Commas With Coordinating Conjunctions
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Review fanboys, how to join sentences together, run-ons, and comma splices.
- 1.
- A.
I like to eat a lot but I have to watch my weight.
- B.
I like to eat a lot, but I have to watch my weight.
- C.
I like to eat a lot, I have to watch my weight.
- 2.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- A.
She went to the store and bought some bread.
- B.
She went to the store, and bought some bread.
- C.
She went to the store, bought some bread.
- 3.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- A.
I am a dancer yet I never have time to perform.
- B.
I am a dancer, yet I never have time to perform.
- C.
I am a dancer, I never have time to perform.
- 4.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- A.
I like fishing but I don't like eating fish.
- B.
I like fishing, but I don't like eating fish.
- C.
I like fishing, I don't like eating fish.
- 5.
- A.
He gathered the leaves and got ready to jump in.
- B.
He gathered the leaves, and got ready to jump in.
- C.
He gathered the leaves, got ready to jump in.
- 6.A run-on is a really long sentence.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.
- A.
I like singing but I can't do it very well.
- B.
I like singing a ton of great songs even though I am not very good at it, but I hope to be good at it one day.
- C.
I like singing, I can't do it very well.
- 8.
- A.
Playing basketball is really fun and I hope to get more opportunities to play it.
- B.
Playing basketball is really fun, and I hope to get more opportunities to play it.
- C.
Playing basketball is really fun, I hope to get more opportunities to play it.
- 9.
- NOTE: This question will not be graded, but you can check the explanation to see if you did it correctly.
- DIRECTIONS: There are run-ons and comma splices in the passage below. Copy and paste the passage below, and add fanboys and commas where need.
- PASSAGE: I know you can do well on this quiz but you will need to try your best. It is important that you learn how to punctuate your sentences correctly so the reader can clearly understand your ideas. A comma splice and a run-on are errors, it is not good to have them in your paper. You need to find them and fix them in your drafts. It is okay to initially have errors but make sure you find them in your draft. Keep practicing, you will be able to write correctly.
- 10.Check which words listed below are coordinating conjunctions.
- A.
For
- B.
Be
- C.
And
- D.
Was
- E.
Am
- F.
Nor
- G.
But
- H.
I
- I.
Yet
- J.
Or
- K.
Some
- L.
So
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