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Grammar: Comma Splice, Fragments, Run-ons, and more!

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Find the FRAGMENT (2mins):


(A) Maria wasn't watching her plate of barbecue very carefully. (B) So Santana, the family beagle, snatched a chicken leg hanging over the edge. (C) As baked beans and

potato salad slid onto Maria's new sandals.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

2.

What is a clause?

a)

A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb

b)

A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a noun

c)

A clause is a group of words that includes a adjective and a verb

3.

An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

A dependent clause can stand alone as a sentence.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Fragment or Complete:


While I was shopping at the local supermarket.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

6.

Fragment or Complete:


My mother and I met at the restaurant.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

7.

Fragment or Complete:


Although I hate having to work later than 7:00.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

8.

Fragment or Complete:


To impress the new professor.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

9.

Fragment or Complete:


Before a test, I try to get plenty of sleep.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

10.

Fragment or Complete:


Staring out of the window above the kitchen sink.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

11.

Fragment or Complete:


Meaning that we should all be aware of our bias.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

12.

Fragment or Complete:


Up late, I decided to call my friend in California.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

13.

Fragment or Complete:


Dreaming of a bigger house with a garden and room for an office.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

14.

Fragment or Complete:


Especially old movies starring Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

15.

Fragment or Complete:


To get to the library by bus.

a)

Fragment

b)

Complete

16.

Syllabus:


How much is the research paper worth?

a)

200 points and 10% of my grade

b)

100 points and 10% of my grade

c)

100 points and 20% of my grade

d)

200 points and 20% of my grade

17.

Syllabus:


Are research papers submitted after 11:59pm on December 21st accepted?

a)

Yes, of course.

b)

Yes, but I'll have to email it.

c)

No, I'll just get a zero.

d)

Yes, I have 3 days.

18.

Comma Splice or Fused Sentence?


Julie is a real hypochondriac when her stomach hurts, she is certain that she has a bleeding ulcer, and if she has a backache, she believes that she has cancer of the spine.

a)

Comma Splice

b)

Fused

19.

Comma Splice or Fused?


My cat Buster loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of the television, his tail swipes the screen like a windshield wiper.

a)

Comma Splice

b)

Fused

20.

Comma Splice or Fused?


In preparation for the quiz, La'Mia 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 even on her death bed.

a)

Comma Splice

b)

Fused

21.

Comma Splice or Fused?


At the back of the classroom, Nina sat with her arms crossed, glaring at her teacher, Mr. Beane, her body language indicated that English was her least favorite subject.

a)

Comma Splice

b)

Fused

22.

Which one is a coordinating conjunction?

a)

When

b)

Once

c)

And

d)

Unless

23.

Which one is a subordinating conjunction?

a)

nor

b)

for

c)

yet

d)

even though