Comma Splices and Fused Sentences :: Grammar Bytes Quiz 3 (Tortoise)
Pat believed her husband Mike was paying bills and making the monthly BUDGET, INSTEAD, he had turned down the volume on the computer and spent the evening playing video games.
... budget; instead ...
One brave squirrel steals food out of the cat's DISH WE wonder when Rocky will discipline that brazen rodent.
... dish. We ...
William pulled his baseball cap lower on his FOREHEAD HE didn't want his friends to see that his sister Maria had shaved off both his eyebrows after he lost a bet.
... forehead, for he ...
Big Toe Joe, Diane's cat, "hunts" human feet as a lion stalks GAZELLE, WHENEVER Diane wiggles her toes, Joe pounces, delivering a "death bite" to her ankle.
... gazelle. Whenever ...
Rose constantly worries about GERMS AS A RESULT SHE carries a can of disinfectant in her purse to spray the world before she touches anything in it.
... germs; as a result, she ...
Inside the house, my cat Fuzz insists on sleeping on a satin PILLOW, OUTSIDE, HOWEVER, SHE enjoys lying in the dirt and getting leaves and twigs tangled in her long fur.
... pillow; outside, however, she ...
With a bowl of popcorn, Madison stretched out on the sofa to watch Aliens, her favorite movie, for the fifty-eighth TIME, THE queen alien still managed to make Madison scream.
... time. The ...
Whenever Nick eats cafeteria food, his imagination runs WILD, FOR EXAMPLE, HE imagines that the mushrooms in his cream soup are the tiny heads of newts and salamanders floating near the surface.
... wild; for example, he ...
As her New Year's resolution, Sharon decided to give up CAFFEINE, BUT SHE still sneaks an occasional diet cola in the privacy of her car.
No change is necessary.
Jeanne took her two-year-old granddaughter to a beauty parlor for a HAIRCUT, BUT WHEN the stylist picked up scissors to trim Abigail's lovely red curls, Jeanne scooped up the child and ran for the door.
No change is necessary.
