This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Run On Sentences – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Run On Sentences Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ate all of my dinner, ..... I was still hungry. A) Yet. B) So. C) For. D) Nor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yet. 2. Taps as the official call for lights out. A) Fragment. B) Complete. C) Run on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 3. How could you fix the run-on sentence? Springfield has three lights they are red. A) Springfield has three lights, they are red. B) Springfield has; three lights they are red. C) Springfield has three lights; they are red. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Springfield has three lights; they are red. 4. Fix this sentence:I hope Santa will bring no presents so I can play outside in the snow. A) I hope Santa will bring no presents, so I can play outside in the snow. B) I hope Santa will bring, no presents so I can play outside in the snow. C) I hope Santa will bring no presents, I can play outside in the snow. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I hope Santa will bring no presents, so I can play outside in the snow. 5. True or False:Adding 'and' between two independent clauses always fixes a run-on sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Did you know wrapping Christmas presents is hard work I spend hours doing it. A) Did you know wrapping Christmas presents is hard work I spend, hours doing it. B) Did you know wrapping Christmas presents is hard work. I spend hours doing it?. C) Did you know wrapping Christmas presents is hard work? I spend hours doing it. D) No corrections needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you know wrapping Christmas presents is hard work? I spend hours doing it. 7. Direction:Read group of words carefully. Choose RUN-ON If it is a run-on. Choose SENTENCE if it has a complete thought and punctuated correctly. I enjoy going to visit my grandparents I don't enjoy the three hour ride. A) Sentence. B) Run-on. C) Comma splice. D) Subordinate conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 8. Inserting a ..... between independent clauses creates a splice, which is a grammatically incorrect sentence. A) Period. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma. 9. What does a semi-colon indicate when used between two independent clauses? A) The clauses are closely connected. B) The clauses are unrelated. C) It makes the sentence longer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The clauses are closely connected. 10. Can't believe you A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Complete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 11. How can the run-on sentence be corrected? 'I love pizza it's my favorite food.' A) Add a comma after 'pizza'. B) Add a period after 'pizza' and capitalize 'it's'. C) Remove 'it's'. D) Add 'and' between 'pizza' and 'it's'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add a period after 'pizza' and capitalize 'it's'. 12. I go to the park after school I see a lot of friends there. A) I go to the park after school, and I see a lot of friends there. B) I go to the park, after school I see a lot of friends there. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I go to the park after school, and I see a lot of friends there. 13. Melanie and Aaron arrived early, I didn't see them until dinner. A) Fragment. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Run-on. E) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Complex. 14. We took a walk down the beach, ..... we didn't find seashells. A) But. B) So. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But. 15. Which option best corrects the run-on:'I went to the park it was fun.' A) I went to the park it was fun. B) I went to the park; it was fun. C) I went to the park and it was fun. D) I went to the park, it was fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I went to the park; it was fun. 16. Which option best corrects the fragment? 'While we were walking.' A) We walked. B) We saw a bird while we were walking. C) Walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We saw a bird while we were walking. 17. Fact? A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. A) Yes, a sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. B) No, a sentence if a group of words but doesn't need to make sense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, a sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. 18. Soon the new tune was being played throughout the Army of the Potomac. A) Complete. B) Fragment. C) Run On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete. 19. She is extremely fussy about her furniture for instance children under 12 cannot sit on her antiques. A) Fused Sentence. B) Comma Splice. C) Polysyndeton. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fused Sentence. 20. It was really hot outside, ..... we jumped in the lake. A) And. B) So. C) Yet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So. 21. The awkward guest showed up two hours early to the party he didn't understand what he did wrong. A) NO CHANGE. B) Party, he didn't. C) Party. He didn't. D) Party that he didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Party. He didn't. 22. The 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. 23. Amare was playing basketball, Aaron was playing video games. A) Amara was playing basketball, while Aaron was playing video games. B) Amare was playing basketball and Aaron was playing video games. C) Correct as is. D) Amara was playing basketball, Aaron was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amara was playing basketball, while Aaron was playing video games. 24. Many of Saturn's moons have large craters; the crater on Mimas covers one third of its diameter A) Run-on Sentence. B) Complete Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complete Sentence. 25. Fragments can function as complete sentences in formal writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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