This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Avoiding Run On Sentences – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Avoiding Run On Sentences Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How could you fix the following run-on sentence? Torin rode his bicycle all day long by sunset he traveled fifty miles. A) Tim rode his bicycle all day long. By sunset, he'd traveled fifty miles. B) Torin rode his bicycle, all day long, by sunset, he'd traveled fifty miles. C) Torin rode his bicycle; all day long by sunset; he'd traveled fifty miles. D) Torin rode his bicycle. All day long; by sunset he'd traveled fifty miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tim rode his bicycle all day long. By sunset, he'd traveled fifty miles. 2. The girls climbed on the playscape I sat under a tree and read. A) The girls climbed on the playscape; I sat under a tree and read. B) The girls climbed on the playscape I, sat under a tree and read. C) The girls, climbed on the playscape I sat under a tree and read. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girls climbed on the playscape; I sat under a tree and read. 3. How can you correct the run-on sentence:'She loves to paint she does it every day'? A) She loves to paint, she does it every day. B) She loves to paint; she does it every day. C) She loves to paint and she does it every day. D) She loves to paint. She does it every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She loves to paint. She does it every day. 4. My new watch has a compass, a timer, and an alarm. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Complete sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete sentence. 5. The two main causes of run-on sentences are a lack of ending punctuation and comma splices between independent clauses. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which of these is NOT a way to correct a run-on sentence? A) Add a period and create 2 separate sentences. B) Add a comma. C) Add a comma and a coordinating conjunction. D) Add a semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add a comma. 7. The bugler played the new tune the general whistled the general liked it. A) Fragment. B) Run On. C) Complete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run On. 8. Movies entertain millions of people every day the cinema is popular all over the world. A) Complete. B) Run-on. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on. 9. We put the picnic basket on the table we walked over to the playground. A) We put the picnic basket, on the table, we walked over to the playground. B) We put the picnic basket on the table, and we walked over to the playground. C) We, put the picnic basket on the table we walked over to the playground. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We put the picnic basket on the table, and we walked over to the playground. 10. How can you correct the run-on sentence:'I enjoy going to visit my grandparents however I don't enjoy the three hour ride'? A) Use a period. B) Use a semi-colon. C) Use a comma. D) Use a conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use a semi-colon. 11. Select the answer would fix the following run-on sentence by using a semicolon: "I didn't want her at the party, we asked her to leave." A) I didn't want her at the party, or we asked her to leave. B) I didn't want her at the party; we asked her to leave. C) I didn't want her at the party; We asked her to leave. D) There is nothing wrong with the original sentence; it does not need to be fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I didn't want her at the party; we asked her to leave. 12. Select the answer would fix the following run-on sentence by using a coordinating conjunction: "You can go to the park, you must wear your old shoes." A) You can go to the park; You must wear your old shoes. B) You can go to the park, but you must wear your old shoes. C) You can go to the park. You must wear your old shoes. D) There is nothing wrong with the original sentence; it does not need to be fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You can go to the park, but you must wear your old shoes. 13. What is the correct way to punctuate the sentence:'Billy and Jim rode motorcycles to Nevada and they enjoyed every minute of the ride'? A) Use a period. B) Use a semi-colon. C) Use a comma. D) Use a conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use a semi-colon. 14. Fill in the blank:Run-on sentences often occur when the new thought begins with a ..... A) Pronoun. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronoun. 15. Mr. Blakely knew Seth made a bad decision he told him so.This sentence is an example of a: A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Complete sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run on. 16. Fill in the blank:Everyone wanted to go on the field trip so we all participated in the ..... A) Meeting. B) Fundraiser. C) Event. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fundraiser. 17. Why do students write run-on (rambling) sentences? A) We have so much to say and we are in such a rush to write it that we forget starting and stopping sentences. B) We are careless. C) It isn't because we don't know the rules:avoiding run-on sentences is a skill that every student past the third-grade should have mastered. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. The roof of the house has a hole in it, rain will come into the house. A) Run-On. B) Correct as is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-On. 19. Fix this sentence:I play softball my sister plays volleyball. A) I play softball. my sister plays volleyball. B) I play softball, my sister plays volleyball. C) I play softball, but my sister plays volleyball. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I play softball, but my sister plays volleyball. 20. What is the subject of this sentence? 'The naughty dog stole some sausages from the trolley.' A) Shopping trolley. B) Stole. C) The dog. D) The naughty dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The naughty dog. 21. Select the answer would fix the following run-on sentence by making it two complete sentences: "Please stop bothering me you are really getting on my nerves." A) Please stop bothering me; you are really getting on my nerves. B) Please stop bothering me! You are really getting on my nerves. C) Please stop bothering me, you are really getting on my nerves. D) There is nothing wrong with the original sentence; it does not need to be fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Please stop bothering me! You are really getting on my nerves. 22. Choose the one that is a run-on sentence A) Ants work together to gather food and build a home. B) My brother likes to sleep late on Saturdays, he is very lazy. C) We will visit national parks, museums, and landmarks on vacation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother likes to sleep late on Saturdays, he is very lazy. 23. I had a baby toy it got tossed. A) Correct as is. B) I had a baby toy. It got tossed. C) I had a baby toy, it got tossed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had a baby toy. It got tossed. 24. Select the answer would fix the following run-on sentence by using a semicolon: "Alex needed to finish a paper he stayed at the library all night." A) Alex needed to finish a paper; He stayed at the library all night. B) Alex needed to finish a paper; he stayed at the library all night. C) Alex needed to finish a paper, he stayed at the library all night. D) There is nothing wrong with the original sentence; it does not need to be fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alex needed to finish a paper; he stayed at the library all night. 25. Emily had a huge juice stain on her new Moore hoodie, she was embarrassed. A) Emily had a huge juice stain on her new Moore hoodie; however, she was embarrassed. B) Emily had a huge juice stain on her new Moore hoodie, yet she was embarrassed. C) Emily had a huge juice stain on her new Moore hoodie; she was embarrassed. D) Emily had a huge juice stain on her new Moore hoodie because she was embarrassed. 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