CELSA Basic 3

Question 1

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

Accepted Answer

She studied for the exam she passed.

Answer

A run-on sentence joins two independent clauses without proper punctuation or a conjunction.

Question 2

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

Accepted Answer

Running through the park every morning.

Answer

A fragment lacks a subject or a main verb; 'Running through the park every morning' has no subject performing the action.

Question 3

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

Accepted Answer

I wanted to go; it rained.

Answer

A semicolon correctly joins two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction.

Question 4

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

Accepted Answer

The dog's collar was red.

Answer

'Dog's' shows singular possession—the collar belonging to one dog—using apostrophe + s.

Question 5

Which sentence follows capitalization rules correctly?

Accepted Answer

We visited the Grand Canyon last summer.

Answer

Proper nouns like 'Grand Canyon' are capitalized, but common nouns like 'summer' and sentence beginnings only.

(CELSA) Combined English Language Skills Assessment Practice Test