Comma Splices And Fused Sentences Quiz 7 (22 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Comma Splices And Fused Sentences – Quiz 7
1. The school had no school because of the snow the kids were sad.
A) Run on .
B) Sentence.
C) Fragment.
D) None of above.
2. For two weeks, Todd refused to go to his accounting class because Professor Channing would not allow students to wear hats in class, under no circumstance would Todd allow anyone to see the butcher job his stylist had done to his hair.
A) Class, and under.
B) Class under.
C) Class, therefore under.
D) None of above.
3. Running through the parking lot, Aisha hoped to get to her car before the rain began when she found the doors locked and saw her keys lying on the front seat, she knew that she was in for a soaking.
A) Began. When .
B) Began, when.
C) Began; When.
D) None of above.
4. At the campus coffee cart, Gini makes the best drinks her sweet cream latte, a blend of vanilla ice cream and espresso, will put on the pounds, but its cool, smooth taste is worth a trip to the gym.
A) Comma splice.
B) Fused sentence.
5. Two independent clauses cannot be joined by just a comma.
A) False.
B) True.
6. Two sentences that are smooshed together with a comma in the middle is called _____ .
A) Comma Splice.
B) Run on Sentence.
C) Complete sentence.
D) Fragment.
7. Emma is a vegan therefore she does not eat animal products.
A) Fused Sentence.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Complete Sentence.
D) None of above.
8. My cat Buster is always tipping over the garbage can then he searches through the trash for milk jug caps, which he bats around the floor, the feline version of playing ice hockey.
A) Can, and then .
B) Can, then.
C) Can, but then.
D) None of above.
9. I went to the store to get eggs while I was there, I saw my teacher.
A) Fused Sentence.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Fragment.
D) None of above.
10. Even though you knew him.
A) Fragment .
B) Fused Sentence.
C) Comma Splice.
D) None of above.
11. WHAT'S WRONG? My academic advisor told me not to take 18 credit hours for the fall semester I'm regretting not having listened to her.
A) Fused sentence.
B) Comma splice.
C) Nothing.
D) None of above.
12. Luckily, no one was hurt.
A) Fragment.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Fused sentence.
D) Complete sentence.
13. Fighting the urge to crawl under her desk, Adriana looked at the clock, a half hour of class remained, more than enough time to do her poorly prepared, ten-minute speech.
A) Clock; a.
B) Clock a.
C) Clock, a.
D) None of above.
14. When Oliver finished his term paper, he took it to a typing service.
A) Complete sentence.
B) Fragment.
C) Comma Splice.
D) Fused sentence.
15. WHAT'S WRONG? Organizations that promise students a scholarship if they pay an extraordinarily high application fee are most likely scams.
A) Nothing .
B) Comma splice.
C) Fused sentence.
D) None of above.
16. How would you rewrite the sentence with the correct punctuation?The red van with the flat tire is stranded down by the river. Sally lives there with her cats that like to meow and purr.
A) Correct.
B) The red van with the flat tire is stranded down by the river. Sally lives there with her cats that like to meow and purr.
C) The red van with the flat tire is stranded down by the river Sally lives there with her cats that like to meow and purr.
D) None of above.
17. Which answer uses a semicolon correctly?.
A) Brianna did her best to survive; she was all alone on the island. .
B) Brianna did her best to survive she was all alone on the island.
C) Brianna did her best to survive; She was all alone on the island.
D) None of above.
18. Which choice is a complete sentence?.
A) Clyde got a haircut on Sunday. .
B) After I ate lunch.
C) The Chromebook.
D) None of above.
19. On a windy day in March, Mr. Jones lost his hat as he walked along the road.
A) Fused sentence.
B) Comma Splice.
C) Complete sentence.
D) Fragment.
20. You should always have a comma _____ FANBOYS that join two independent clauses.
A) Before.
B) After.
21. Another name for a fused sentence is a run-on sentence.
A) True.
B) False.
22. A sentence that is missing a subject or a predicate is called a _____ .
A) Complete sentence.
B) Fragment.
C) Comma Splice.
D) Run on Sentence.