Compound and Complex Sentences

Question 1

Which sentences contain a comma splice? Check all that apply.

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Raj wants to get tickets for the baseball game, he knows it might rain though.; The skies are blue, there is not a cloud in the sky.; Raj knows he will regret it, he just can’t stay inside on a day this nice.

Question 2

comma splicefused sentence✔ correct sentence

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✔ correct sentence

Question 3

comma splice✔ fused sentencecorrect sentence

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✔ fused sentence

Question 4

comma splicefused sentence✔ correct sentence

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✔ correct sentence

Question 5

Which revision describes how to correct this comma splice?Nina promised to clean out her closet today, she is stuck inside until she is done.

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Add the conjunction and after the comma.

Question 6

Which sentence is an example of a fused sentence?

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Her brother Tito is always running late he hits the snooze alarm too many times.

Question 7

Which revisions describe how to correct this fused sentence? Check all that apply.Eliana heard the phone ring she ran to answer it.Add a comma after ring.Add a period after ring and capitalize the first letter of she.Add a semicolon after ring.Switch the placement of the two independent clauses so the second clause is first.Revise ring to ringing.

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Add a period after ring and capitalize the first letter of she.; Add a semicolon after ring.

Question 8

Read each sentence and determine if it is an example of a comma splice or a fused sentence, or if it is grammatically correct as written. Choose the answers from the drop-down menus.

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✔ comma splice; Lucia walks on the beach every morning, today she saw two turtles headed for the ocean.: comma splice; Lucia loves turtles, and she invited her friend Lena to walk with her.: correct sentence; Lena joined Lucia the next day she was hoping the turtles would appear again.: fused sentence; The girls didn’t see any turtles, but they did see a leaping dolphin.: correct sentence

Question 9

Use the drop-down menus to label whether each sentence is a fused sentence, a comma splice, or a correct sentence.

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✔ comma splice; Sentence 1:: comma splice; Sentence 2:: correct sentence; Sentence 3:: fused sentence; Sentence 4:: correct sentence

Question 10

comma splicefused sentence✔ correct sentence

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✔ correct sentence

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