This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. What is the correct spelling for My decision three mouts ago. A) My desision three mouths ago. B) My decision three monthes ago. C) My decesion three mounths ago. D) My decision three months ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My decision three months ago. 3. Which he planned to give as holiday gifts. A) Run-on/Fused. B) Complete Sentence. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence Fragment. 4. Identify the wrongly used word in the sentence.The little boy didn't know how lacing his shoes. A) The little boy. B) How. C) Didn't. D) Lacing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lacing. 5. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-parallel Words. 6. Be sure to reread your composition for errors before you ..... it in to the teacher tomorrow A) Are handed. B) Hand. C) Having handed. D) Handed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hand. 7. Jane is a great camp counselor; she made up silly nicknames for all the campers. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Run-on/Fused. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete Sentence. 8. Choose the sentence that is free from any grammatical errors. A) Neither of the answer is correct. B) Neither of the answers are correct. C) Neither of the answers is correct. D) Neither of the answer are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither of the answers is correct. 9. Look at the sentence and decide if it is correct or not.Take a deep breath; learn to relax. 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: B) A correct compound sentence. 10. Is the following sentence correct/a fragment/a run-on?Academic writing requires students to use correct sentence structure. A) Correct sentence. B) A fragment. C) A run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct sentence. 11. After it started raining. A) Complete Sentence. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence Fragment. 12. I like Chinese food she does not. A) Wordy sentence. B) Run-on sentence. C) Comma Splice. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on sentence. 13. Correct the error in the sentence: "She were happy to see her friend." A) Change happy to happily. B) Change friend to friends. C) Change were to was. D) Change see to saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change were to was. 14. Correct the following sentence:'Neither of the answers are correct.' A) Neither of the answer is correct. B) Neither of the answers is correct. C) Neither of the answers were correct. D) Neither of the answer are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither of the answers is correct. 15. Yesterday, we learned about natural disasters in the classroom. A) Runon. B) Subject / verb disagreement. C) Fragment. D) Unclear pronoun reference. E) Misplaced or dangling modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Misplaced or dangling modifier. 16. Have you ever lived ..... Jogjakarta? A) To. B) On. C) At. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 17. Combing all of my hair. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 18. Select the answer choice that does NOT correctly place a comma between the coordinate adjectives. A) Sparkly, pink dress. B) Sweet, lemony dessert. C) Spicy, delicious cuisine. D) Three, large boxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three, large boxes. 19. WHAT IS THE ERROR OF THIS SENTENCE?:Even though it was raining heavily. The soccer game continued as scheduled. A) Faulty separation. B) Faulty parallelism. C) Split construction. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faulty separation. 20. Felt tired because we did not get much sleep. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence Fragment. 21. To prepare for publication by correcting errors and changing word choice for clarity. A writer does this a lot. A) Prewrite. B) Final draft. C) Final draft. D) Edit/revise/proofread. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edit/revise/proofread. 22. Which is NOT a way to fix a comma splice? A) Add a comma. B) Add a conjunction. C) Add a semicolon. D) Make it two sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add a comma. 23. Identify the sentence that is correctly structured. A) Running through the park, the flowers were beautiful. B) Running through the park, there were beautiful flowers. C) Running through the park, beautiful flowers were seen. D) Running through the park, I saw beautiful flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running through the park, I saw beautiful flowers. 24. Which best describes a fragment? A) A fragment is a group of words that serves as the main clause of the sentence. B) A fragment is a group of words that serves as the dependent clause of the sentence. C) A fragment is a group of words that starts with a capital letter and ends with an end mark. D) A fragment is a group of words that is written like a sentence but does not have a complete meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fragment is a group of words that is written like a sentence but does not have a complete meaning. 25. Identify the error in the sentence: "He go to school every day." A) Change day to Day. B) Change every to Every. C) Change school to School. D) Change go to goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change go to goes. 26. Choose the correct conjunction to complete each compound sentence.My mother did not answer the phone, ..... I left her a message. A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So. 27. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the word 'their'. A) They're going to the movies tonight. B) There going to the movies tonight. C) Their going to the movies tonight. D) Their going to the movies tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They're going to the movies tonight. 28. Gale Hawthorne forgot to clean his jersey before the game, and he is worried that it smells bad. A) Complete Sentence. B) Run-on/Fused. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 29. He likes dogs, but he don't like cats. A) He like the dogs, but he don't like cat. B) He like dogs, but he don't likes cats. C) Correct. D) He likes dogs, but he doesn't like cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He likes dogs, but he doesn't like cats. 30. Identify the error: "I wanted to go for a walk, it was raining outside." A) This is a misplaced modifier; it can be corrected by rearranging the sentence. B) This is a run-on sentence; it can be corrected by adding a conjunction. C) This is a comma splice; it can be corrected by replacing the comma with a period or a semicolon. D) This is a fragment; it can be corrected by adding a subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This is a comma splice; it can be corrected by replacing the comma with a period or a semicolon. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSentence Errors Quiz 1Sentence Errors Quiz 2Sentence Errors Quiz 3Sentence Errors Quiz 4Sentence Errors Quiz 6Sentence Errors Quiz 7Sentence Errors Quiz 8Sentence Errors Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books