This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the error:While we ate our lunch. A) Run on. B) Comma splice. C) No error. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragment. 2. What is the error type in the sentence:'I has a book.' A) Spelling. B) Preposition. C) Subject-verb agreement. D) Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject-verb agreement. 3. Select the CORRECT sentence in regards to punctuation. A) Can you believe this is five dollars off!. B) Can you believe this is five dollar's off?. C) Can you believe this is five dollars off?. D) Can you believe this is five dollar's off!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can you believe this is five dollars off?. 4. Is the sentence below a fragment? Drive! A) No. It is an imperative sentence where the subject is hidden or implied. B) No. It starts with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark. C) Yes. A sentence must have a subject and a verb. The sentence has no subject. D) Yes. A sentence must start with a capital letter and ends with a period. The sentence ends with an exclamation point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. It is an imperative sentence where the subject is hidden or implied. 5. Identify the error in the sentence:I decided to climbed to the top of the hill to get a better view. A) Decided. B) Get. C) View. D) Climbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climbed. 6. Identify the sentence error: "The dog barked loudly, it woke up the neighbors." A) Comma splice. B) Run-on sentence. C) No error. D) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 7. Choose the correct conjunction to complete each compound sentence.My boss is an excellent manager, ..... she is a good listener. A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 8. Identify the error in the sentence:'The cat chased it's tail.' A) Preposition. B) Verb tense. C) Possessive pronoun. D) Subject-verb agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Possessive pronoun. 9. Identify the shift:I was driving last night when I see an animal dash out in front of my car. A) Number. B) Tense. C) Person. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tense. 10. Is the following sentence correct/a fragment/a run-on?Proof-reading is important, this helps improves students' grades. A) Correct sentence. B) A fragment. C) A run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A run-on. 11. I go to school on bike.What is the error type of that sentence? A) Word category (WC). B) Wrong word (WW). C) Wrong order (WO). D) Noun form-singular/plural (N). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong word (WW). 12. Read the comma splice:'The team won the championship, the city celebrated all night.' Which of the following is NOT a correct way to fix this error? A) The team won the championship; the city celebrated all night. B) The team won the championship. The city celebrated all night. C) Because the team won the championship, the city celebrated all night. D) The team won the championship, however, the city celebrated all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The team won the championship, however, the city celebrated all night. 13. What is the mistake in this sentence? "She don't have any siblings." A) No change needed. B) Change have to has. C) Change siblings to sibling. D) Change don't to doesn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change don't to doesn't. 14. She ..... to Jogjakarta next Friday. A) Will go. B) Go. C) Went. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will go. 15. Read the modifier phrase:'made of solid oak'. Which sentence correctly inserts this modifier to describe the desk? A) Made of solid oak, the teacher put the book on the desk. B) The teacher made of solid oak put the book on the desk. C) The teacher put the book made of solid oak on the desk. D) The teacher put the book on the desk made of solid oak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher put the book on the desk made of solid oak. 16. Tracy has been playing the guitar for six years, she thinks it might be time to start a band. A) Run-on/Fused. B) Complete Sentence. C) Comma Splice. D) Sentence Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma Splice. 17. A dependent clause on its own is an example of a sentence fragment. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Two complete sentences separated by a comma is called a comma splice. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. I has not seen them yet. A) I not have seen them yet. B) I have not seen them yet. C) Correct. D) I haved not seen them yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have not seen them yet. 20. The doll's shoe was broken, it no longer fit the foot. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma splice. 21. Identify the following sentence:40 years later in 1976, women's basketball made its debut at the 1974 games. A) Complete Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 22. A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Look at the sentence and decide if it is correct or not.Ms. Douglas made a hot cup of tea, for her afternoon break. 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. 24. Select the sentence that uses the correct form of the word 'affect'. A) The weather will effected our plans. B) The weather will affects our plans. C) The weather will affect our plans. D) The weather will effect our plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The weather will affect our plans. 25. Look at the sentence and decide if it is correct or not. The cat sat on the mat, and the dog lay beside it. A) A) a correct simple sentence. B) B) a correct compound sentence. C) C) NO-there is a mistake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) a correct compound sentence. 26. What punctuation can be used to separate independent clauses? A) A comma (, ). B) A semicolon (;). C) A colon (:). D) A period (.). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A semicolon (;). 27. As I read a passage about birds. A) Run-on. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 28. Which word should be deleted? It is a true fact that the U.S. has more divorces per capital than any country in the world. A) Country. B) Fact. C) True. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 29. What word or phrase should be deleted? "George, you had better make advance reservations at that hotel before we get on the plane!" A) Had better. B) Advance. C) You had. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advance. 30. Identify the sentence with a punctuation error. A) I went to the store, and I bought some milk. B) I went to the store and bought some milk. C) I went to the store; I bought some milk. D) I went to the store I bought some milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I went to the store I bought some milk. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSentence Errors Quiz 1Sentence Errors Quiz 2Sentence Errors Quiz 3Sentence Errors Quiz 4Sentence Errors Quiz 5Sentence Errors Quiz 6Sentence Errors Quiz 7Sentence Errors Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books