This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of sentence is this?The Bill of Rights lists all of the rights of U.S. Citizens. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Comma Splice. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence. 2. Running through the parking lot, Aisha hoped to get to her car before the rain began when she found the doors locked and saw her keys lying on the front seat, she knew that she was in for a soaking. A) Began, when. B) Began; When. C) Began. When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Began. When. 3. Clyde knew that he should be saving money for next semester's tuition he spent every paycheck, however, on gold jewelry and expensive dinners for his greedy girlfriend Gloria. A) Comma Splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 4. After reading for five hours, my sister who fell asleep in the lounge chair. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 5. Dahlia sprinted home in the rain to avoid getting soaked. A) Run-on. B) Not a run-on. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not a run-on. 6. Mike has terrible eating habits when he opened his lunch bag, we saw a bag of potato chips, two candy bars, cellophane-wrapped cupcakes, and a carton of chocolate milk. A) Habits, when. B) Habits, but when. C) Habits; when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habits; when. 7. Fighting the urge to crawl under her desk, Adriana looked at the clock, a half hour of class remained, more than enough time to do her poorly prepared, ten-minute speech. A) Clock a. B) Clock; a. C) Clock, a. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clock; a. 8. Bernadette Wolowitz mixed up the numbers for the hospital and the pizza place in her phone the nurse was very confused when she ordered two pepperoni calzones. A) Comma Splice. B) Run-on (Fused). C) Complete Sentence. D) Sentence Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on (Fused). 9. Josie, Don's Cairn terrier, will bark at anything that moves, squirrels, wind-blownleaves, passing cars, and her own shadow will start her yapping. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 10. The puppy followed my sister home so she decided to keep it. 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. 11. We went camping on the weekend we took our tents, sleeping bags, and some food. A) Comma Splice. B) Fragment. C) Correct. D) Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fused. 12. The terrified passengers aboard the 747 gripped their armrests as the jet bucked in a bad stretch of turbulence after a ride like this one, everyone knew that five minutes on Disney's Space Mountain would feel like relaxing in a rocking chair A) Turbulence, after. B) Turbulence; After. C) Turbulence. After. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turbulence. After. 13. She noticed the falling star. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 14. Fused Sentences and Comma Splices are types of run-on sentences. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. While flirting on the phone with the satellite dish salesman, Rose forgot the omelet cooking in the kitchen, she was surprised when the stovetop fire filled the house with smoke. A) Kitchen she. B) Kitchen, so she. C) Kitchen, consequently; she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kitchen, consequently; she. 16. Every evening after soccer practice at my grandmother's house. A) Correct. B) Fragment. C) Fused. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 17. At the campus coffee cart, Gini makes the best drinks her sweet cream latte, a blend of vanilla ice cream and espresso, will put on the pounds, but its cool, smooth taste is worth a trip to the gym. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 18. Mildred and the musicians are playing at the jazz club next week. A) Connecting subjects. B) Connecting objects. C) Connecting verbs. D) Connecting independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connecting subjects. 19. Directions:Find the comma splice.I'm hungry, tired, bored, and wish to go home, because I'm tired. A) Hungry, tired. B) Bored, and. C) Home, because. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Home, because. 20. Fix this:My father is tall my mother is short. A) My father is tall and my mother is short. B) My father is tall, and my mother is short. C) Correct. D) My father is tall, my mother is short. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My father is tall, and my mother is short. 21. What type of sentence is this?If you are deprived, you are not getting something it means someone is withholding or taking away something from you. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Comma Splice. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on. 22. I like hummus it is very garlicky. A) Run-on. B) Not a run-on. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 23. Nobody arrived early. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Comma Splice. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 24. During English class, Anthony kept flirting with RaShaunda because his behavior waskeeping Shenicka from understanding the lecture, Shenicka whacked him over thehead with her heavy dictionary. A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 25. Saul does the magic tricks and I am his assistant. 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. ← 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 8Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books