This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 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 A) Is in. B) Is; In. C) Is; in. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is; in. 2. When a coordinating conjunction is connecting two subjects, verbs, or objects, you need to add a comma before the conjunction. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 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. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) Nothing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 4. Some run-on sentences can be corrected using a comma+conjunction or a semi-colon. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The Art of French Cooking blends classic recipes with meticulous explanation, thus ordinary cooks find the recipes manageable A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. 6. The following is an independent clause:Because I like to eat cookies in the bathtub. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Rewrite the sentence with the correct punctuation:Sally lives in a van down by the river, she likes it there. A) Correct. B) Sally lives in a van down by the river she likes it there. C) Sally lives in a van down by the river; she likes it there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sally lives in a van down by the river; she likes it there. 8. My mom gave me a birthday present today. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 9. Electricity is really an abstract concept, it can't be seen, felt, or smelled. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma Splice. 10. Ryan is highly allergic to cats, he requires at least twenty god-bless-yous every time he visits Mariko and her seven Siamese. A) Cats he. B) Cats, so he. C) Cats, as a result, he. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cats, as a result, he. 11. Another name for a fused sentence is a run-on sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 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. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 13. What is the difference between a comma splice and a fused sentence? A) A comma splice contains misplaced commas, and a fused sentence has no punctuation. B) A fused sentence contains misplaced commas, and a comma splice has no punctuation. C) A fused sentence is another word for a comma splice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comma splice contains misplaced commas, and a fused sentence has no punctuation. 14. Sylvia shivered in her silk shirt, the difference in temperature between the hot road and the cold library was extreme. A) Shirt the. B) Shirt, for the. C) Shirt, because the. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shirt, for the. 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. A) Office her. B) Office, because her. C) Office. Her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Office. Her. 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. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 17. Two sentences that are smooshed together with a comma in the middle is called ..... A) Fragment. B) Complete sentence. C) Run on Sentence. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma Splice. 18. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We bought a hammer, and 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. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 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. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 21. The barn was very large it smelled of hay and horses. A) Correct. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fused. 22. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 23. The old dog that was last seen limping down Main Street at nine o'clock last night. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 24. Adding a period between to independent clauses is one way to correct a run-on sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 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. A) Palace unfortunately. B) Palace; Unfortunately. C) Palace. Unfortunately. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palace. 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