Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

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1. Gustavo can tolerate any lecture, no matter how boring the instructor is, in his mind, Gustavo imagines that he is on board the starship Enterprise, blasting Romulans from his post on the bridge
2. When a coordinating conjunction is connecting two subjects, verbs, or objects, you need to add a comma before the conjunction.
3. 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.
4. Some run-on sentences can be corrected using a comma+conjunction or a semi-colon.
5. The Art of French Cooking blends classic recipes with meticulous explanation, thus ordinary cooks find the recipes manageable
6. The following is an independent clause:Because I like to eat cookies in the bathtub.
7. Rewrite the sentence with the correct punctuation:Sally lives in a van down by the river, she likes it there.
8. My mom gave me a birthday present today.
9. Electricity is really an abstract concept, it can't be seen, felt, or smelled.
10. Ryan is highly allergic to cats, he requires at least twenty god-bless-yous every time he visits Mariko and her seven Siamese.
11. Another name for a fused sentence is a run-on sentence.
12. My cat Buster loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of themicrowave oven, his tail swipes the glass door like a windshield wiper.
13. What is the difference between a comma splice and a fused sentence?
14. Sylvia shivered in her silk shirt, the difference in temperature between the hot road and the cold library was extreme.
15. Lorna did not last long in Mr. Wolcott's busy office, her long fingernails made accurate typing impossible, and her abrasive manner scared away too many potential clients.
16. Michelle is terrified of spiders, so when she found one in the bathroom, she panicked, refusing to shower for three days to use the restroom, she drove to her neighborhoodgas station.
17. Two sentences that are smooshed together with a comma in the middle is called .....
18. Which is a correct way to fix the following run on sentence?We bought a hammer we bought nails.
19. Cindy's mumbling often gets her in trouble just the other day, her stylistmisunderstood Cindy's instructions and gave her a pixie cut after Cindy asked him totrim the ends.
20. Because his glasses were so thick, Quincy refused to get contacts, he worried that equally thick contact lenses would make him look like a bug-eyed space alien.
21. The barn was very large it smelled of hay and horses.
22. WHAT'S WRONG?The student fell asleep in class, everyone thought this was rude behavior.
23. The old dog that was last seen limping down Main Street at nine o'clock last night.
24. Adding a period between to independent clauses is one way to correct a run-on sentence.
25. Susan ducked down when she saw Mr. Hayden, her English teacher, walk into Tito's Taco Palace, unfortunately, a burrito wasn't big enough to hide behind, so poor Susan had to explain why she had missed his class again.