Comma Splice Quiz

Example Questions From the Test

• 2What is a comma splice?
  • A comma separating three or more items in a series
  • A comma following a dependent introductory clause
  • A comma used by itself to join two independent clauses
  • A comma separating coordinate adjectives before a noun
• 8How should “The bell rang, the students packed their books” be classified as written?
  • A sentence fragment caused by a missing main clause
  • A comma splice joining two independent clauses
  • A fused sentence with no punctuation between its clauses
  • A correct compound sentence containing a coordinating conjunction
• 9Revise “The sidewalk was wet, it had rained overnight” so that the cause becomes a dependent clause introduced by “because.”
  • Because the sidewalk was wet, rain must have fallen overnight.
  • The sidewalk was wet; because rain fell overnight.
  • The sidewalk was wet because it had rained overnight.
  • Rain fell overnight, because the sidewalk was wet.