Quiz #2: Run-Ons & Comma Splices

If there is a sentence error, correctly identify what the error is. My dad is a long-time member of our town's volunteer fire department he also belongs to our local rescue squad.

• Comma Splice

• Run-On

• Correct as it is.

If there is a sentence error, correctly identify what the error is. One night he rescued two kittens from a burning barn, he brought them home.

• Comma Splice

• Run-On

• Correct as is.

If there is a sentence error, correctly identify what the error is. We kept the kittens we named them Sparky and Soot.

• Comma Splice

• Run-On

• Correct as is.

Please pick correction that uses coordination. The kittens are all grown up now, they have become regular members of our family.

• The kittens are all grown up now. They have become regular members of our family.

• The kittens are all grown up now, and they have become regular members of our family.

• The kittens are all grown up now; they have become regular members of our family.

Choose the sentence that is a run-on.

• I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot. They were cold and smelled like smoke.

• I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot they were cold and smelled like smoke.

• I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot, they were cold and smelled like smoke.

Choose the sentence that is correct.

• I thought they were toys I heard them meow.

• I thought they were toys, I heard them meow.

• I thought they were toys, but I heard them meow.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Choose the sentence that is a comma splice.

• They poked their heads out of my Dad's pocket, and they looked adorable.

• They poked their heads out of my Dad's pocket, they looked adorable.

• They poked their heads out of my Dad's pocket they looked adorable.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Find the sentence that uses coordination.

• My sister and I love the kittens, and we take them up in our tree house.

• My sister and I love the kittens, we take them up in our tree house.

• My sister and I love the kittens. We take them up in our tree house.

Choose the sentence that is correct.

• The kittens also like to play, they follow us all round the house.

• The kittens also like to play they follow us all round the house.

• The kittens also like to play, so they follow us all round the house.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Choose the sentence that is incorrect.

• I always take care of them, and they even sleep with me.

• I always take care of them. They even sleep with me.

• I always take care of them, they even sleep with me.

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CCSS.L.6.2A