Fused Sentences and Comma Splices Explained

What is a fragment?

• A sentence with multiple subjects

• A complete sentence with a subject and predicate

• A group of words that looks like a complete sentence but isn't

• A sentence with multiple predicates

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for a complete sentence?

• Having a predicate

• Starting with a conjunction

• Starting with a capital letter

• Having a subject

In the example 'baked a pie', what is missing?

• A predicate

• A subject

• A capital letter

• A complete thought

What is a comma splice?

• Two sentences joined without any punctuation

• Two sentences joined by a comma

• A sentence with a missing subject

• A sentence with a missing predicate

What is a fused sentence?

• Two sentences joined by a comma

• A sentence with a missing predicate

• Two sentences joined without any punctuation

• A sentence with a missing subject

Identify the error in the sentence: 'Miss Kramer baked a pie, her students ate it.'

• It is a complete sentence

• It is a fragment

• It is a comma splice

• It is a fused sentence

Identify the error in the sentence: 'Miss Kramer baked a pie her students ate it.'

• It is a fragment

• It is a comma splice

• It is a fused sentence

• It is a complete sentence

Which of the following is NOT a way to correct a comma splice?

• Using a comma and a conjunction

• Using a semicolon

• Using a colon

• Using a period

How should the sentence 'Finn and Ethan saw a deer then they chased after it' be corrected?

• Finn and Ethan saw a deer; then they chased after it.

• All of the above

• Finn and Ethan saw a deer, then they chased after it.

• Finn and Ethan saw a deer. Then they chased after it.

What does the acronym FANBOYS stand for?

• For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

• For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yes, So

• For, And, Not, But, Or, Yet, So

• For, And, Nor, Because, Or, Yet, So