126 Style: Quiz: Sentence Problems

Name: _____________________ Date: _______________

Quiz: Sentence Problems

Read each of the following sentences and label them as:
C for Correct Sentence          F for Fragment          R for Run-on              CS for Comma Splice

1.______ Birds of Prey looks like it might be the type of movie one should see in a theater.

2.______ I read the book The Call of the Wild by Jack London many years ago while I remember liking the story, I wonder if I would like the new film version that just came out.

3.______ Wishing my favorite actress Blake Lively.

4.______ Brad Pitt was in a zombie movie several years ago I was very surprised at that because there were so many movies about zombies at that time.

5.______ However, World War Z was rated seven out of ten stars on IMDB.

6.______ I am relieved that the zombie trend has passed, I am afraid though that it has been replaced with superheroes.

7.______ Do you enjoy watching films with multiple movies in a series?

8.______ The Pirates of the Caribbean film series was far better than the Twilight trilogy the actors played much more interesting and complex characters.

9.______ Because that awful actress Kristen Stewart.

10.______ She used to date her co-star, Robert Pattinson, but she cheated on him with the director of Snow White and the Huntsmen during filming.

11.______ To prove that she is a bad actress and a bad girlfriend.

12.______ There is a lot of buzz about her new movie Seberg, which is available on Amazon’s Prime Video.

13.______ Robert Pattinson’s new Batman movie in 2021.

14.______ Whether or not he can pull off that iconic of a role is what has me concerned; I cannot get into movies when an actor is not convincing in his role.

15.______ Either way, I am sure I will eventually watch it we can discuss it afterward.

Correct the following comma splices, run-on sentences, or fragments. Depending on the type of sentence error, you may need to add content to complete the sentence, punctuation to correct the sentence, and/or conjunctions to properly join parts of the sentence. Every sentence is incorrect.

16. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy is based upon the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, I have not read them.

17. The Hobbit film trilogy is also based on a book written by J. R. R. Tolkien it is one of the most elegantly written stories I have ever read.

18. Each story requires lots of imagination from the readers both of the stories are fantasy-fiction, the original author had a huge interest in trolls, elves, and dragons.

19. Reading is a great way to expand your imagination however so is writing.

20. Reading books, watching movies, and writing your own stories.