Comma Splice Quiz

How well do you feel like you understand how to correct comma splices?

• 1

  (I have never heard of what any of this is)

• 2

• 3

  (I have heard of them, but I don't know how to correct them all the time)

• 4

• 5

  (I know what they are, and I can explain them to someone else)

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Is this sentence a comma splice or correct?

She wanted to see the world, but she decided to stay home.

• Correct ✅

• Comma Splice ❌

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Is this sentence a comma splice or correct?

The man had a bat, and he wasn't afraid to use it.

• Correct ✅

• Comma Splice ❌

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

Is this sentence a comma splice or correct?

She was embarrassed, no one cared.

• Correct ✅

• Comma Splice ❌

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the best way to fix this comma splice?

She was embarrassed, no one cared.

• She was embarrassed but no one cared.

• She was embarrassed, yet no one cared.

• She was embarrassed, no one cared.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Is this sentence a comma splice or correct?

She ate, he did not.

• Correct ✅

• Comma Splice ❌

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Fix the following comma splice with a semicolon (;).

She ate, he did not.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Fix the following comma splice with a Comma-FANBOYS. Use "but."

Karen was mad, everyone still laughed.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Fix the following comma splice with a semicolon (;).

The boy left, he rode a bike.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Fix the following comma splice with a Comma-FANBOYS. Use "yet."

He likes food, he is a bad cook.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.2B