Fragments I
Fragments II
Run Ons
Sentence Variety
Subject-Verb Agreement
100
What is a fragment?
What is a word group that may lack a subject or verb and does not express a complete thought?
100
Which of the following is a fragment? a. Because Laura was tired. b. Because Laura was tired, she took a nap.
What is "a."
100
What is the difference between a fused sentence and a comma-splice?
What is a fused sentence is two complete thoughts joined together with no punctuation and a comma splice is two complete thoughts joined together with only a comma.
100
This type of sentence has a single subject-verb combination.
What is a simple sentence?
100
A singular this takes a singular verb.
What is subject?
200
One way correct a dependent word fragment is to eliminate this and make a new sentence.
What is the dependent word?
200
Which of the following is a fragment? a. My sister is always out of money. b. Always out of money.
What is "b."
200
You can use this type of word with a comma to correct a run-on.
What is a joining word/FANBOYS?
200
This type of sentence consist of two complete thoughts/independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
200
What is the correct verb for the sentence below: Evan and his teammate (practice, practices) every day.
What is practice?
300
When correcting a missing subject fragment, you may use this to stand in for the subject in the preceding sentence.
What is a pronoun?
300
Which the following is a fragment? a. Leon was very nervous because he had not studied for the exam. b. Because Leon had not studied for the exam.
What is "b"?
300
Which of the following sentences is NOT a run-on? a. The computer hummed loudly the sound was annoying. b. The computer hummed loudly, the sound was annoying. c. The computer hummed loudly. The sound was annoying.
What is "c."?
300
Which type of sentence is the following: Although I always hang up on telemarketers, they keep calling.
What is a complex sentence?
300
What is the correct verb in the sentence below? Everybody (dedicate, dedicates) his or her time to tutoring at the community center.
What is dedicates?
400
Added details fragments are missing these.
What are a subject and a verb?
400
Which of the following groups contains a fragment. a. Rolling slowly backwards. The car had no driver. People nearby began to jump out of the way. b. Rolling slowly backwards, the car had no driver. People nearby began to jump out of the way. c. The car that was rolling slowly backwards had no driver. People nearby began to jump out of the way.
What is "a."?
400
Which of the following sentences is NOT a run-on? a. Dolphins have killed sharks they never attack humans. b. Dolphins have killed sharks, but they never attack humans. c. Dolphins have killed sharks, they never attack humans.
What is "b."?
400
Which type of sentence is the following: The newlyweds are trying to save money, so they clip coupons and buy items on sale.
What is a compound sentence?
400
What is the correct verb in the sentence below: Neither the software nor the computers (function, functions) properly when I try to perform complicated tasks.
What is function?
500
One way of correcting an -ing fragment is to change "being" to the correct form of this verb.
What is "be"?
500
Which of the following groups CONTAINS a fragment? a. There's an item on the dessert menu that contains most of my favorite ingredients. Such as chocolate, caramel, coconut, and nuts. I wonder if it's low in calories. b. There's an item on the dessert menu that contains most of my favorite ingredients, such as chocolate, caramel, coconut, and nuts. I wonder if it's low in calories. c. There's an item on the dessert menu that contains chocolate, caramel, coconut, and nuts, which are my favorite ingredients. I wonder if it's low in calories.
What is "a."?
500
Which of the following is CONTAINS a run-on? a. Our local elementary school closed for three days because many students had the flu. b. Our local elementary school closed for three days. Because many students had the flu. c. Our local elementary school closed for three days, many students had the flu.
What is "C."?
500
What type of sentence is the following? After I returned to school following a long illness, the math teacher gave me makeup work, but the history teacher made me drop her course.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
What is the correct verb in the following sentence: Either the restaurant manager or his assistants (deserves, deserve) to be fired for the spoiled meat used in the stew.
What is deserve?
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