This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Fixing Common Sentence Errors – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence by correctly attaching the fragment: ..... Maria scrolled through her phone. A) While waiting for her friends. B) While waiting for her friends, she. C) While waiting for her friends,. D) Waiting for her friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While waiting for her friends,. 2. The sentence 'The waiter served a steak to the customer that was medium-rare' contains a misplaced modifier. What is the unintended, literal meaning of the sentence? A) The customer was medium-rare. B) The waiter was medium-rare. C) The restaurant was medium-rare. D) The steak was medium-rare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The customer was medium-rare. 3. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct and free of structural errors? A) While cooking dinner, the smoke alarm went off, scaring the cat. B) While I was cooking dinner, the smoke alarm went off and scared the cat. C) Scaring the cat, the smoke alarm went off while I was cooking dinner. D) The smoke alarm went off, I was cooking dinner and the cat got scared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While I was cooking dinner, the smoke alarm went off and scared the cat. 4. Read the short passage: "Running for the bus. I almost dropped my books, I managed to catch them. The driver waited for me he was very kind." Which type of sentence error is NOT present in this passage? A) Run-on (Fused) Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Dangling Modifier. D) Sentence Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dangling Modifier. 5. True or False:The comma in the following sentence is used correctly:'After a long and difficult practice, the team was exhausted, they all went home to rest.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Read the paragraph below. Which numbered sentence is a run-on?"(1) My family went camping last weekend. (2) We packed our tent and sleeping bags it was going to be cold at night. (3) On Saturday, we went for a long hike in the woods. (4) I can't wait to go again." A) Sentence 2. B) Sentence 1. C) Sentence 4. D) Sentence 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence 2. 7. True or False:A comma splice is what happens when you join two complete sentences with only a comma. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Complete the sentence to correctly fix the phrase fragment: ..... , the team celebrated their victory. A) To win the championship game. B) After winning the championship game. C) Having won the championship game. D) The championship game was won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having won the championship game. 9. Which sentence uses correct parallel structure? A) For my birthday, I like getting presents, to eat cake, and playing games. B) For my birthday, I like to get presents, eating cake, and to play games. C) For my birthday, I like getting presents, eating cake, and playing games. D) For my birthday, I like to get presents, to eat cake, and playing games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For my birthday, I like getting presents, eating cake, and playing games. 10. What is the error in this sentence? 'Hoping to win the first-place prize.' A) It's a run-on sentence. B) It's a comma splice. C) It's a phrase fragment. D) There is no error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's a phrase fragment. 11. Since you finished your work early, you can take a break. A) No error. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence fragment. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No error. 12. What's the error? "She is a talented musician, she plays three instruments." A) Fragment. B) No error. C) Comma splice. D) Run-on sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splice. 13. Choose the best way to fix this fragment:'The dog with the floppy ears and the wagging tail.' A) The dog, with the floppy ears and the wagging tail. B) With the floppy ears and the wagging tail, the dog. C) The dog with the floppy ears and the wagging tail ran to greet me. D) The dog. With the floppy ears and the wagging tail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog with the floppy ears and the wagging tail ran to greet me. 14. How should this sentence be revised to make it clear that getting in trouble happens frequently?Telling jokes frequently gets you in trouble. A) Frequently telling jokes gets you in trouble. B) In trouble, telling jokes gets you frequently. C) Telling frequent jokes gets you in trouble. D) Telling jokes gets you in trouble frequently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telling jokes gets you in trouble frequently. 15. True or False:The following sentence is a run-on because it fuses two complete thoughts without any punctuation:'I got a new puppy he is very playful.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. In the sentence 'Covered in chocolate sauce, the waitress served the boy a sundae, ' the misplaced modifier 'Covered in chocolate sauce' incorrectly describes ..... A) The boy. B) The sauce. C) The sundae. D) The waitress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The waitress. 17. The squinting modifier in "I told him after the movie we would get ice cream" creates two possible meanings. Choose the option that correctly identifies the two things that are unclear. A) When I told him and what we would get. B) Who I told and where we would go. C) When I told him and when we would get ice cream. D) Why I told him and what flavor of ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I told him and when we would get ice cream. 18. You are given three phrases:'after finishing his homework, ' 'went to the park, ' and 'Marco.' Which of the following sentences correctly and logically combines these elements? A) After finishing his homework, Marco went to the park. B) Marco went to the park, after finishing his homework. C) After finishing his homework, the park was where Marco went. D) Marco, after finishing his homework, and went to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After finishing his homework, Marco went to the park. 19. Choose the phrase that correctly completes the sentence, avoiding a dangling modifier:' ..... , the rain began to fall.' A) While I was walking to school. B) Walking to school. C) After my walk to school. D) Having walked to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While I was walking to school. 20. To ensure correct modifier placement, where is the best place to insert the phrase "with mustard" in the following sentence? "The boy ate the sandwich ..... that his mom made for lunch." A) The boy with mustard ate the sandwich . B) The boy ate the sandwich with mustard . C) The boy ate the sandwich that his mom made with mustard . D) For lunch with mustard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boy ate the sandwich with mustard . 21. To make the sentence logical, the phrase 'covered in mud' should be placed immediately after which word? "The boy greeted his dog ..... after playing in the rain." A) Greeted. B) Dog. C) Boy. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dog. 22. Read the paragraph below. Which sentence contains a run-on error?(1) My family went camping last weekend. (2) We set up our tent near the lake it was a beautiful spot. (3) The first night, we told stories around the campfire. (4) I can't wait to go again. A) Sentence (2). B) Sentence (3). C) Sentence (4). D) Sentence (1). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence (2). 23. True or False:The revision 'The movie was long; however, it was very exciting' correctly fixes the comma splice 'The movie was long, it was very exciting.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. In the faulty sentence, 'The student was punished by the teacher who was caught cheating, ' who was logically supposed to be the one caught cheating? A) The teacher. B) The student. C) Both the student and the teacher. D) It is impossible to tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The student. 25. The sentence 'The concert was amazing we stayed for the encore' is a run-on. Complete the second sentence to correctly fix this error:'The concert was amazing ..... stayed for the encore.' A) We. B) We. C) And we. D) So we. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We. 26. Which term best describes the following group of words? 'The bell rang the students rushed out of the classroom.' A) Sentence Fragment. B) Correct Sentence. C) Dependent Clause. D) Run-on Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run-on Sentence. 27. Three of the following sentences are grammatically correct. Which sentence contains a modifier error? A) The book that I borrowed from the library is on the table. B) I found a wallet walking my dog this morning. C) Hungry and tired, the hikers finally reached the campsite. D) The mechanic fixed the car with the broken engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I found a wallet walking my dog this morning. 28. What is the main error in this sentence? "To finish her art project on time." A) It's a phrase fragment. B) It has incorrect subject-verb agreement. C) It has a comma splice. D) It's a run-on sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's a phrase fragment. 29. True or False:The phrases "while waiting for the bus, " "a stray dog, " and "walked up to me" can be correctly combined as "A stray dog walked up to me while waiting for the bus." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. Fill in the blank to fix the fragment: ..... so they could get good seats for the show. A) To arrive at the theater early. B) Arriving at the theater early. C) They arrived at the theater early. D) Because they arrived at the theater early. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They arrived at the theater early. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 1Fixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 2Fixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 3Fixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 4Fixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 5Fixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 7Fixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 8Fixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books