Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

Louise is a real worrier when she leaves the house she is certain that she left the stove on, and when she comes home, she's afraid she forgot to lock her classroom door.

• A. comma splice

• B. fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.1F

My cat Buster loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of the

microwave oven, his tail swipes the glass door like a windshield wiper.

• comma splice

• fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.1F

During Math class, Mary kept chatting with her neighbor Jane because her behavior was

keeping Jane from understanding the lecture, Jane moved to another desk.

• comma splice

• fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.1F

In preparation for the quiz, Jeannie studied comma splices and fused sentences until

she thought her brain would burst, finally, she put away her notes, convinced that she

would remember the rules for the rest of her life.

• comma splice

• fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

At the back of the classroom, Nina sat with her arms crossed, glaring at her teacher,

Professor Beane, her body language indicated that English literature was her least

favorite subject.

• comma splice

• fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Mike loves to play computer games, especially Tomb Raider, he imagines that all the

villains are his problems, and he gets great satisfaction blasting them to bits.

• comma splice

• fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Cindy's mumbling often gets her in trouble just the other day, her stylist

misunderstood Cindy's instructions and gave her a pixie cut after Cindy asked him to

trim the ends.

• comma splice

• fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Clyde knew that he should be saving money for next semester's tuition he spent every

paycheck, however, on gold jewelry and expensive dinners for his greedy girlfriend

Gloria.

• comma splice

• fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Josie, Don's Cairn terrier, will bark at anything that moves, squirrels, wind-blown

leaves, passing cars, and her own shadow will start her yapping.

• comma splice

• fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Because his glasses were so thick, Quincy refused to get contacts, he worried that

equally thick contact lenses would make him look like a bug-eyed space alien.

• comma splice

• fused sentence

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A