This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mike loves to play computer games, especially Tomb Raider, he imagines that all thevillains are his problems, and he gets great satisfaction blasting them to bits. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 2. In Professor Ribley's calculus class, Yi-Ping tapes every lecture and carefully rewrites her notes, she is planning to sell these guides to desperate freshmen next semester. A) Notes she. B) Notes, because she. C) Notes, for she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Notes, for she. 3. A coordinating conjunction correctly joins two sentences. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Children like to play jokes on their peers, as a matter of fact. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 5. Last night, Julie went to the movies and ate out at the diner. A) Connecting subjects. B) Connecting objects. C) Connecting verbs. D) Connecting independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connecting verbs. 6. Tracy always knows the right answer in English class but is too shy to volunteer whenever Professor Simmons asks a question, Tracy's hand feels as if it weighs 1, 000 pounds. A) A. volunteer, whenever. B) B. volunteer, therefore whenever. C) C. volunteer; whenever. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. volunteer, whenever. 7. Aunt Mary gave us a painting, she likes art. A) Complete Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 8. Carla has difficulties getting to her 8 a.m. English class on time, she always watches too many late night movies and then hits the snooze button on her alarm once too often. A) A. time she. B) B. time, because she. C) C. time, for she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. time, because she. 9. Mr. Howard went to the teacher lounge he saw Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones there. A) Correct. B) Mr. Howard went to the teacher lounge; He saw Mr. Smith; and Mr. Jones there. C) Mr. Howard went to the teacher lounge; he saw Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones there. D) Mr. Howard went to the teachers lounge, he saw Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones there. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Howard went to the teacher lounge; he saw Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones there. 10. I rode my bike over the glass, I got a flat tire. A) Fused. B) Comma Splice. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 11. 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 neighborhood gas station. A) Comma Splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 12. Fragment or sentence?After some time, she (and all of her friends). A) Fragment. B) Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 13. Slouched in his seat, Michael tried to pay attention the problem was that Nina's smile before class was distracting him from Professor Tyson's grammar lecture. A) Lecture, the. B) Lecture, however the. C) Lecture. The. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lecture. The. 14. Children do not always pay attention in class this fact can disturb many teachers. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fused sentence. 15. Fix this:Harold is charismatic and funny, but he has a temper. A) Funny, he. B) Funny he. C) Funny. But he. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct. 16. Sit quietly you are disturbing everyone around you. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fused sentence. 17. Cheryl realized that, although her friends were able to join a country club, she had to use a public golf course. A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 18. Some great athletes who were unknown in high school eventually became famous in college some even became superstars. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fused sentence. 19. Choose the option that is WRONG! A) The kind man and his wife read books. B) The kind man read his wife listened. C) The kind man read, and his wife listened. D) The wife listened; the kind man was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The kind man read his wife listened. 20. Donovan threw the ball and the bat into the air. A) Connecting subjects. B) Connecting objects. C) Connecting verbs. D) Connecting independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connecting objects. 21. I'll go on a run, or I'll read my magazine. A) Connecting subjects. B) Connecting objects. C) Connecting verbs. D) Connecting independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connecting independent clauses. 22. Harriet was so sleepy after her marathon studying session for calculus that she ordereda triple espresso before going to class once the caffeine kicked in, Harriet knew that shewould not doze off on Ms. Gibson. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 23. Waiting in line for an hour at the supermarket. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 24. Fox got barbecue sauce all over his face the waitress noticed and brought him some extra napkins. A) Comma Splice. B) Run-on (Fused). C) Complete Sentence. D) Sentence Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on (Fused). 25. We wanted to eat the apple pie, still warm from the oven. A) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books