Comma Splices

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice:

• Since I love playing video games, I use them as a way to unwind after school.

• I love to play my favorite video game, Treetop Fun, after school.

• I love to play video games after school, it's a great way to unwind.

• I love to play video games after school, and I prefer to play Treetop Fun.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

• There's nothing better than my mom's cheesecake, my friend Ray said it's the best he's ever tasted.

• Even though my friend, Ray, said that my mom's cheesecake is the best he's ever tasted, I already knew that.

• My mom's cheesecake, the best my friend, Ray, has ever tasted, is as delicious as he claims.

• My friend, Ray, said that my mom's cheesecake is the best he's ever tasted, and I agree that there is nothing better.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

• My favorite night at home with my family is Taco Tuesday, and we love dicing up as many delicious ingredients as we can find.

• On Taco Tuesday, my favorite night at home with my family, we always dice up as many delicious ingredients as we can find.

• Because it was Taco Tuesday, my favorite night at home with my family, we diced up as many delicious ingredients as we could find.

• My favorite night at home with my family is Taco Tuesday, we love dicing up as many delicious ingredients as we can find.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

• Although I was shocked to see a giant black bear in my swimming pool, I was happy he was treating it like his own personal spa.

• I was shocked to see a giant black bear in my swimming pool, he was treating it like his own personal spa.

• I was shocked to see a giant black bear in my swimming pool, yet I was happy to see he was treating it like his own personal spa.

• I was shocked to see a giant black bear, my own personal spa guest, in my swimming pool having the time of his life.

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

• I always have so much fun at the arcade with my friends, the vintage pinball games are my favorite.

• Although I love playing all of the arcade games with my friends, the vintage pinball games are my favorite.

• I love playing all of the arcade games with my friends, but the vintage pinball games are my favorite.

• Playing the vintage pinball games, my absolute favorite of all the arcade games, is something I always have fun doing with my friends.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

• I need to go shopping at the mall, my favorite place, so I don't have to wear the same boring clothes I wore all last summer.

• I need to go shopping at the mall, so I don't have to wear the same boring clothes I wore all last summer.

• Since I can't imagine wearing the same boring clothes I wore all last summer, I need to go shopping at the mall.

• I need to go shopping at the mall, I can't imagine wearing the same boring clothes I wore all last summer.

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

• Even though we play spotlight in the dark, it is so much fun, and we are never scared.

• It is so much fun playing spotlight with my friends, we are never scared even though we play in the dark.

• It is so much fun playing spotlight outside with my friends, and we are never scared even though we play in the dark.

• Spotlight, my favorite game to play outside with my friends, is so much fun.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

• Because I went to the roller derby this weekend, I was inspired by watching the competitors skate.

• I went to the roller derby this weekend, and was inspired by watching the competitors skate.

• I went to go to the roller derby this weekend, I felt inspired to watch the competitors skate.

• I went to the roller derby this weekend, my all-time favorite thing to do, and was inspired by watching the competitors skate.

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

• While I enjoy going to the zoo with my friends, I love going to the water park even more.

• I enjoy going to the zoo with my friends, but I love going to the water park even more.

• Although I enjoying going to the zoo with my friends, I love going to the water park even more.

• I enjoy going to the zoo with my friends, I love going to the water park even more.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Select the sentence below that uses a comma splice.

• The sports car was bright yellow and impressive, I knew I'd have to buy one someday.

• The sports car, a bright yellow and impressive one, was something I knew I'd have to buy one day.

• Since the sports car was bright yellow and impressive, I knew I'd have to buy one someday.

• The sports car was bright yellow and impressive, so I knew I'd have to buy one someday.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A