This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Fixing Run On Sentences – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the problem with this sentence?First completed in 1939, the Potomac Park Levee System was installed to protect the National Mall and surrounding areas in Washington, D.C., from flooding. A) The sentence is correct, so there is no problem. B) The sentence is a fragment, so it's incomplete. C) The sentence is a run-on because two independent clauses are joined without punctuation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sentence is correct, so there is no problem. 2. Spiders (a) with their eight legs. A) A. crawl. B) Crawls. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. crawl. 3. Choose the correct word:Do you want to go to the park, ..... do you want to see a movie? A) Or. B) Nor. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 4. What is a run on sentence? (a) A) A sentence that ask a question. B) A. Two sentences or more joined incorrectly. C) Two or more sentences. D) A long sentence with misspelled words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. Two sentences or more joined incorrectly. 5. Refer to the section in red:We wanted to do some cool work. After the test. A) No Change. B) Cool work after. C) Cool work; after. D) Cool, work after. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cool work after. 6. Choose the correct way to fix the run-on sentence: "They went to the park they had a picnic." A) They went to the park, they had a picnic. B) They went to the park; they had a picnic. C) They went to the park they had a picnic. D) They went to the park and they had a picnic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They went to the park; they had a picnic. 7. Some songs bring back wonderful memories.Which is the subject? A) Some songs. B) Bring back. C) Wonderful memories. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some songs. 8. How would you correct the run-on: "My brother is funny he makes me laugh" ? A) My brother is funny, he makes me laugh. B) My brother is funny he makes me laugh. C) My brother is funny. He makes me laugh. D) My brother is funny; he makes me laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother is funny. He makes me laugh. 9. Peter wants to be an astronaut.What is the subject? A) Peter. B) Wants. C) Astronaut. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter. 10. Choose the correct way to fix the run-on sentence: "The weather is cold I need a jacket." A) The weather is cold, I need a jacket. B) The weather is cold; I need a jacket. C) The weather is cold I need a jacket. D) The weather is cold and I need a jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The weather is cold; I need a jacket. 11. Find the correct word to fill in the blank.If you have a good day we will go to the movies and get popcorn not candy.If you have a good day we will go to the movies and get popcorn, ..... not candy. A) Nor. B) And. C) But. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But. 12. How can you identify a run-on sentence? A) Look for sentences that contain multiple independent clauses without appropriate punctuation or conjunctions. B) Identify sentences that are too short and lack detail. C) Find sentences that use too many conjunctions and punctuation marks. D) Look for sentences that have only one independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look for sentences that contain multiple independent clauses without appropriate punctuation or conjunctions. 13. I was hungry I made a sandwich I ate it quickly. A) I was hungry, so I made a sandwich, and I ate it quickly. B) I was hungry, I made a sandwich, I ate it quickly. C) I was hungry because I made a sandwich I ate it quickly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was hungry, so I made a sandwich, and I ate it quickly. 14. Slouched in his seat, Michael tried to pay attention to the grammar lecture the only problem was that NBA statistics and images of pretty women in tight miniskirts were more interesting than subordinate clauses and participle phrases. A) . lecture, the. B) Lecture, however the. C) Lecture. The. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lecture. The. 15. Select the correct past tense verb:He (find/found) a dollar on the ground yesterday. A) Find. B) Found. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found. 16. How can you fix a run-on sentence by using a comma and a coordinating conjunction? A) By using a comma and a coordinating conjunction. B) By using a comma and a subordinating conjunction. C) By using a semicolon and a subordinating conjunction. D) By using a period and a coordinating conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By using a comma and a coordinating conjunction. 17. Which conjunction can be used to fix the run-on sentence:He is going to the store he needs to buy some groceries. A) Or. B) Because. C) And. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because. 18. Correct the run-on sentence:I woke up early I had a big day ahead of me. A) I woke up early, I had a big day ahead of me. B) I woke up early because I had a big day ahead of me. C) I woke up early; had a big day ahead of me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I woke up early because I had a big day ahead of me. 19. Read the sentence: "The bell rang the students went outside." Which is the best way to correct the run-on? A) The bell rang, the students went outside. B) The bell rang. The students went outside. C) The bell rang the students went outside. D) The bell rang; the students went outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bell rang. The students went outside. 20. They went to the beach they swam in the ocean. A) They went to the beach and then swam in the ocean. B) They went to the beach and swam in the river. C) They went to the beach and then swam in the lake. D) They went to the beach and swam in the pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They went to the beach and then swam in the ocean. 21. Choose the best way to fix the run on sentence using one of these conjunctions:and, or, but, so.Liam drew a picture it had colorful trees and a bright sun. A) Liam drew a picture it had colorful trees and a bright sun. B) Liam drew a picture, and it had colorful trees and a bright sun. C) Liam drew a picture, but it had colorful trees and a bright sun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liam drew a picture, and it had colorful trees and a bright sun. 22. Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly to avoid a run-on? A) Despite the heavy rain, the match continued the players were determined to finish the game. B) Despite the heavy rain, the match continued; the players were determined to finish the game. C) Despite the heavy rain the match continued, the players were determined to finish the game. D) Despite the heavy rain; the match continued, the players were determined to finish the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despite the heavy rain, the match continued; the players were determined to finish the game. 23. Choose the correct word:I like ice cream, ..... I like pie, too. A) Yet. B) So. C) Nor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yet. 24. Which of the following is NOT a run-on sentence? A) She likes to swim she goes to the pool every day. B) She likes to swim, she goes to the pool every day. C) She likes to swim; she goes to the pool every day. D) She likes to swim and she goes to the pool every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She likes to swim; she goes to the pool every day. 25. Give an example of a run-on sentence and how you would fix it using a subordinating conjunction. A) I was tired, so I went to bed. B) I was tired, and I went to bed. C) I was tired because I went to bed. D) I was tired, after I went to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was tired because I went to bed. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesFixing Run On Sentences Quiz 1Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 2Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 3Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 4Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 6Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 7Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 8Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 9Fixing Run On Sentences Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books