Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 3
1. Bored with the lecture on comma splices and fused sentences, Jayson started poking Kim with the sharp tip of his pencil finally she whirled around and slugged him in the mouth.
A) Pencil; finally, she .
B) Pencil, finally she.
C) Pencil, as a result she.
D) None of above.
2. She runs two kilometres every day, she is very healthy.
A) Fused.
B) Fragment.
C) Comma Splice.
D) Correct.
3. Mildred and the musicians are playing at the jazz club next week.
A) Connecting verbs.
B) Connecting subjects.
C) Connecting independent clauses.
D) Connecting objects.
4. Dahlia sprinted home in the rain to avoid getting soaked.
A) Run-on.
B) Not a run-on.
5. Sit quietly you are disturbing everyone around you.
A) Fused sentence .
B) Complete sentence.
C) Comma Splice.
D) Fragment.
6. Choose the option that is WRONG!.
A) The kind man read his wife listened.
B) The kind man and his wife read books.
C) The kind man read, and his wife listened.
D) The wife listened; the kind man was reading.
7. My cat Addie loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of thetelevision, his tail swipes the screen like a windshield wiper.
A) Comma Splice.
B) Fused sentence.
8. Natasha likes to get good grades but hates when her friends call her a nerd, sometimes Natasha will claim that she got a 77 on a test when, in reality, she earned a 97.
A) Nerd, so sometimes.
B) Nerd sometimes.
C) Nerd, but sometimes.
D) None of above.
9. Orange juice, toast, and cereal might be a healthy breakfast, but Ricardo always hits the snooze button on his alarm too many times all he can grab is a stale pastry and soda.
A) Fused sentence.
B) Comma Splice.
10. Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly, any combination of which he couldn't stomach.
A) Snack, but his.
B) Snack, his.
C) Snack, so his.
D) None of above.
11. Choose what the following fragment is missing:As I was walking down the road.
A) A complete thought.
B) A subject.
C) A verb.
D) None of above.
12. What type of sentence is this?If you are deprived, you are not getting something it means someone is withholding or taking away something from you.
A) Comma Splice.
B) Run-on.
C) Fragment.
D) Sentence.
13. What is the subject?"Sparky!!" She called out.
A) Sparky.
B) She.
14. Fragment or sentence?Susie watched Netflix.
A) Fragment.
B) Sentence.
15. We went camping on the weekend we took our tents, sleeping bags, and some food.
A) Correct.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Fragment.
D) Fused.
16. Doing the dishes, washing the floors, and folding clothes are tedious chores, of course.
A) Fragment.
B) Complete sentence.
C) Fused sentence.
D) Comma Splice.
17. Tina is a very conscientious student when she makes a B, she is so upset that she lies awake at night, staring at the ceiling and worrying about the effect this "bad" grade will have on her GPA.
A) Student. When.
B) Student, when.
C) Student, therefore when.
D) None of above.
18. Identify the comma splice:After finding her shoes, she put them on, ran after her dog.
A) On, ran.
B) Shoes, she.
C) CORRECT.
D) None of above.
19. We went shopping at the local grocery story we bought a variety of fruit to make smoothies.
A) Fragment.
B) Fused.
C) Comma Splice.
D) Correct.
20. Children like to play jokes on their peers, as a matter of fact.
A) Complete sentence.
B) Fused sentence.
C) Fragment.
D) Comma Splice.
21. I cannot help you. Unless you cooperate with me.
A) Complete sentence.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Fragment.
D) Fused sentence.
22. Which of the following choices is true about a complete sentence?.
A) A complete sentence contains a complete thought.
B) A complete sentence contains no capital letters.
C) A complete sentence contains no predicate.
D) None of above.
23. What type of sentence is this?The Bill of Rights lists all of the rights of U.S. Citizens.
A) Fragment.
B) Sentence.
C) Comma Splice.
D) Run-on.
24. The young man who was trying to succeed and impress his friends.
A) Fragment.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Complete sentence.
D) Fused sentence.
25. Nobody arrived early.
A) Fragment.
B) Complete sentence.
C) Comma Splice.
D) Fused sentence.