Comma Splice Quiz: Trivia Test!

Harry hit the punching bag hard, the bag swung back at him.

Harry hit the punching bag hard, so the bag swung back at him.

Harry hit the punching bag hard the bag swung back at him.

Harry hit the punching bag, hard the bag swung back at him.

Johnny plays ball, Sally plays with dolls.

I have to go, and she has to come with me.

Either do, or do not; there is no try.

Hitting people isn't nice, you shouldn't hit people.

True

False

Remove the comma

Add a conjunction after the comma such as and or so.

Make one of the clauses subordinate

Switch the order of the clauses in the sentence.

And

So

But

While

True

False

True

False

So

And

Yet

Or

I have one dollar, she has two dollars.

He has three dollars. No one has four dollars.

We're all pretty broke, so we don't eat out much.

We just eat at home; it's a good thing bread is cheap.

True

False