Entry Exam Category: College Admission Exams
Course: Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0
Exam: TSIA2 Reading and Writing Practice Test 2

Practice Question

Extract

Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.
He was an outstanding public speaker he was also a talented writer.

Answer Choices

  • A: He was an outstanding public speaker
  • B: He was an outstanding public speaker,
  • C: An outstanding public speaker,
  • D: An outstanding public speaker and

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The original is a run-on sentence. Adding a comma after "speaker" creates a comma splice, which is still incorrect. Option B correctly uses a comma and coordinating conjunction (implied "and").

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