This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My dog fell asleep on the couch he was cute. A) Fragment. B) Complete sentence. C) Run on. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run on. 2. The firemen put off the fire quickly but the house was burnt down. A) Burnt. B) Put off. C) But. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put off. 3. WHAT IS THE ERROR OF THIS SENTENCE?:The trip to Montreal was not very well planned, we had a great time. A) Comma splice. B) Misplaced modifier. C) Dangling modifier. D) Confusing interruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 4. Identify the error in the sentence:Although he jumped aside, but the stone hit him. A) Jumped. B) But. C) The. D) Hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 5. What are some common mistakes to look out for when revising and editing a piece of writing? A) Grammar and punctuation errors, unclear or awkward phrasing, repetition, and lack of coherence. B) Including too much dialogue. C) Using too many descriptive words. D) Spelling mistakes and typos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grammar and punctuation errors, unclear or awkward phrasing, repetition, and lack of coherence. 6. Because she can also use it as a boat. A) Run-on/Fused. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Complete Sentence. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence Fragment. 7. Look at the sentence and decide if it is correct or not.Going for long walks is my favourite way to relax I go every evening. A) A correct simple sentence. B) A correct compound sentence. C) NO-there is a mistake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO-there is a mistake. 8. Look at the sentence and decide if it is correct or not.Madi listened to music every night to fall asleep more easily. A) A correct simple sentence. B) A correct compound sentence. C) NO-there is a mistake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A correct simple sentence. 9. When the subject is missing, or another subject takes its place ..... A) Dangling modifier. B) Comma splice. C) Incorrect subject/verb agreement. D) Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling modifier. 10. When the plane was taking off. A) Run-on/Fused. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence Fragment. 11. Example of a sentence fragment. A) "Because that behavior is hideous and cruel.". B) "The dog barked loudly.". C) "She enjoys reading books.". D) "Running through the park every morning.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Because that behavior is hideous and cruel.". 12. Which part of this sentence is incorrect? "He do his homework every night." A) No change needed. B) Change homework to homeworks. C) Change do to does. D) Change night to nights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change do to does. 13. What is the error:I do many things like swimming, fishing, hiking, running, playing baseball, and eating. A) No error. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No error. 14. Identify the error in the following:She wanted to go to the beach, but it was raining outside so they couldn't go. A) Capitalization. B) Run-On. C) Word Use. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-On. 15. The villagers carried out a through search for the missing child. A) Missing. B) Carried. C) For. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through. 16. Because we had left food on the fire. A) Run-on/Fused. B) Comma Splice. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence Fragment. 17. Identify the sentence error Since you finished your work early, you can take a break. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) No error. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No error. 18. Rewrite the following sentences:I didn't wanna go back to the USA.I learning more English.I went to Florida to visited my uncle. A) I didn't wanted to go back to the USA.I learned more English.I went to Florida to visit my uncle. B) I didn't wanna to go back to the USA.I am learning more English.I went to Florida to visited my uncle. C) I didn't want to go back to the USA.I am learning more English.I went to Florida to visit my uncle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I didn't want to go back to the USA.I am learning more English.I went to Florida to visit my uncle. 19. Max's basement flooded during the rainstorm, he had to carry water out by the bucketful. A) Comma Splice. B) Complete Sentence. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Run-on/Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma Splice. 20. Identify the wrongly used word in the sentence.I would rather live on a farm than to live in a city. A) On. B) Would rather. C) To live. D) Live. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To live. 21. The Internet has been useful in my research I find information for my essays and assignments. A) Comma Splice. B) Run-on. C) Fragment. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on. 22. We can use either spoken ..... written words to communicate. A) Or. B) And. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 23. The weather was terrible; we drove slowly. A) Fragment. B) Comma splice. C) Complete sentence. D) Run on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete sentence. 24. Sophi mixed up the numbers for the school and the pizza place the principal was confused when she ordered two pizzas. A) Comma Splice. B) Run-on/Fused. C) Complete Sentence. D) Sentence Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on/Fused. 25. ..... is a sale at the store. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 26. Identify the error in the following sentence:'She don't like apples.' A) Tense. B) Punctuation. C) Preposition. D) Subject-verb agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject-verb agreement. 27. Dad made a salad for lunch, for everyone was hungry. A) Comma splice. B) Run on. C) Complete sentence. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete sentence. 28. When is the Valentine's Day party? A) Exclamatory. B) Imperative. C) Declarative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interrogative. 29. Elsa and Anna coming soon so don't worry. A) Correct. B) Elsa and Anna is coming soon, so do not worry. C) Elsa and Anna are coming soon, so don't worry. D) Elsa and Anna are coming soon, so doesn't worry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elsa and Anna are coming soon, so don't worry. 30. How ..... do you speak? A) Much languages. B) Many languages. C) Many language. D) Much language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many languages. 31. Which sentence contains a grammatical error? A) They don't like apples. B) We don't like apples. C) He doesn't like apples. D) She don't like apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She don't like apples. 32. Go put your name on your paper. A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 33. Identify the error in the sentence:He has been working here for sometimes. A) For. B) Sometimes. C) Been. D) Here. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sometimes. 34. Which word does the phrase 'with a bright red crest' most logically modify in the following sentence? 'On the way to school, I saw a bird with a bright red crest.' A) Way. B) Bird. C) School. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bird. 35. How are you going to correct a sentence with a comma splice where two independent clauses are joined by a comma? A) Replace the comma with a coordinating conjunction. B) Replace the comma with a subordinating conjunction. C) Separate the two independent clauses with a period. D) Separate the two independent clauses with a semi-colon and conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separate the two independent clauses with a period. 36. What is incorrect in this sentence? "We has a meeting scheduled for tomorrow." A) Change has to have. B) No change needed. C) Change meeting to meetings. D) Change tomorrow to today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change has to have. 37. Patrick joined a band that he saw perform on TV. A) Complete Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Run-on/Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 38. Which option correctly completes the sentence without creating a comma splice or run-on? 'I love listening to music, ..... ' A) It always helps me relax. B) And it always helps me relax. C) However, it always helps me relax. D) It's relaxing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And it always helps me relax. 39. Choose the sentence with no errors A) Jayce read a great book last night!. B) Kaitlyn is takeing her time to finish. C) Amya wanted a new puppy for her birfday. D) How many AR points does Dallas have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jayce read a great book last night!. 40. Which word in this sentence is redundant and can be removed?She made a big, life-changing decision. A) Made. B) Big. C) She. D) Decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big. 41. Choose the correct conjunction to complete each compound sentence.I wanted to sing the song, ..... I couldn't remember the words. A) And. B) But. C) Or. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 42. Which word or phrase should be deleted?The rally attendance was estimated at about one thousand. A) Attendance. B) Estimated. C) About. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About. 43. Find the mistake in the sentence:The teacher asked if any of the students has seen her pen. A) Asked. B) Has. C) Seen. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 44. You should finish your homework before practice, you'll feel better about having it done. A) Passive voice. B) Unclear pronoun reference. C) Comma splice. D) Runon. E) Subject / verb agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splice. 45. Which word or phrase should be deleted to avoid being redundant? Carlos gets up at 6:00am in the morning. A) 6:00am. B) In the morning. C) Gets up. D) Carlos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the morning. 46. Georgie bought seven new posters at the mall he was disappointed when he realized they wouldn't all fit his room. A) Complete Sentence. B) Run-on/Fused. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on/Fused. 47. The old car don't need to be fixed. A) The old cars doesn't need fixed. B) The old car doesn't need to be fixed. C) The old car don't need to be fix. D) The car old don't need to be fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The old car doesn't need to be fixed. 48. What type of sentence error is this?The pants fit perfectly, they were way too expensive. A) Fragment. B) No error. C) Run-on. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma splice. 49. Which sentence is free of parallelism errors? A) She likes to swim, to run, and biking. B) She likes swimming, running, and biking. C) She likes to swim, running, and to bike. D) She likes swimming, to run, and biking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She likes swimming, running, and biking. 50. Identify the errors in the following:Tanners dog ate his homework. A) Run-On. B) Word Use. C) Fragment. D) Apostrophe Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe Use. 51. When the modifier is too far away from the word(s) it is modifying ..... A) Dangling modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Out-of-context modifier. D) Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced Modifier. 52. Identify the error in the following:The dog chased a squirrel, it ran up the tree. A) Apostrophe Use. B) Capitalization. C) Fragment. D) Run-On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run-On. 53. Oliver doesn't think recess is long enough he hopes the principal adds another fifteen minutes. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Complete Sentence. D) Run-on/Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run-on/Fused. 54. What type of sentence error is this?The friendly giant ape and I became friends, we did everything together. A) Fragment. B) No error. C) Comma splice. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splice. 55. Which error contains too much information or too many independent clauses and is missing proper punctuation? A) Run on. B) Fragment. C) Comma splice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run on. 56. The delicious meal was cooked by mom. A) Repetition / redundancy. B) Faulty parallelism. C) Comma splice. D) Choppy sentence. E) Passive voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Passive voice. 57. What is the correct spelling for My decision three mouts ago. A) My decision three months ago. B) My decesion three mounths ago. C) My decision three monthes ago. D) My desision three mouths ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My decision three months ago. 58. Which he planned to give as holiday gifts. A) Comma Splice. B) Run-on/Fused. C) Complete Sentence. D) Sentence Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence Fragment. 59. Identify the wrongly used word in the sentence.The little boy didn't know how lacing his shoes. A) Lacing. B) Didn't. C) How. D) The little boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacing. 60. Identify the type of error found in the sentence:Media literacy is the capacity to access, analyzing, evaluating, and generate media messages of all kinds. A) Comma Splice. B) Fragments. C) Non-parallel Phrases. D) Non-parallel Words. 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