Compound and Complex Sentences

Question 1

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

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

Question 2

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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B: Add the conjunction and after the comma.

Question 3

Which sentence is an example of a fused sentence?

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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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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A: ✔ comma splice

Question 7

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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A: ✔ comma splice

Question 8

Read the incorrect sentence. Write three to five sentences explaining what kind of run-on sentence it is and how to revise it.My mother and father are both scientists, it must have been my destiny to become interested in biology.

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The sentence is a comma splice because it incorrectly uses only a comma to join two independent clauses. To revise this error, you can replace the comma with a period to create two separate sentences. Another option is to keep the comma and add a coordinating conjunction, or replace the comma with a semicolon to link the related ideas.

Question 9

comma splicefused sentence✔ correct sentence

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C: ✔ correct sentence

Question 10

comma splicefused sentence✔ correct sentence

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C: ✔ correct sentence

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