Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 4
1. Cindy's mumbling often gets her in trouble just the other day, in fact, her stylist misunderstood Cindy's instructions and dyed her hair blue after Cindy asked him to trim the ends.
A) Comma splice.
B) Fused sentence.
2. At our lemonade stand, I keep track of all the money and Jane runs our juicer.
A) Add a comma.
B) Do not add a comma.
3. Julie is a real hypochondriac when her stomach hurts, she is certain that she has a bleeding ulcer, and if she has a backache, she believes that she has cancer of the spine.
A) Fused sentence.
B) Comma splice.
4. A subordinate conjunction.
A) Indicates a time, a place, or a cause and effect relationship.
B) Combines two ideas.
C) Clarifies an already specific word.
D) None of above.
5. Rewrite the sentence with the correct punctuation:Sally lives in a van down by the river, she likes it there.
A) Sally lives in a van down by the river; she likes it there. .
B) Correct.
C) Sally lives in a van down by the river she likes it there.
D) None of above.
6. What is this sentence categorized as? The man showed us his lizards, someone gave them to him.
A) Comma splice.
B) No error.
C) Fragment.
D) Run-on.
7. Some great athletes who were unknown in high school eventually became famous in college some even became superstars.
A) Fused sentence .
B) Fragment.
C) Complete sentence.
D) Comma Splice.
8. We would not be able to attend the party. If it were raining.
A) Fragment.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Fused sentence.
D) Complete sentence.
9. Peter saw a movie and a concert on the same day.
A) Do not add a comma.
B) Add a comma.
10. 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, threatening to slug him if he interrupted her learning one more time.
A) Pencil; finally, she .
B) Pencil, finally she.
C) Pencil, as a result she.
D) None of above.
11. EVERYTHING IS A CORRECT REVISION, EXCEPT _____ I received an A on my Psychology test I am happy.
A) I received an A on my Psychology test, I am happy.
B) I received an A on my Psychology test, and I am happy.
C) I received an A on my Psychology test; I am happy.
D) None of above.
12. My next door neighbor is a gentle soul, he will usually agree rather than argue with someone.
A) Complete sentence.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Fused sentence.
D) Fragment.
13. Fragment or sentence?After some time, she (and all of her friends).
A) Fragment.
B) Sentence.
14. Cheryl realized that, although her friends were able to join a country club, she had to use a public golf course.
A) Correct.
B) Comma Splice / Fused Sentence.
15. The following is an independent clause:Because I like to eat cookies in the bathtub.
A) True.
B) False.
16. Dylan the Dog does all the tricks he is such a people pleaser!.
A) Not a run-on.
B) Run-on.
17. Which best describes the following:Oliver climbed into the hot air balloon, he was so nervous!.
A) Complete thought.
B) Run-on sentence.
C) Sentence fragment.
D) Comma splice.
18. Fighting the urge to crawl under her desk, Adriana looked at the clock, there was still a half hour left of class, more than enough time to do her poorly prepared, ten-minute speech.
A) Clock; there.
B) Clock there.
C) Clock, so there.
D) None of above.
19. The following is an independent clause:It is delicious.
A) False.
B) True.
20. I'll go on a run, or I'll read my magazine.
A) Connecting subjects.
B) Connecting independent clauses.
C) Connecting objects.
D) Connecting verbs.
21. After reading for five hours, my sister who fell asleep in the lounge chair.
A) Fused sentence.
B) Fragment.
C) Comma Splice.
D) Complete sentence.
22. Talking loudly in the library can be annoying to people who are trying to study.
A) Fragment.
B) Complete sentence.
C) Comma Splice.
D) Fused sentence.
23. Jake's day revolves around sugar, he anticipates the pastry he will choose for breakfast, the candy bar he will eat for lunch, and the ice cream he will have as dinner.
A) Sugar, for he.
B) Sugar he.
C) Sugar, but he.
D) None of above.
24. Clarence couldn't believe that the hardware store was selling garden rakes for only $1.99 each when he brought home twenty of them, his wife Marie just shook her head and squeezed them into a garage stuffed full of her husband's other "good buys.".
A) Comma splice.
B) Fused sentence.
25. During an interesting movie, everyone should be quiet it can be very annoying if other people people talk too much.
A) Fragment.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Fused sentence .
D) Complete sentence.