This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Comma Splices – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comma Splices Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the comma splice in this sentence:I told myself that it must just be an owl, but that didn't stop me from quickening my pace a little, home was close, only about five minutes away at this point. A) Between close and only. B) Between little and home. C) Between owl and but. D) Both between little and home AND close and only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between little and home. 2. Charlotte was wrong that pig had brought her good fortune. A) Run-On. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-On. 3. Choose the best correction for the comma splice:'She loves to paint, she does it every weekend.' A) She loves to paint; she does it every weekend. B) She loves to paint she does it every weekend. C) She loves to paint but she does it every weekend. D) She loves to paint; and she does it every weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She loves to paint; she does it every weekend. 4. I would like to go again next weekend, my dad is working. A) Run-on. B) Comma Splice. C) Incomplete Sentence. D) Compound/Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 5. Choose the correct way to fix the comma splice in the sentence: "The sun was setting, we decided to head back home." A) The sun was setting we decided to head back home. B) The sun was setting. We decided to head back home. C) The sun was setting, because we decided to head back home. D) The sun was setting, so we decided to head back home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun was setting, so we decided to head back home. 6. I eat my vegetables because I know vegetables are healthy. A) Written Correctly. B) Comma Splice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Written Correctly. 7. Going to the movies is fun I like to go with my family. A) Run-on. B) Comma Splice. C) Incomplete Sentence. D) Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 8. Which of the following sentences contains a run-on sentence?A) I went to the park, and I played soccer.B) I went to the park; I played soccer.C) I went to the park, I played soccer.D) I went to the park I played soccer. A) I went to the park I played soccer. B) I went to the park; I played soccer. C) I went to the park, I played soccer. D) I went to the park, and I played soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I went to the park I played soccer. 9. We can fix this sentence fragments by combining them with another sentence to make a complete thought or by removing the dependent marker. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Choose the sentence that has a fragment A) I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot. They were cold and smelled like smoke. Because of the fire. B) I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot they were cold and smelled like smoke because of the fire. C) I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot, they were cold and smelled like smoke because of the fire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot. They were cold and smelled like smoke. Because of the fire. 11. How many types of run-on sentences are there? A) Two. B) Five. C) Six. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 12. On May 17, 1955, the day when the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools for blacks and whites were illegal and would be integrated. A) Run-on. B) Comma splice. C) Sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence. 13. Which word is a verb in this sentence?"I wanted to see Joker, but Greg had seen it already." A) Greg. B) Joker. C) See. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See. 14. While Eric is a brave boy who never complains about his illness. A) Run-on. B) Comma splice. C) Fragment. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 15. When we adopted the cutest at the animal shelter. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run on. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 16. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson considers the way in which personal narratives can be used to effect change, specifically she considers how they can change the way we see people with disabilities. A) No error. B) Run-on sentence. C) Comma splice. D) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splice. 17. His parents had passed away he had been living with an aunt in a nearby town. A) Run-On. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-On. 18. Identify the comma splice in the following sentence:The movie was great, I really enjoyed it. A) The movie was great, but I really enjoyed it. B) The movie was great I really enjoyed it. C) The movie was great, and I really enjoyed it. D) The movie was great, I really enjoyed it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The movie was great, I really enjoyed it. 19. Which sentence correctly avoids a comma splice? A) I went to the store, I bought some milk. B) She loves reading, she goes to the library often. C) He plays soccer every day, he really enjoys it. D) We went to the park and had a picnic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We went to the park and had a picnic. 20. Choose the correct sentence that avoids a comma splice:A) She sings beautifully, she should join the choir. B) She sings beautifully, so she should join the choir. A) A. B) B. C) Both A and B. D) Neither A nor B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 21. Complete the sentence to avoid a comma splice:The cake was delicious ..... everyone wanted a second slice. A), so B), and C) ; D) because A) , so. B) , and. C) ;. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ;. 22. Which sentence fixes the comma splice:'The weather was cold, we stayed inside'? A) The weather was cold, we stayed inside. B) The weather was cold, so we stayed inside. C) The weather was cold we stayed inside. D) The weather was cold, and we stayed inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The weather was cold, so we stayed inside. 23. After awhile the nurse's gentle hand. A) Run-On. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 24. My mom was angry; she grounded Henry for two weeks. A) Written Correctly. B) Comma Splice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Written Correctly. 25. Separate the TWO sentences or combine them correctly:When I got there, I had to wait forever to see him when he finally examined my teeth, he found four cavities. A) Him. When. B) Him and when. C) Him, when. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Him. When. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesComma Splices Quiz 1Comma Splices Quiz 2Comma Splices Quiz 4Comma Splices Quiz 5Comma Splices Quiz 6Comma Splices Quiz 7Comma Splices Quiz 8Comma Splices Quiz 9Comma Splices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books