This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A run-on sentence is an error that happens when two independent clauses are combined with only a comma. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Identify the error: "Running through the park." A) This is a complete sentence. B) This is a sentence fragment; it can be corrected by adding a subject and a verb. C) This is a run-on sentence. D) This is a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is a sentence fragment; it can be corrected by adding a subject and a verb. 3. Giving them the last bottle of water. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 4. What type of sentence error is this?Smashing buildings and eating people's cars. A) Run-on. B) Comma splice. C) Fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 5. Decide whether or not the sentence below is grammatically correct.The trash can going to the river. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. WHAT IS THE ERROR OF THIS SENTENCE?:The project deadline was approaching, the team worked late every night. A) Confusing interruption. B) Comma splice. C) Dangling modifier. D) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma splice. 7. Identify the following sentence:Every 4 years, over 10, 000 athletes from all over the world A) Complete Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 8. Identify the sentence errorIt is a difficult time for many people, but people are strong, and they will survive. A) Run-on sentence. B) Comma splice. C) Sentence fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No error. 9. Which is the error in this sentence?After a period of time, people may become more familiar with their new surroundings they make new friends and learn the customs. A) Run-on sentence. B) Sentence fragment. C) Comma splices. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on sentence. 10. Choose the correct answer. Karina likes to jog, but her husband doesn't. A) Comma splice. B) Correct sentence. C) Fragment. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct sentence. 11. Identify the error in the sentence: "She is a talented singer she performs every weekend." A) Run-on sentence. B) Comma splice. C) Sentence fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on sentence. 12. Correct the following sentence:'He don't have any money.' A) He doesn't have any money. B) He don't has any money. C) He doesn't has any money. D) He don't have no money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He doesn't have any money. 13. Which part of this sentence is incorrect? "They has finished their homework." A) Change has to have. B) Change homework to homeworks. C) No change needed. D) Change finished to finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change has to have. 14. What could be fixed in this sentence? '' She bring her favorite book to read under the big tree. '' A) Change she to her. B) Change bring to brought. C) Remove tree. D) No change needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change bring to brought. 15. Which word or phrase should be deleted?Timmy said the UFO he spotted was oblong in shape. A) Spotted. B) Oblong. C) In shape. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In shape. 16. Identify the error in the sentence:The cat ..... chased ..... it's tail ..... around ..... the room ..... until ..... it ..... got ..... tired. A) Chased. B) It's. C) Around. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's. 17. Identify the mistake in this sentence: "We was going to the cinema yesterday." A) Change cinema to cinemas. B) No change needed. C) Change yesterday to tomorrow. D) Change was to were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change was to were. 18. She puts the butter and eggs in the mixer, she slowly adds the sugar. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma splice. 19. Red stickers are for high-priority passages I use yellow stickers for low-priority passages. A) Run-on. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 20. Identify the error in the sentence.The girl who were injured in the accident is now in hospital. A) Who. B) Were. C) In. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 21. In the sentence 'Covered in chocolate sauce, the little girl ate the ice cream sundae, ' which phrase is the misplaced modifier? A) The little girl. B) Ate the ice cream sundae. C) Covered in chocolate sauce. D) In chocolate sauce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covered in chocolate sauce. 22. Colton read the graphic novel his brother did too. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run on. 23. Identify the error: "She loves to dance she practices every day." A) This is a run-on sentence; it can be corrected by adding a conjunction or punctuation. B) This is a fragment; it needs a subject. C) This is a comma splice; it should be separated into two sentences. D) This is a misplaced modifier; it should be rephrased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is a run-on sentence; it can be corrected by adding a conjunction or punctuation. 24. Which word or phrase should be deleted?Because of their past memories of Fido, the children cried when he was euthanized. A) Cried. B) Euthanized. C) Memories. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past. 25. What is the error in this sentence: "Because I was hungry." A) Run-on sentence. B) Comma splice. C) Sentence fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence fragment. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSentence Errors Quiz 1Sentence Errors Quiz 2Sentence Errors Quiz 3Sentence Errors Quiz 4Sentence Errors Quiz 5Sentence Errors Quiz 6Sentence Errors Quiz 7Sentence Errors Quiz 8Sentence Errors Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books