This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Correcting Fused Sentences – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Correcting Fused Sentences Quiz 1 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. No foot powder, no shoe insert, no soap can kill the odor of Bartholomew's feet, when he takes off his shoes, even the goldfish gag. A) Feet when. B) Feet. When. C) Feet, thus when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feet. When. 2. Susan ducked down when she saw Mr. Hyman, 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. Unfortunately. 3. While flirting on the phone with a salesman, Rose forgot about the eggs cooking in the kitchen, she did not expect the stovetop fire that filled the house with smoke. A) Kitchen she. B) Kitchen, so she. C) Kitchen, consequently. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kitchen, so she. 4. Ryan is highly allergic to cats, he requires at least twenty God-bless-yous every time he visits Mariko and her seven Siamese cats. A) Cats he. B) Cats, so he. C) Cats, as a result, he. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cats, so he. 5. My cat Buster is always tipping over the garbage can then he searches through the trash for milk jug caps, which he bats around the floor. A) Can, then. B) Can, but then. C) Can, and then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can, and then. 6. As Irene scooped stuffing out of the Thanksgiving turkey, she saw gold glinting from the breadcrumbs, finally she had found her earring, which she had lost early that morning. A) Breadcrumbs finally. B) Breadcrumbs, finally at last. C) Breadcrumbs; finally. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breadcrumbs; finally. 7. 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 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. 8. Tracy always knows the right answer in English class but is too shy to volunteer whenever Miss Simmons asks a question, Tracy's hand feels as if it weights 1000 pounds. A) Volunteer, whenever. B) Volunteer, therefore whenever. C) Volunteer; whenever. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volunteer; whenever. 9. Mike has terrible eating habits when he opened his lunch bag, we saw a bag of potato chips, two candy bars, a cupcake, and chocolate milk. A) Habits, when. B) Habits, but when. C) Habits; when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habits; when. 10. Mrs. Britton was grading papers at her desk, her students were slaving over their in-class essays and online assignments. A) Desk her. B) Desk while her. C) Desk, moreover, her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desk while her. 11. Sandra spent every dime on her vacation to the Bahamas, where she went shopping, dancing, swimming, and sightseeing, she doesn't care that her rent will be late. or that she will have to eat macaroni and cheese for a week. A) Sightseeing she. B) Sightseeing, nevertheless, she. C) Sightseeing; she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sightseeing; she. 12. Fred blew and blew on the globs of liquid white-out, but they refused to dry when the professor called time, Fred closed the cover of his exam book and hoped the pages wouldn't stick together. A) Dry, when. B) Dry; when. C) Dry, as a result, when. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dry; when. 13. After the thunderstorm, Teresa splashed through the puddles left on the street, she enjoyed feeling the cool rainwater on her hot feet. A) Street she. B) Street, because she. C) Street, for she. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Street, for she. Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAvoiding Run On Sentences QuizComma Splices And Fused Sentences QuizComma Splices QuizEditing Run On Sentences QuizFixing Common Sentence Errors QuizFixing Run On Sentences QuizFragments QuizFused Sentences QuizIdentifying Run On Sentences QuizRun On Sentences QuizSentence Errors Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books