Deck 17: Sentence Problems

Question 1

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen.
​ A shift in voice occurs when active and passive voice are mixed in a sentence.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "I woke up that morning and saw I was running late. Now I have to rush to the car and get to school in the worst traffic of the day"

A)contains a shift in person.
B)contains a shift in tense.
C)contains a shift in voice.
D)is correct.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "Social media are becoming a distraction to some people they're almost an addiction"

A)is a comma splice.
B)is a run-on sentence.
C)contains a misplaced or dangling modifier.
D)is correct.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "My sister spends hours on social media sites every day; some nights she stays home alone in her room to be with her Facebook friends

A)is a fragment.
B)is a comma splice.
C)is a rambling sentence.
D)is correct.

Question 5

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "Because he was covered in fleas, Karl took his dog to the vet"

A)contains a misplaced modifier.
B)contains a dangling modifier.
C)is correct.

Question 6

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "I have a habit of playing video games late at night. Some nights the hours slip by before you know it"

A)contains a shift in person.
B)contains a shift in tense.
C)contains a shift in voice.
D)is correct.

Question 7

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "Technology has given us a lot of gifts it has also created some real drains on our time"

A)is a fragment.
B)is a run-on sentence.
C)is a rambling sentence.
D)is correct.

Question 8

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen.
​ A comma splice can only be corrected with a period.

Question 9

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "After being around for over a century, people still find television very entertaining"

A)is a fragment.
B)is a rambling sentence.
C)contains a misplaced or dangling modifier.
D)is correct.

Question 10

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen.
​ Misplaced modifiers can be corrected with a semicolon or a period.

Question 11

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "Even though technology has made it easier to communicate, it has also flooded our attention with information"

A)is a comma splice.
B)is a run-on sentence.
C)contains a misplaced or dangling modifier.
D)is correct.

Question 12

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "The teacher gave me the assignment, so I do it as soon as I get home"

A)contains a shift in person.
B)contains a shift in tense.
C)contains a shift in voice.
D)is correct.

Question 13

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "To stop her dog from chasing cars, Carrie started walking it on a short leash"

A)contains a misplaced modifier.
B)contains a dangling modifier.
C)is correct.

Question 14

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen.
​ A run-on is a sentence that goes on for more than twenty words.

Question 15

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "Television can be a great distraction, some people watch six or more hours a day"

A)is a comma splice.
B)is a run-on sentence.
C)is a rambling sentence.
D)is correct.

Question 16

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen.
​ Some fragments have both a subject and a verb.

Question 17

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "On her sixth birthday, Allison rode a pony wearing a dress like a fairy-tale princess."

A)contains a misplaced modifier.
B)contains a dangling modifier.
C)is correct.

Question 18

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "After a marathon gaming session, I greet my teachers with bloodshot eyes and sore thumbs"

A)contains a shift in person.
B)contains a dangling or misplaced modifier.
C)contains a run-on.
D)is correct.

Question 19

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "With nothing good on, I don't care too much about television"

A)is a fragment.
B)is a run-on sentence.
C)contains a misplaced or dangling modifier.
D)is correct.

Question 20

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. ​ "Playing video games is another popular past-time it is certainly popular with all my friends"

A)is a fragment.
B)is a run-on sentence.
C)is a rambling sentence.
D)is correct.