name the fragment
fragment types
Fix it yourself
Right or wrong?
100
Drove the car.
Missing Subject
100
A sentence containing an -ing verb without a helping verb.
-ing verb with no helping verb
100
The man driving down the main street.
The man WAS (helping verb) driving down the main street.
100
I went to class on Monday morning.
Right
200
The shiniest of the red balls.
Incomplete thought
200
a group of words written without a verb.
No verb
200
Jim, John and Jasper down by the movie house with everyone else.
Jim, John, and Jasper WAITED (verb) down by the movie house with everyone else.
200
My cute little dog.
Wrong
300
A story with deep thoughts and emotions.
No main verb
300
a group of words written without a subject.
No subject
300
His ten-speed racer stolen by someone in the dorm with a wire cutter.
His ten-speed racer WAS (helping verb) stolen by someone in the dorm with a wire cutter.
300
I always admired Gandhi. The great Indian leader.
Wrong
400
The student struggling with the research paper.
-ing with no helping verb.
400
a dependent clause that is punctuated as a sentence.
incomplete thought
400
The photograph of the three men who had climbed the top of the snow covered hill published in the local paper.
The photograph of the three men who had climbed the top of the snow covered hill WAS PUBLISHED (verb) in the local paper.
400
He was lost in his own world, dreaming of daring deeds in distant lands.
Right
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