Comma Splice and Run On Quiz

As the fish drew nearer, he marveled at its colors__the flat brown-grays seen on the surface had vanished.

• NO PUNCTUATION

• he saw

• COMMA

• PERIOD

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.V

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.IV

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.V E2.9D.IV

Hooper wanted to raise his camera, but his arm would not obey.

• camera he tried but

• camera, his arm

• camera, then

• NO CHANGE

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

The fish came closer, silent as a shadow, and Hooper drew back.

• NO CHANGE

• OMIT (delete) AND

• OMIT Hooper

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The fish continued to move away from the cage __ Hooper heard faint popping noises,

• NO PUNCTUATION

• COMMA

• , all of a sudden

• PERIOD after cage

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.V

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.IV

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.V E2.9D.IV

He knew the film would be worthless unless the fish moved in once more ____ he wanted to catch the beast as it emerged from the darkness.

• , but

• COMMA

• after that,

• NO PUNCTUATION

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.V

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.V

TEKS.ELA.E2.9(C)

TEKS.ELA.E2.9C

It struck the cage head on, the snout ramming between two bars

• the snout rammed

• . The snout samming

• NO CHANGE

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.I

He grabbed one of the tether ropes and pulled, desperately trying to raise the cage.

• pulled he desperately tried

• pulling, desperately trying

• . Pulled desperately trying

• NO CHANGE

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

The surface was a prism that scattered rays of gray from the overcast sky __the bottom was a dim plain of sand sparsely covered with strands of waving grass.

• COMMA

• PERIOD

• above their heads

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.V

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.IV

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.V E2.9D.IV

The water was cold, a spill from the chill Southern Ocean ____ traversed the bottom of the world,

• NO CHANGE

• it

• , it then

• that

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.V

I shivered, and my teeth chattered.

• NO CHANGE

• OMIT and

• it was cold

• chillingly

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4