This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Fused Sentences – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fused Sentences Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fix the fused sentenceThe student fell asleep in class everyone thought this was funny. A) This sentence is correct. B) The student fell asleep in class. Everyone thought this was funny. C) The student fell asleep in class and everyone thought this was funny. D) The student fell asleep in class:everyone thought this was funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The student fell asleep in class. Everyone thought this was funny. 2. Fix the fused sentenceCharlie was playing the bagpipes Ian was playing the trombone. A) This sentence is correct. B) Charlie was playing the bagpipes, Ian was playing the trombone. C) Charlie was playing the bagpipes in addition to Ian was playing the trombone. D) Charlie was playing the bagpipes. Ian was playing the trombone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charlie was playing the bagpipes. Ian was playing the trombone. 3. I had a small snack, then I left for school. A) Fused Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 4. We took the long route around the lake, and after an hour, we finally saw the campus three blocks away. Exhausted and sweaty, jogging back to our dorm. A) NO CHANGE. B) To jog. C) Having to jog. D) We jogged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We jogged. 5. What is the best way to fix this comma splice?She was embarrassed, no one cared. A) She was embarrassed but no one cared. B) She was embarrassed, yet no one cared. C) She was embarrassed, no one cared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was embarrassed, yet no one cared. 6. Which sentence demonstrates the most sophisticated understanding of how dependent clauses can create fragments when improperly punctuated? A) While the orchestra tuned their instruments before the performance began. B) Running through the park in the early morning. C) The students who studied diligently for weeks. D) Hoping to finish the assignment before the deadline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While the orchestra tuned their instruments before the performance began. 7. It's really sunny, so class is cancelled you still have homework though. A) Correct as is!. B) Run-on:(. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on:(. 8. What is the verb in this sentence? Her mum brought a cake. A) Her mum. B) Mum. C) Brought. D) A cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brought. 9. Students speak loudly about issues they don't fully understand; nevertheless, it excites me to see that they care. A) NO CHANGE. B) Understand, nevertheless. C) Understand:nevertheless. D) Understand nevertheless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 10. When I got home from class this afternoon, I did my homework assignments, they are due tomorrow. A) Fused Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 11. Let's watch a movie, there is nothing good on TV. A) Fused Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 12. Temesgen and Jin started arm wrestling neither of them wanted to lose. A) Correct as is!. B) Run-On:(. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-On:(. 13. I play piano I do not play violin. A) I play piano, but I do not play violin. B) I play, piano I do not play violin. C) I play piano, I do not play violin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I play piano, but I do not play violin. 14. Choose the most correct punctuation:He fell asleep while I was outside. A) NO CHANGE. B) Asleep, while I. C) Asleep while, I. D) Asleep; while. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 15. I made it to school today I was tired A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fused sentence. 16. Lee rode her bike over the glass, she got a flat tire. A) Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Fused. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 17. Correct the sentence.Luis scanned the small auditorium he did not see his friend Katie A) Capitalize auditorium. B) Don't capitalize Katie. C) . After auditorium, Capitalize he. D) Take out 'his friend'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . After auditorium, Capitalize he. 18. Mark Twain wrote Tom Sawyer, it is a funny book. A) Run-on. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 19. Is this sentence correct?Before the zookeeper closed the gate, the lion escaped and began to attack the visitors. A) Correct. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 20. Choose the response that is NOT a run-on. A) I love school, I love learning, my teacher is nice. B) When I get older I want to have a big family I like big families. C) I like Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I also like Fridays because the weekend starts on Friday. D) We should get moving there's no time to waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I like Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I also like Fridays because the weekend starts on Friday. 21. At one time few people had enough money to buy books few people could read books. A) Complete sentence. B) Sentence fragment. C) Run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on. 22. True or False:an independent clause can stand on its own as a complete sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Fixed the fused sentenceAlexis made dinner it was delicious, I think. A) This sentence is correct. B) Alexis made dinner; it was delicious, I think. C) Alexis made dinner, it was delicious, I think. D) Alexis made the dinner therefore it was delicious I think. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexis made dinner; it was delicious, I think. 24. Fixed the fused sentenceBe careful not to spill the milk it will ruin your new dress. A) Be careful not to spill the milk, it will ruin your new dress. B) Be careful not to spill the milk; it will ruin your new dress. C) Be careful not to spill the milk, and it will ruin your new dress. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be careful not to spill the milk; it will ruin your new dress. 25. She loves writing essays, she would write them all day A) Comma splice. B) Fused sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 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