This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 10 (15 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Poor Paula listened to her stomach rumbling loudly, she would have to wait twenty more minutes before she could dash to the cafeteria for a quick donut and soda A) Loudly she. B) Loudly; she. C) Loudly, so she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loudly; she. 2. What is this sentence categorized as?The man showed us his lizards, someone gave them to him. A) No error. B) Run-on. C) Fragment. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma splice. 3. Is this sentence a comma splice?I jumped so high in the air, I could see the clouds! A) No error. B) Comma splice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma splice. 4. Sherian refuses to let her kids have a puppy, she is convinced that dogs are just big germs and refuses to follow one around with a sponge and bottle of bleach. A) Puppy she. B) Puppy, but she. C) Puppy, for she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Puppy, for she. 5. How can you correct the comma splice in this sentence? "He wanted to play outside, it was raining." A) He wanted to play outside. It was raining. B) He wanted to play outside, because it was raining. C) He wanted to play outside it was raining. D) He wanted to play outside; because it was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted to play outside. It was raining. 6. At our lemonade stand, I keep track of all the money and Jane runs our juicer. A) Add a comma. B) Do not add a comma. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add a comma. 7. Wally did not want to ruin his new pair of athletic shoes, he always stayed on the sidewalks, sidestepped puddles, and made several trips a day to the bathroom to wipe the sneakers with toilet paper. A) A. shoes he. B) B. shoes, but he. C) C. shoes, so he. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. shoes, so he. 8. What is this categorized as? The boy accidentally knocked over the girls books. Then picked up the girls books. A) Run-on. B) Fragment. C) Comma splice. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 9. Which is a correct way to fix the following run on sentence? We bought a hammer we bought nails. A) We bought a hammer; we bought nails. B) We bought a hammer and we bought nails. C) We bought a hammer, and we bought nails. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We bought a hammer, and we bought nails. 10. What is this sentence categorized as? The man showed us his lizards, someone gave them to him. A) No error. B) Run-on. C) Fragment. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma splice. 11. Is this sentence a comma splice? I jumped so high in the air, I could see the clouds! A) No error. B) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma splice. 12. WHAT'S WRONG? The student fell asleep in class, everyone thought this was rude behavior. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) Nothing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 13. WHAT'S WRONG? My academic advisor told me not to take 18 credit hours for the fall semester I'm regretting not having listened to her. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) Nothing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 14. WHAT'S WRONG? Organizations that promise students a scholarship if they pay an extraordinarily high application fee are most likely scams. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) Nothing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 15. How would you rewrite the sentence with the correct punctuation?The red van with the flat tire is stranded down by the river. Sally lives there with her cats that like to meow and purr. A) Correct. B) The red van with the flat tire is stranded down by the river. Sally lives there with her cats that like to meow and purr. C) The red van with the flat tire is stranded down by the river Sally lives there with her cats that like to meow and purr. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesComma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 1Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 2Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 3Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 4Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 5Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 6Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 7Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 8Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books