This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Fixing Common Sentence Errors – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fixing Common Sentence Errors Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the error in the following sentence:'The cat sat on the mat it was very comfortable.' A) Run-on sentence. B) Comma splice. C) Sentence fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on sentence. 2. Read the sentence: "My favorite hobby is reading I can spend hours in the library." What type of error is this? A) Run-on sentence. B) Sentence fragment. C) Comma splice. D) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on sentence. 3. What is the best way to revise this sentence to fix the comma splice? 'My dog knows several tricks, he can shake hands.' A) My dog knows several tricks he can shake hands. B) My dog knows several tricks, for example, he can shake hands. C) My dog knows several tricks, and he can shake hands. D) My dog knows several tricks, shaking hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My dog knows several tricks, and he can shake hands. 4. Select the sentence that contains a comma splice. A) My friend loves to draw, and she is very talented. B) I have a basketball game tonight, I'm a little nervous. C) Even though it was cold, we still went for a walk. D) Let's get pizza after the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have a basketball game tonight, I'm a little nervous. 5. True or False:This revised sentence is now grammatically correct and clear: "The dog belongs to my neighbor, which has a fluffy tail and brown spots." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Read the following sentence:'My brother loves video games he plays them every day after school.' How would you classify this sentence? A) Fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Correct as is. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on sentence. 7. Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence to fix the comma splice:The library is my favorite place to study, ..... always quiet there. A) For it's. B) It's. C) It is. D) And it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For it's. 8. True or False:The sentence 'He loves to read, his favorite genre is fantasy' is a comma splice, and it can be corrected by changing the comma to a period. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Correct the comma splice by adding a logical coordinating conjunction:'The cake smelled delicious, ..... we had to wait until after dinner to eat it.' A) So. B) But. C) For. D) Nor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 10. In the sentence 'After finishing my chores, the video games were played for an hour, ' the opening phrase is a dangling modifier because the person who ..... is not named in the sentence. A) Played the games. B) Finished the chores. C) Lasted for an hour. D) Owned the chores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finished the chores. 11. Which of the following is a run-on sentence, where two sentences are fused together without any punctuation? A) I like video games, but my sister prefers to read. B) We went to the park it was a sunny day. C) After we finished our homework, we watched a movie. D) Did you see the new superhero movie?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We went to the park it was a sunny day. 12. Fill in the blank to best combine these two ideas into one sentence:'The concert was amazing ..... the sound system was a little too loud.' A) , the. B) ; although the. C) , and the. D) . The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ; although the. 13. What is the error type in this sentence:'The book, along with its author, were praised by the critics.' A) Subject-verb agreement. B) Pronoun-antecedent agreement. C) Misplaced modifier. D) Dangling participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject-verb agreement. 14. Complete the sentence with the best punctuation and word:The concert was sold out, ..... we watched it online instead. A) So. B) But. C) For. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 15. Identify the two sentence structure errors present in the following sentence:Driving to the store, the rain started to pour, I forgot my umbrella. A) Fragment and Comma Splice. B) Run-on and Misplaced Modifier. C) Dangling Modifier and Comma Splice. D) Fragment and Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dangling Modifier and Comma Splice. 16. Fill in the blank to fix the fragment:'The three squirrels in my backyard ..... all morning.' A) Chattering and chasing each other. B) Have been chattering and chasing each other. C) With the fluffy tails. D) Up the big oak tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been chattering and chasing each other. 17. A group of words that is missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought is called a ..... A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Dependent clause. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence fragment. 18. In the sentence "Covered in whipped cream, the girl enjoyed the delicious waffle, " which word is the modifier "Covered in whipped cream" incorrectly describing? A) Girl. B) Waffle. C) Enjoyed. D) Delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Girl. 19. To correctly combine the fragment with a main clause, complete the following sentence: "After the long and tiring rehearsal, ..... " A) The cast was exhausted. B) And was exhausted. C) Being exhausted by the work. D) The cast, they were exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cast was exhausted. 20. Choose the best way to fix this sentence:'I found a wallet on the sidewalk walking home from school.' A) A wallet was found by me on the sidewalk walking home from school. B) Walking home from school, I found a wallet on the sidewalk. C) On the sidewalk, I found a wallet walking home from school. D) I found a wallet on the sidewalk, I was walking home from school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walking home from school, I found a wallet on the sidewalk. 21. How should the following passage be punctuated to correct the sentence errors? 'The team practiced for hours they were determined to win the final game was the next day.' A) Hours, they were determined to win, the final game. B) Hours. They were determined to win; the final game. C) Hours; they were determined to win. The final game. D) Hours, and they were determined to win, and the final game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hours; they were determined to win. The final game. 22. Which sentence correctly fixes the dangling modifier in this sentence:'Running for the bus, my backpack fell off.'? A) My backpack fell off running for the bus. B) Running for the bus, off fell my backpack. C) As I was running for the bus, my backpack fell off. D) My backpack, running for the bus, fell off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As I was running for the bus, my backpack fell off. 23. Complete the sentence to correctly join the two independent clauses:The concert was sold out ..... every ticket had been purchased weeks in advance. A) ;. B) ,. C) And. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ;. 24. What is the error in this sentence? 'Covered in mud, the towel was not something I wanted to use.' A) Comma splice. B) Misplaced modifier. C) Run-on sentence. D) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced modifier. 25. The following is a run-on sentence:'The library is closed we have to study at home.' Which of the following is the BEST way to correct it? A) The library is closed, we have to study at home. B) The library is closed, so we have to study at home. C) The library is closed; and we have to study at home. D) Because the library is closed. We have to study at home. 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