This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Fixing Run On Sentences – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 14 (18 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Revise the following run-on sentence to improve its structure: "I wanted to go to the concert my friend had already bought tickets." A) I wanted to go to the concert, but my friend had already bought tickets. B) I wanted to go to the concert. My friend had already bought tickets. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wanted to go to the concert, but my friend had already bought tickets. 2. Which of the following sentences is a run-on sentence that could be corrected by adding a conjunction? A) Beowulf fought bravely he won the battle. B) Beowulf was a noble warrior. C) Beowulf's sword broke during the fight. D) Beowulf received a reward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf fought bravely he won the battle. 3. We ate all the pizza we were still hungry for more.Which one is correct? A) We ate all the pizza but we were still hungry for more. B) We ate all the pizza, so we were still hungry for more. C) We ate all the pizza, but we were still hungry for more. D) We ate all the pizza, or we were still hungry for more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We ate all the pizza, but we were still hungry for more. 4. Which fixes a run-on correctly? A) The storm passed, so we went outside. B) The storm passed, we went outside. C) The storm passed; because we went outside. D) The storm passed therefore we went outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The storm passed, so we went outside. 5. Why might a writer choose to avoid fused sentences? A) To make sentences longer. B) To ensure clarity and readability. C) To use more punctuation. D) To make writing more complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To ensure clarity and readability. 6. How can punctuation be used to fix run-on sentences? A) By using only exclamation points. B) By adding more words to each clause. C) By removing all punctuation. D) By adding periods, semicolons, or commas to separate independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By adding periods, semicolons, or commas to separate independent clauses. 7. She spends hours looking at the exhibit.What is the verb? A) She. B) Spends. C) Hours. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spends. 8. What is the best way to fix this run-on sentence? My brother and I always fight for the remote we both like to have control of the T.V. A) My brother and I always fight for the remote? We both like to have control of the T.V. B) My brother and I always fight for the remote. We both like to have control of the T.V. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother and I always fight for the remote. We both like to have control of the T.V. 9. Fix this sentence: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) My father is tall, or my mother is short. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My father is tall, and my mother is short. 10. Which word is a conjunction that can be used to fix a run-on sentence? A) Because. B) And. C) Quickly. D) Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And. 11. A tiger (a) in the long grass. A) A. lays. B) Lay. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. lays. 12. Fix the run-on sentence:My friend studied all night she didn't pass the test. A) My friend studied all night. she didn't pass the test. B) My friend studied all night, but she didn't pass the test. C) My friend studied all night she didn't, pass the test. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend studied all night, but she didn't pass the test. 13. How should you correct the run-on: "He studied for the test he wanted to get a good grade" ? A) He studied for the test, he wanted to get a good grade. B) He studied for the test. He wanted to get a good grade. C) He studied for the test; he wanted to get a good grade. D) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both B and C. 14. Music means a lot to me.Which is the verb? A) Music. B) Means. C) Me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Means. 15. Provide an example of a run-on sentence and explain how it can be corrected. A) I went to the store, I bought some groceries. B) I went to the store and bought some groceries. C) I went to the store and bought some groceries I also bought some flowers. D) I went to the store and bought some groceries, then I went to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I went to the store and bought some groceries. 16. What type of conjunction is the word therefore in the following example?I wanted to get home by 3:30. Therefore, I was angry when the pharmacy didn't have my prescription ready. A) Coordinating. B) Subordinating. C) Conjunctive adverb. D) Correlative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjunctive adverb. 17. Choose the correct word:I can't whistle, ..... can I sing. A) Nor. B) And. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nor. 18. Choose the best revision for the run-on: "We went to the zoo we saw lions and tigers." A) We went to the zoo, we saw lions and tigers. B) We went to the zoo. We saw lions and tigers. C) We went to the zoo; we saw lions and tigers. D) Both B and C. 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