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WorksheetsComma Splice Practice
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
The following sentence contains a comma splice:
Deka is nice, she always helps me with my homework.
Choose the option below that corrects the comma splice.
Deka is nice. She always helps me with my homework.
Deka is nice she always helps me with my homework.
Which sentence properly uses commas?
I like dogs, cats, and birds.
I like dogs cats, and birds.
I like, dogs, cats, and birds.
I like, dogs cats and birds.
Which sentences below contain comma splices?
Choose all options that apply.
I went to McDonald's, I bought french fries.
My dad makes my lunch every day, I always enjoy it.
French fries are my favorite food, but my sister likes chocolate better.
We wanted to buy a dress, some shoes, and a pineapple.
Match the sentences with the proper answer.
She eats apples, grapes, and figs.
Sentence uses the Oxford comma.
Fatima has frogs, dogs and cats
Sentence DOES NOT use the Oxford comma.
I was surprised, hungry, and happy.
Sentence uses the Oxford comma.
I like popcorn, chocolate and nuts.
Sentence DOES NOT use the Oxford comma.
The following sentence contains a comma splice:
I like peanuts, Maria prefers popcorn.
Choose all the options below that correctly repair the comma splice:
I like peanuts; Maria prefers popcorn.
I like peanuts Maria prefers popcorn
I like peanuts, but Maria prefers popcorn.
I like peanuts. Maria prefers popcorn.
Why is there an apostrophe in McDonald's?
To show that someone named McDonald owns the restaurant.
Because there is a letter missing between the letter d and the letter s.
Because all restaurants have apostrophes in their names.
Because the apostrophe makes the restaurant name look important.
Fix the following comma splice:
I want a good grade, I had better study.
A semicolon can be used to repair a comma splice.
True
False
A period cannot be used to repair a comma splice.
True
False
A comma and a coordinating conjunction (one of the FAN BOYS) can be used to repair a comma splice.
True
False
An apostrophe can be used to correct a comma splice.
True
False
