This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How are you going to correct a sentence with a comma splice where two independent clauses are joined by a comma? A) Replace the comma with a coordinating conjunction. B) Replace the comma with a subordinating conjunction. C) Separate the two independent clauses with a period. D) Separate the two independent clauses with a semi-colon and conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separate the two independent clauses with a period. 2. What is incorrect in this sentence? "We has a meeting scheduled for tomorrow." A) Change meeting to meetings. B) Change has to have. C) Change tomorrow to today. D) No change needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change has to have. 3. Patrick joined a band that he saw perform on TV. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete Sentence. 4. Which option correctly completes the sentence without creating a comma splice or run-on? 'I love listening to music, ..... ' A) It always helps me relax. B) And it always helps me relax. C) However, it always helps me relax. D) It's relaxing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And it always helps me relax. 5. Choose the sentence with no errors A) Jayce read a great book last night!. B) Kaitlyn is takeing her time to finish. C) Amya wanted a new puppy for her birfday. D) How many AR points does Dallas have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jayce read a great book last night!. 6. Which word in this sentence is redundant and can be removed?She made a big, life-changing decision. A) She. B) Made. C) Big. D) Decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Big. 7. Choose the correct conjunction to complete each compound sentence.I wanted to sing the song, ..... I couldn't remember the words. A) And. B) But. C) Or. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 8. Which word or phrase should be deleted?The rally attendance was estimated at about one thousand. A) Attendance. B) Was. C) Estimated. D) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About. 9. Find the mistake in the sentence:The teacher asked if any of the students has seen her pen. A) Asked. B) If. C) Has. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has. 10. You should finish your homework before practice, you'll feel better about having it done. A) Passive voice. B) Comma splice. C) Unclear pronoun reference. D) Runon. E) Subject / verb agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma splice. 11. Which word or phrase should be deleted to avoid being redundant? Carlos gets up at 6:00am in the morning. A) Gets up. B) 6:00am. C) In the morning. D) Carlos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the morning. 12. Georgie bought seven new posters at the mall he was disappointed when he realized they wouldn't all fit his room. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on/Fused. 13. The old car don't need to be fixed. A) The old car don't need to be fix. B) The old car doesn't need to be fixed. C) The old cars doesn't need fixed. D) The car old don't need to be fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The old car doesn't need to be fixed. 14. What type of sentence error is this?The pants fit perfectly, they were way too expensive. A) Run-on. B) Comma splice. C) Fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma splice. 15. Which sentence is free of parallelism errors? A) She likes to swim, to run, and biking. B) She likes swimming, running, and biking. C) She likes to swim, running, and to bike. D) She likes swimming, to run, and biking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She likes swimming, running, and biking. 16. Identify the errors in the following:Tanners dog ate his homework. A) Apostrophe Use. B) Word Use. C) Run-On. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe Use. 17. When the modifier is too far away from the word(s) it is modifying ..... A) Misplaced Modifier. B) Out-of-context modifier. C) Modifier. D) Dangling modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced Modifier. 18. Identify the error in the following:The dog chased a squirrel, it ran up the tree. A) Capitalization. B) Fragment. C) Run-On. D) Apostrophe Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-On. 19. Oliver doesn't think recess is long enough he hopes the principal adds another fifteen minutes. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on/Fused. 20. What type of sentence error is this?The friendly giant ape and I became friends, we did everything together. A) Run-on. B) Comma splice. C) Fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma splice. 21. Which error contains too much information or too many independent clauses and is missing proper punctuation? A) Run on. B) Fragment. C) Comma splice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run on. 22. The delicious meal was cooked by mom. A) Repetition / redundancy. B) Faulty parallelism. C) Comma splice. D) Choppy sentence. E) Passive voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Passive voice. 23. What is the correct spelling for My decision three mouts ago. A) My desision three mouths ago. B) My decision three months ago. C) My decesion three mounths ago. D) My decision three monthes ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My decision three months ago. 24. Which he planned to give as holiday gifts. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence Fragment. 25. Identify the wrongly used word in the sentence.The little boy didn't know how lacing his shoes. A) The little boy. B) Didn't. C) How. D) Lacing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lacing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSentence Errors Quiz 1Sentence Errors Quiz 2Sentence Errors Quiz 3Sentence Errors Quiz 4Sentence Errors Quiz 6Sentence Errors Quiz 7Sentence Errors Quiz 8Sentence Errors Quiz 9Sentence Errors Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books