This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She ..... to Jogjakarta next Friday. A) Goes. B) Went. C) Go. D) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will go. 2. Read the modifier phrase:'made of solid oak'. Which sentence correctly inserts this modifier to describe the desk? A) The teacher put the book on the desk made of solid oak. B) Made of solid oak, the teacher put the book on the desk. C) The teacher made of solid oak put the book on the desk. D) The teacher put the book made of solid oak on the desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher put the book on the desk made of solid oak. 3. Tracy has been playing the guitar for six years, she thinks it might be time to start a band. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 4. A dependent clause on its own is an example of a sentence fragment. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Two complete sentences separated by a comma is called a comma splice. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. I has not seen them yet. A) I haved not seen them yet. B) I have not seen them yet. C) I not have seen them yet. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have not seen them yet. 7. The doll's shoe was broken, it no longer fit the foot. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splice. 8. Identify the following sentence:40 years later in 1976, women's basketball made its debut at the 1974 games. A) Complete Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 9. A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Look at the sentence and decide if it is correct or not.Ms. Douglas made a hot cup of tea, for her afternoon break. A) A correct simple sentence. B) A correct compound sentence. C) NO-there is a mistake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO-there is a mistake. 11. Select the sentence that uses the correct form of the word 'affect'. A) The weather will effect our plans. B) The weather will affect our plans. C) The weather will affects our plans. D) The weather will effected our plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The weather will affect our plans. 12. Look at the sentence and decide if it is correct or not. The cat sat on the mat, and the dog lay beside it. A) A) a correct simple sentence. B) B) a correct compound sentence. C) C) NO-there is a mistake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) a correct compound sentence. 13. What punctuation can be used to separate independent clauses? A) A comma (, ). B) A semicolon (;). C) A colon (:). D) A period (.). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A semicolon (;). 14. As I read a passage about birds. A) Run-on. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 15. Which word should be deleted? It is a true fact that the U.S. has more divorces per capital than any country in the world. A) Fact. B) True. C) More. D) Country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. The toddler loves her finger food. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete sentence. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. Writing about an important event. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 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