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She loves to read; she spends hours at the library every day. 18. The wind blew the leaves in the yard. A) Complete Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-On. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 19. The war lasted ten years many young men were killed. A) Run-on. B) Complete sentence. C) Comma splice. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 20. Is this sentence a fragment?Even though she's the best dancer. A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 21. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are incorrectly joined by a comma. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. What does an independent clause become if it loses its independence? A) A comma splice. B) A fragment. C) A dependent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dependent clause. 23. Ingie looked at his wife's collection of cookbooks and sighed, although there were thousands of recipes, she would just order pizza again. A) Sighed although. B) Sighed. Although. C) Sighed; Although. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sighed. Although. 24. TRUE OR FALSE:An independent clause can stand all by itself? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. FANBOYS is used to remember the coordinating conjunctions.What does FANBOYS stand for? A) For, Also, Not, But, Or, You, So. B) First, And, Not, But, Or, Yet, So. C) For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. D) For, As, Not, But, Or, You, So. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. 26. Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence: "Because the weather was bad, the flight was delayed." A) Because the weather was bad. B) Was delayed. C) The weather was bad. D) The flight was delayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the weather was bad. 27. Identify each group of words:We went through the haunted chateau and the Zombie High School. A) Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence. 28. What type of grammar mistake is does the sentence have?Because she fell ..... A) Comma Splice. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Run-On Sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence Fragment. 29. Is this a fragment?Jake dropped his satchel. Then grabbed his bag. A) Fragment. B) No error. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 30. Indicate if the group of words below is the example of a run-on sentence or a comma splice.Good writing is not a matter of luck, it is the result of practice. A) A run-on sentence. B) A comma splice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comma splice. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesComma Splices Quiz 1Comma Splices Quiz 2Comma Splices Quiz 3Comma Splices Quiz 4Comma Splices Quiz 5Comma Splices Quiz 6Comma Splices Quiz 7Comma Splices Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books