Deck 17: Sentence Problems Part Vi: Word Workshops

Question 1

A comma splice can only be corrected with a period.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A shift in voice occurs when active and passive voice are mixed in a sentence.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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 5

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 6

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 7

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.

Question 8

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 9

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 10

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.

Question 11

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 12

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 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

Some fragments have both a subject and a verb.

Question 15

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 16

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.

Question 17

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 18

A run-on is a sentence that goes on for more than twenty words.

Question 19

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 20

Misplaced modifiers can be corrected with a semicolon or a period.