This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What word or phrase should be deleted? "George, you had better make advance reservations at that hotel before we get on the plane!" A) You had. B) Advance. C) Before. D) Had better. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advance. 2. Identify the sentence with a punctuation error. A) I went to the store, and I bought some milk. B) I went to the store and bought some milk. C) I went to the store; I bought some milk. D) I went to the store I bought some milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I went to the store I bought some milk. 3. The toddler loves her finger food. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete sentence. 4. What is the error type in the sentence:'She were happy with the results.' A) Subject-verb agreement. B) Tense. C) Preposition. D) Spelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject-verb agreement. 5. You can come over to play, however, we won't be able to use the trampoline. A) Repetition / redundancy. B) Misplaced / dangling modifier. C) Faulty parallelism. D) Unclear pronoun reference. E) Conjunctive adverb punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Conjunctive adverb punctuation. 6. Writing about an important event. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 7. I talked ( to / too / two ) my brother yesterday. A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 8. Identify the wrongly used word in the sentence.I wish my mother gives me presents more often. A) Wish. B) Gives. C) Me. D) More often. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives. 9. Read the sentence:'Peeking through the blinds, the car sped down the street, it was going way too fast.' Which two errors does this sentence contain? A) Dangling modifier and comma splice. B) Sentence fragment and run-on sentence. C) Misplaced modifier and sentence fragment. D) Comma splice and run-on sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling modifier and comma splice. 10. What do you need to change to make this parallel:Sarah spends her time reading, drawing, and she bakes. A) Time. B) She bakes. C) Spends her. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She bakes. 11. To avoid a run-on or comma splice, which word best completes the sentence? ' ..... the storm was getting worse, we decided to head home early.' A) Because. B) Although. C) However. D) Therefore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because. 12. A run-on sentence is two independent clauses combined incorrectly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Identify the shift:The skater glided across the ice and was applauded by the crowd. A) Tense. B) Person. C) Voice. D) Number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voice. 14. Jim Halpert doesn't know hot to fly a kite, so he asked me to teach him. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete Sentence. 15. Which part of this sentence is incorrect? "He have a new car." A) Change have to has. B) Change car to cars. C) Change new to newer. D) No change needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change have to has. 16. Silena is not a very good chess player, she still doesn't understand how the knight moves. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 17. Identify the following sentence:They participated in croquet, equestrian, golf, and sailing events. A) Complete Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 18. Jacoby has a college scholarship. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete sentence. 19. Shakespeare is known as the Bard a bard he is a poet. A) Passive voice. B) Comma splice. C) Unclear pronoun reference. D) Runon. E) Subject / verb agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Runon. 20. WHAT IS THE ERROR OF THIS SENTENCE?:She served sandwiches to the children on paper plates. A) Confusing interruption. B) Comma splice. C) Dangling modifier. D) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misplaced modifier. 21. What is the grammatical error in this sentence? "She don't like to eat vegetables." A) No change needed. B) Change don't to doesn't. C) Change vegetables to vegetable. D) Change like to likes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change don't to doesn't. 22. Which word or phrase should be deleted?Mother has to descend down the basement stairs to do the family laundry. A) Descend. B) Down. C) To do. D) Has too. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 23. Which is the error in this sentence?As a result, navigation of surroundings gets easier, friends are made. A) Run-on sentence. B) Sentence fragment. C) Comma splices. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splices. 24. Identify the error in the sentence:The robber gave the victim with a hard blow. A) Gave. B) With. C) A. D) Blow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With. 25. Broken and exhausted from the workout. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 26. Which is the error in this sentence?It is believed that unless students try to communicate with the locals they will be isolated in a new community. A) Comma splices. B) Sentence fragment. C) Run-on sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splices. 27. Identify the error in the sentence:Neither the teacher nor the students was ready for the exam. A) A) Subject-verb agreement error. B) B) Pronoun-antecedent agreement error. C) C) No error. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Subject-verb agreement error. 28. Identify the shift:Everyone who was at the party seemed to enjoy themselves. A) Voice. B) Person. C) Number. D) Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Number. 29. Identify the error in the following:mr. patterson brought donuts for the whole class. A) Capitalization. B) Apostrophe Use. C) Fragment. D) Run-On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitalization. 30. Mike Wheeler wants to move to California, and he asked if I would help him pack. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. 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