Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Practice

Directions: Choose the correct way to fix the underlined problem in each item. 1. Lorna did not last long in Mr. Wolcott’s busy office, her long fingernails made accurate typing impossible, and her abrasive manner scared away too many potential clients.

• A. office her

• B. office, because her

• C. office. Her

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Directions: Choose the correct way to fix the underlined problem in each item. 2. Bo was craving a cold slice of watermelon, but he had money only for hotdogs and buns, Bo was pretty sure that sticking the huge fruit under his shirt and pretending that he was pregnant would not fool the cashiers.

• A. buns Bo

• B. buns. Bo

• C. buns, but Bo

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

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.

• clock a

• clock; a

• clock, a

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

My cat Buster is always tipping over the garbage can he searches through the trash for milk jug caps, which he bats around the floor, the feline version of playing ice hockey.

• can, then

• can, but then

• can, and then

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

Susan ducked when she saw Professor Hayden walk into Tito’s Taco Palace, unfortunately, a burrito was not big enough to hide behind, so poor Susan had to explain why she had missed class again.

• Palace unfortunately

• Palace; Unfortunately

• Palace. Unfortunately

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly, any combination of which he could not stomach.

• snack, his

• snack, but his

• snack, so his

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1H

Sherian will not allow her children to have a puppy, she is convinced that dogs are just big germs and refuses to follow one around with a sponge and bottle of bleach.

• puppy she

• puppy, but she

• puppy, for she

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

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.

• began, when

• began; When

• began. When

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Sighing heavily, Melody tried to summon the energy to get to her next class her heavy book bag and the long walk, however, seemed impossible challenges.

• class, her

• class; her

• class but her

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Alphonso does not care as much about comfort as he does about style he will wear, for example, a long sleeve shirt and a leather jacket in the middle of a Florida summer if they are the perfect complement to his new pair of khakis.

• style, he

• style, but he

• style; he

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A