This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the type of error found in the sentence:Media literacy is the capacity to access, analyzing, evaluating, and generate media messages of all kinds. A) Comma Splice. B) Fragments. C) Non-parallel Phrases. D) Non-parallel Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-parallel Words. 2. Be sure to reread your composition for errors before you ..... it in to the teacher tomorrow A) Are handed. B) Hand. C) Having handed. D) Handed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hand. 3. Jane is a great camp counselor; she made up silly nicknames for all the campers. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete Sentence. 4. Choose the sentence that is free from any grammatical errors. A) Neither of the answers are correct. B) Neither of the answers is correct. C) Neither of the answer is correct. D) Neither of the answer are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither of the answers is correct. 5. Look at the sentence and decide if it is correct or not.Take a deep breath; learn to relax. 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: B) A correct compound sentence. 6. Is the following sentence correct/a fragment/a run-on?Academic writing requires students to use correct sentence structure. A) Correct sentence. B) A fragment. C) A run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct sentence. 7. After it started raining. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence Fragment. 8. I like Chinese food she does not. A) Comma Splice. B) Run-on sentence. C) Wordy sentence. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on sentence. 9. Correct the error in the sentence: "She were happy to see her friend." A) Change were to was. B) Change happy to happily. C) Change see to saw. D) Change friend to friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change were to was. 10. Correct the following sentence:'Neither of the answers are correct.' A) Neither of the answers is correct. B) Neither of the answer are correct. C) Neither of the answers were correct. D) Neither of the answer is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neither of the answers is correct. 11. Yesterday, we learned about natural disasters in the classroom. A) Misplaced or dangling modifier. B) Runon. C) Fragment. D) Subject / verb disagreement. E) Unclear pronoun reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced or dangling modifier. 12. Have you ever lived ..... Jogjakarta? A) At. B) To. C) On. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 13. Combing all of my hair. A) Fragment. B) Run on. C) Comma splice. D) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 14. Select the answer choice that does NOT correctly place a comma between the coordinate adjectives. A) Three, large boxes. B) Sweet, lemony dessert. C) Spicy, delicious cuisine. D) Sparkly, pink dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three, large boxes. 15. WHAT IS THE ERROR OF THIS SENTENCE?:Even though it was raining heavily. The soccer game continued as scheduled. A) Faulty separation. B) Faulty parallelism. C) Split construction. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faulty separation. 16. Felt tired because we did not get much sleep. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence Fragment. 17. To prepare for publication by correcting errors and changing word choice for clarity. A writer does this a lot. A) Edit/revise/proofread. B) Final draft. C) Prewrite. D) Final draft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edit/revise/proofread. 18. Which is NOT a way to fix a comma splice? A) Add a comma. B) Make it two sentences. C) Add a semicolon. D) Add a conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add a comma. 19. Identify the sentence that is correctly structured. A) Running through the park, the flowers were beautiful. B) Running through the park, I saw beautiful flowers. C) Running through the park, beautiful flowers were seen. D) Running through the park, there were beautiful flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running through the park, I saw beautiful flowers. 20. Which best describes a fragment? A) A fragment is a group of words that serves as the main clause of the sentence. B) A fragment is a group of words that serves as the dependent clause of the sentence. C) A fragment is a group of words that starts with a capital letter and ends with an end mark. D) A fragment is a group of words that is written like a sentence but does not have a complete meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fragment is a group of words that is written like a sentence but does not have a complete meaning. 21. Identify the error in the sentence: "He go to school every day." A) Change go to goes. B) Change school to School. C) Change every to Every. D) Change day to Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change go to goes. 22. Choose the correct conjunction to complete each compound sentence.My mother did not answer the phone, ..... I left her a message. A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So. 23. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the word 'their'. A) Their going to the movies tonight. B) They're going to the movies tonight. C) There going to the movies tonight. D) Their going to the movies tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They're going to the movies tonight. 24. Gale Hawthorne forgot to clean his jersey before the game, and he is worried that it smells bad. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete Sentence. 25. He likes dogs, but he don't like cats. A) Correct. B) He like dogs, but he don't likes cats. C) He like the dogs, but he don't like cat. D) He likes dogs, but he doesn't like cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He likes dogs, but he doesn't like cats. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSentence Errors Quiz 1Sentence Errors Quiz 2Sentence Errors Quiz 3Sentence Errors Quiz 4Sentence Errors Quiz 5Sentence Errors Quiz 7Sentence Errors Quiz 8Sentence Errors Quiz 9Sentence Errors Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books