Fanning the slice of pizza with a napkin, Jolene waited for it to cool, she had already burned the roof of her mouth with the fried cheese sticks.
What is a comma splice?
100
Jason and Paul leave ____________________ heavy textbooks in ____________________ lockers which are over ____________________.
What is THEIR, THEIR, THERE?
100
It's/Its paw is caught in the trap.
What is ITS?
100
The girl’s softball team has a better record than (we/us).
What is we/subjective?
100
According to the Bible the meek shall inherit the earth.
What is MISSING INTRODUCTORY COMMA?
According to the Bible, the meek shall inherit the earth.
200
Cindy's mumbling often gets her in trouble just the other day, in fact, her stylist misunderstood Cindy's instructions and dyed her hair blue after Cindy asked him to trim the ends.
What is fused sentence?
200
Ask the girls whether ____________________ ready to leave now or want to meet us ____________________ later.
What is THEY'RE, THERE?
200
Its/it’s not your fault that you’re/your too sick to attend the ceremony.
What is IT'S, YOU'RE?
200
Just between you and (I/me), the restaurant serves rotten food.
What is me/objective?
200
The work done by John was far superior to Mary's.
What is PASSIVE VOICE?
The work John did was far superior to Mary's.
300
Clyde knew that he should be saving money for next semester's tuition he spent every paycheck, however, on gold jewelry and expensive dinners for his greedy girlfriend Gloria.
What is a fused sentence?
300
____________________ is room in the car for two more people, as long as ____________________ not too tall.
What is THERE, THEY'RE?
300
You’re/Your never going to believe it but their/there/they’re twins.
What is YOU'RE, THEY'RE?
300
It must have been (she/her) that rang the doorbell.
What is she/subjective?
300
He began to cry and is inconsolable for several hours.
What is SHIFTING VERB TENSE?
He began to cry and was inconsolable for several hours.
400
My cat Buster loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of the television, his tail swipes the screen like a windshield wiper.
What is a fused sentence?
400
____________________ often late for practice because ____________________ car is old and breaks down frequently.
What is THEY'RE, THEIR?
400
Their/there/they’re only hope is that its/it’s not to/too late.
What is THEIR, IT'S, TOO?
400
In show business it matters (who/whom) you know.
What is whom/objective?
400
I liked the play alot; which completely surprised me.
What is A LOT, COMMA not SEMICOLON.
I liked the play a lot, which completely surprised me.
500
In preparation for the quiz, Margaret studied comma splices and fused sentences until she thought her brain would burst, finally, she put away her notes, convinced that she would remember the rules even on her death bed.
What is a comma splice?
500
I know now that ____________________ not to be trusted even with ____________________ own lives, and ____________________ kidding yourself if you think otherwise.
What is THEY'RE, THEIR, YOU'RE?
500
It/It’s all I can do to thank them for their/there/they’re kindness, accept/except I can't find them anywhere.
What is IT'S, THEIR, EXCEPT?
500
I wish (they/them) and (we/us) lived closer so we/us could visit more often.
What is they/subjective, we/subjective?
500
Vests which were once popular are out of style.
What is SET OFF DEPENDENT CLAUSES WITH COMMAS?
Vests, which were once popular, are out of style.