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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A run-on sentence is two independent clauses combined incorrectly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Identify the shift:The skater glided across the ice and was applauded by the crowd. A) Number. B) Person. C) Voice. D) Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voice. 3. Jim Halpert doesn't know hot to fly a kite, so he asked me to teach him. A) Comma Splice. B) Complete Sentence. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Run-on/Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complete Sentence. 4. Which part of this sentence is incorrect? "He have a new car." A) Change have to has. B) No change needed. C) Change car to cars. D) Change new to newer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change have to has. 5. Silena is not a very good chess player, she still doesn't understand how the knight moves. A) Comma Splice. B) Run-on/Fused. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma Splice. 6. Identify the following sentence:They participated in croquet, equestrian, golf, and sailing events. A) Complete Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 7. Jacoby has a college scholarship. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 8. Shakespeare is known as the Bard a bard he is a poet. A) Runon. B) Unclear pronoun reference. C) Subject / verb agreement. D) Comma splice. E) Passive voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runon. 9. WHAT IS THE ERROR OF THIS SENTENCE?:She served sandwiches to the children on paper plates. A) Comma splice. B) Confusing interruption. C) Dangling modifier. D) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misplaced modifier. 10. Which word or phrase should be deleted?Mother has to descend down the basement stairs to do the family laundry. A) To do. B) Down. C) Descend. D) Has too. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 11. Which is the error in this sentence?As a result, navigation of surroundings gets easier, friends are made. A) Run-on sentence. B) Sentence fragment. C) Comma splices. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splices. 12. Identify the error in the sentence:The robber gave the victim with a hard blow. A) With. B) Gave. C) A. D) Blow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 13. Broken and exhausted from the workout. A) Run on. B) Complete sentence. C) Comma splice. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragment. 14. Which is the error in this sentence?It is believed that unless students try to communicate with the locals they will be isolated in a new community. A) Comma splices. B) Sentence fragment. C) Run-on sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splices. 15. Identify the shift:Everyone who was at the party seemed to enjoy themselves. A) Number. B) Tense. C) Voice. D) Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Number. 16. Identify the error in the following:mr. patterson brought donuts for the whole class. A) Capitalization. B) Fragment. C) Apostrophe Use. D) Run-On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitalization. 17. Mike Wheeler wants to move to California, and he asked if I would help him pack. A) Run-on/Fused. B) Comma Splice. C) Complete Sentence. D) Sentence Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete Sentence. 18. Identify the error in the sentence:He stopped to see if he could picked up the trail. A) Could. B) See. C) Stopped. D) Picked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Picked. 19. Choose the correct answer for the following:I was young when I'm came to the USA.I came to the United State. A) I was young when I came to the USA.I came to the United States. B) I was young when I'm come to the USA.I came to the United States'. C) I was young when I am came to the USA.I came to the United States. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was young when I came to the USA.I came to the United States. 20. Commanded the Continental army in the Revolutionary War A) Run-on/Fused. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Complete Sentence. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence Fragment. 21. Correct the errors in the following sentence:The Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower in 2024. A) The Olympic rings hung on the Eiffel Tower in 2024. B) He Olympic rings, on the Eiffel Tower, in 2024. C) The Olympic rings and lights on the Eiffel Tower in 2024. D) No corrections needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Olympic rings hung on the Eiffel Tower in 2024. 22. Decide whether or not this sentence is grammatically correct:This product will make people beauty. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. WHAT IS THE ERROR OF THIS SENTENCE?:Sarah decided to read a book her brother watched TV. A) Fused sentence. B) Stringy sentence. C) Dangling modifier. D) Faulty parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fused sentence. 24. Decide wether or not the sentence is grammatically correct.If you would like to know more about our company, you could contact us at microbamboo.co.id. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Is this an Independent Clause?We left late. A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 26. Even though the Continental army captured a British outpost at Trenton in 1776. A) Run-on/Fused. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence Fragment. 27. I am sorry to say that your son has been absence from school for a week. A) Say. B) Sorry. C) For. D) Absence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absence. 28. What is a correct way to fix this sentence:I know the answer, I studied. A) I know the answer, because I studied. B) I know the answer because I studied. C) I know the answer I studied. D) I know the answer but I didn't study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I know the answer because I studied. 29. After a long life of public service. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Run-on/Fused. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence Fragment. 30. Neil never throws away his old assignments, he has so many papers in his locker. A) Run-on/Fused. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma Splice. 31. What is the error in this sentence? "She were happy to see her friend." A) Change happy to happiness. B) No change needed. C) Change were to was. D) Change friend to friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change were to was. 32. Identify the error in the following:Russell couldn't wait. A) Fragment. B) Spelling. C) Run-On. D) Word Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 33. Which word or phrase should be deleted?The little people in her diorama are made out of clay A) Of. B) Little. C) Are made. D) Out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out. 34. Identify the errors in the following:There was a whole in the water bucket. A) Spelling. B) Capitalization. C) Word Use. D) Apostrophe Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word Use. 35. Her friends house is big blue and expensive A) Her friends house are big, blue and expensive. B) Her friends house is big and blue and expensive. C) Her friend's house are big, blue and expensive. D) Her friend's house is big, blue and expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her friend's house is big, blue and expensive. 36. The sentence 'The movie starts at 7:00 PM, we should leave soon' is a comma splice. Select the correctly repaired version. A) The movie starts at 7:00 PM, so we should leave soon. B) The movie starts at 7:00 PM we should leave soon. C) The movie starts at 7:00 PM; and we should leave soon. D) Because the movie starts at 7:00 PM, so we should leave soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The movie starts at 7:00 PM, so we should leave soon. 37. Jonah loves ice cream sundaes, he especially enjoys the rainbow sprinkles. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Run-on/Fused. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma Splice. 38. Correct the following sentence:'There is many reasons to visit the museum.' A) There are much reasons to visit the museum. B) There is much reasons to visit the museum. C) There are many reasons to visit the museum. D) There is many reason to visit the museum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are many reasons to visit the museum. 39. When you go to the store, try to buy organic produce, but if it's really expensive, just stick to the basics so that we can save some money, and then we can try a different grocery store tomorrow to see if they might have more affordable prices. A) Subject / verb disagreement. B) Stringy sentence. C) Conjunctive adverb punctuation. D) Choppy sentence. E) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stringy sentence. 40. What is the correct spelling for the sentence: "He recieved a gift." A) He receved a gift. B) He received a gift. C) He recieve a gift. D) He recived a gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He received a gift. 41. Identify the error on the following:It was two cold out today too go to the beach. A) Capitalization. B) Fragment. C) Run-On. D) Word Usage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Word Usage. 42. Is the following sentence correct/a fragment/a run-on?Students who have never written an academic assignment may not know how to structure one. A) Correct sentence. B) A fragment. C) A run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct sentence. 43. Identify the error in the following sentence:'He wanted to go to the party, he was too tired.' A) Run-on sentence. B) No error. C) Comma splice. D) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splice. 44. Add the correct linking word on this sentence:Would you prefer coffee tea? A) And. B) So. C) But. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Or. 45. Important information is not always easy to understand I mark this type of passage. A) Run-on. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 46. Max Mayfield received a standing ovation from all her classmates. A) Run-on/Fused. B) Complete Sentence. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complete Sentence. 47. Which sentence uses the pronoun incorrectly? A) Because global warming acts to "put Earth in a greenhouse, " it is also called the greenhouse effect. B) Sunlight enters the atmosphere and then she warms Earth's surface. C) Pollutants in the air prevent the heat from leaving, trapping the heat in Earth's atmosphere. D) These pollutants must be controlled because they will cause serious problems if Earth gets too hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight enters the atmosphere and then she warms Earth's surface. 48. Is this an Independent Clause?When our church group went to the beach. A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO. 49. Identify the error in the following:steve and danny went to Dairy Queen to get ice cream. A) Word Use. B) Capitalization. C) Spelling. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitalization. 50. Which error contains a comma connecting two independent clauses? A) Run on. B) Fragment. C) Comma splice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splice. 51. Identify the wrongly used word in the sentence.They point out that, despite of their advanced age, nearly a fifth of the women in the oldest group remained emotionally vital. A) Despite of. B) Advanced. C) Nearly. D) Emotionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Despite of. 52. Identify the sentence with a subject-verb agreement error. A) The players are winning the game. B) The team is winning the game. C) The team are winning the game. D) The player is winning the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The team are winning the game. 53. Identify the error in the sentence:After a few minutes, I look up and saw that it was getting dark. A) Look. B) Saw. C) Was. D) Few. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look. 54. Choose the correct answer. I'm not home now please leave a message. A) Comma splice. B) Run-on. C) Correct sentence. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on. 55. Which is the error in this sentence?Before students decide to study abroad A) Comma splices. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence fragment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence fragment. 56. What is the error in the following sentence:'The book, that I borrowed from the library, is fascinating.' A) Change 'borrowed' to 'borrowing'. B) Change 'that' to 'which'. C) Remove the commas. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change 'that' to 'which'. 57. Select the sentence that is free of any grammatical errors. A) Each of the students has completed their assignments. B) Each of the students has completed their assignments. C) Each of the students have completed his assignments. D) Each of the students have completed their assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Each of the students has completed their assignments. 58. Complete the sentence to fix the fragment:After finishing all of her homework for the week, ..... A) Finally relaxing. B) A sense of relief. C) Maria decided to watch a movie. D) And then went to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maria decided to watch a movie. 59. What is the error type in the sentence:'He go to school every day.' A) Subject-verb agreement. B) Spelling. C) Preposition. D) Verb tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject-verb agreement. 60. Staying on the sidewalk. A) Comma splice. B) Fragment. C) Complete sentence. D) Run on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSentence Errors Quiz 1Sentence Errors Quiz 2Sentence Errors Quiz 3Sentence Errors Quiz 4Sentence Errors Quiz 6Sentence Errors Quiz 7Avoiding Run On Sentences QuizComma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books