This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sighing heavily, Melody tried to summon the energy to get to her next class her heavy book bag and the long walk, however, seemed impossible challenges. A) Class, her. B) Class; her. C) Class but her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Class; her. 2. There are two ways to fix a run on sentence. They are ..... A) Add a comma and coordinating conjunction OR add end punctuation. B) Trick question-there's only ONE way!. C) End punctuation OR a semicolon. D) Semicolon OR add a comma and a coordination conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add a comma and coordinating conjunction OR add end punctuation. 3. The Governor refused to comment, but he did refer the reporter to his press secretary. A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 4. Which best describes the following:Looking at his watch, Vance realized he was going to be late. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Comma splice. D) Complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete thought. 5. Rachel painstakingly ironed her linen shirt all the while, she was thinking how pointless this chore was since linen begins to wrinkle the moment after the last button is fastened. A) Comma Splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 6. Alfred should either study or practice the guitar this evening. A) Connecting subjects. B) Connecting objects. C) Connecting verbs. D) Connecting independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connecting verbs. 7. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 8. Emma and Destiny earn good grades in English. A) Fused Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Complete Sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete Sentence. 9. Orange juice, toast, and cereal might be a healthy breakfast, but Ricardo always hits the snooze button on his alarm too many times all he can grab is a stale pastry and soda. A) Comma Splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 10. A subordinate conjunction A) Combines two ideas. B) Indicates a time, a place, or a cause and effect relationship. C) Clarifies an already specific word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indicates a time, a place, or a cause and effect relationship. 11. Fighting the urge to crawl under her desk, Adriana looked at the clock, there was still a half hour left of class, more than enough time to do her poorly prepared, ten-minute speech. A) Clock there. B) Clock; there. C) Clock, so there. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clock; there. 12. Identify the comma splice:After finding her shoes, she put them on, ran after her dog. A) Shoes, she. B) On, ran. C) CORRECT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On, ran. 13. What is the subject?"Sparky!!" She called out. A) Sparky. B) She. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She. 14. Ron Weasley has a freckle on his nose, and I have some on my cheeks. A) Connecting subjects. B) Connecting objects. C) Connecting verbs. D) Connecting independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connecting independent clauses. 15. A fused sentence means that two sentences are placed together without anything between them. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Talking loudly in the library can be annoying to people who are trying to study. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 17. She runs two kilometres every day, she is very healthy. A) Fused. B) Correct. C) Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma Splice. 18. EVERYTHING IS A CORRECT REVISION, EXCEPT ..... I received an A on my Psychology test I am happy. A) I received an A on my Psychology test, I am happy. B) I received an A on my Psychology test, and I am happy. C) I received an A on my Psychology test; I am happy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I received an A on my Psychology test, I am happy. 19. Catrina frosted the birthday cake and I lit all sixteen candles. 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. 20. We went shopping at the local grocery story we bought a variety of fruit to make smoothies. A) Comma Spice. B) Correct. C) Fragment. D) Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fused. 21. Fred blew and blew on the globs of liquid whiteout, but they refused to dry when the professor called time, Fred closed the cover of his exam book and hoped the pages would not cement together A) Dry, when. B) Dry; when. C) Dry, as a result, when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dry, as a result, when. 22. During an interesting movie, everyone should be quiet it can be very annoying if other people people talk too much. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fused sentence. 23. Madison believed that the best job in the universe would be to work as a crew member on the star ship Enterprise since this job existed only on television, Madison settled for clerking at a neighborhood comic book store that sold Star Trek memorabilia. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 24. Rachel painstakingly ironed her linen shirt all the while, she was thinking howpointless this chore was since linen begins to wrinkle the moment after the lastbutton is fastened. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 25. As Irene scooped stuffing from the Thanksgiving turkey, gold glinted in the breadcrumbs, finally, the earring that she had lost early that morning reappeared. A) Breadcrumbs finally. B) Breadcrumbs, finally at last. C) Breadcrumbs; finally. D) None of the above. 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