This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the error: "I wanted to go for a walk, it was raining outside." A) This is a comma splice; it can be corrected by replacing the comma with a period or a semicolon. B) This is a run-on sentence; it can be corrected by adding a conjunction. C) This is a fragment; it can be corrected by adding a subject. D) This is a misplaced modifier; it can be corrected by rearranging the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is a comma splice; it can be corrected by replacing the comma with a period or a semicolon. 2. A group of race cars are speeding down the interstate. A) Misplaced / dangling modifier. B) Unclear pronoun reference. C) Subject / verb agreement. D) Passive voice. E) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject / verb agreement. 3. Identify the wrongly used word in the sentence.What is the higher mountain in the world? A) What. B) Is. C) Higher. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Higher. 4. What type of sentence error is this?Most giant hundred-foot apes are man-eaters but I met a friendly giant ape who doesn't eat humans. A) Run-on. B) Comma splice. C) Fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 5. Kiky isn't very smart, ..... she is very creative in art. A) So. B) But. C) And. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 6. Is the following sentence correct/a fragment/a run-on?Students who have never written an academic assignment. A) Correct sentence. B) A fragment. C) A run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fragment. 7. Complete the sentence with the correct punctuation to join the two independent clauses:My brother is great at basketball ..... I am better at soccer. A) ; (a semicolon). B) , (a comma). C) , and. D) :(a colon). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ; (a semicolon). 8. WHAT IS THE ERROR OF THIS SENTENCE?:The job requires you to be punctual, to be hardworking, and having a good attitude. A) Faulty separation. B) Faulty parallelism. C) Split construction. D) Fused sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faulty parallelism. 9. Karen was ecstatic to go to Disneyland the first thing she wanted to do was meet Mickey Mouse. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on/Fused. 10. What is the error in this sentence:'Walking through the park, the flowers were beautiful.' A) Misplaced modifier. B) Comma splice. C) Sentence fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 11. Chairperson of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence Fragment. 12. That was ..... A) Him. B) She. C) Her. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She. 13. While he was on vacation. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence Fragment. 14. Read the sentence:The dog barked all night long everyone in the neighborhood was tired. How would you classify this sentence? A) Fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Correctly formed sentence. D) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on sentence. 15. Identify the error in the sentence:He jumped down after shouted a warning to those standing below. A) Jumped. B) Shouted. C) To. D) Standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouted. 16. Identify the wrongly used word in the sentence. One day a lady saw a mouse to run across her kitchen floor. A) One. B) Saw. C) To run. D) Kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To run. 17. WHAT IS THE ERROR OF THIS SENTENCE?:After reading the book, the movie seemed disappointing. A) Confusing interruption. B) Comma splice. C) Dangling modifier. D) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dangling modifier. 18. Identify the error in this sentence: "He were late to the meeting." A) Change meeting to meetings. B) Change were to was. C) No change needed. D) Change late to later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change were to was. 19. Eleanor Roosevelt traveled all over the world. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete Sentence. 20. Choose the correct answer.Is possible to get almost any kind of Chinese product or service in Chinatown. A) Correct sentence. B) Comma splice. C) Fragment. D) Run-on sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 21. A color-coded system of marking different types of information A) Run-on. B) Comma Splice. C) Fragment. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 22. Sam is an excellent water skier, I hope she will teach me the next time we are at the lake. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 23. Identify the error in the following sentence:'The book on the table, it is mine.' A) Comma splice. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence fragment. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice. 24. Choose the correct conjunction to complete each compound sentence.College students can live in a dormitory on campus, ..... they can rent an apartment off campus. A) And. B) But. C) Or. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Or. 25. Identify the errors in the following:Sadie was so exited to be going on a field trip at school today. A) Word Use. B) Apostrophe Use. C) Run-On. D) Spelling. 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