Deck 42: Sentences

Question 1

Identify the complete sentence.

A) When the bell rang, it was over.
B) Since they didn't know where to go.
C) Giving advice to a grown man.
D) Seriously the craziest thing I've ever seen.

Answer 1

When the bell rang, it was over.

Question 2

Identify the complete sentence.

A) Don't bet money you don't have.
B) Because people can change their minds.
C) Without me in your life.
D) Writing a letter in the dark to the parole officer.

Answer 2

Don't bet money you don't have.

Question 3

Identify the complete sentence.

A) Doing the right thing every day.
B) Receiving that good grade was worth celebrating.
C) Which isn't hard to do.
D) If we all work together.

Answer 3

Receiving that good grade was worth celebrating.

Question 4

Identify the complete sentence.

A) Since you forgot my birthday.
B) After eating breakfast.
C) To pass this class.
D) I went home early.

Question 5

Identify the complete sentence.

A) Growing up on the streets.
B) Martin's girlfriend in the projects.
C) Gang life is not easy.
D) Pinned to the bulletin board.

Question 6

Identify the sentence fragment.

A) We spend far too much time at work.
B) Meanwhile, our children grow up quickly.
C) If we aren't careful, we miss out on their milestones.
D) Thinking that we are working for more important things.

Question 7

Identify the sentence fragment.

A) I can't sleep at night.
B) There are strange noises all around me.
C) I think I'm going to adopt a cat.
D) Because there is rat in my attic.

Question 8

Identify the sentence fragment.

A) Winding up the pole.
B) The ferret has a silly look on its face.
C) The men's bathroom is out of order.
D) I really do like spinach.

Question 9

Read this sentence fragment: The boat in the harbor.
This is a fragment because

A) it is missing a subject.
B) it is missing a verb.
C) it is missing both a subject and a verb.
D) it contains only six words.

Question 10

Which one of the following sentences is true?

A) A sentence can be complete if it is missing a verb.
B) A complete sentence has both a subject and a verb.
C) A fragment is the same thing as an independent clause.
D) There are only three types of fragments.

Question 11

Which one of the following sentences is true?

A) Prepositional phrases cannot stand alone.
B) Prepositional phrases can stand alone.
C) A phrase is one type of clause.
D) A phrase is a clause that can stand alone.

Question 12

Fragments are just bad sentences and cannot be corrected.

Question 13

Read this sentence fragment: And wins just about every game.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) That is an -ing fragment.
B) That is a to fragment.
C) That is an afterthought fragment.
D) That is a dependent clause fragment.

Question 14

Read the following sentence: My sister loves a discount she is the world's greatest bargain shopper.
Which one of the following sentences is correct?

A) This sentence is a comma splice.
B) This sentence is not a fused sentence or a comma splice.
C) This sentence is a fused sentence.
D) This sentence is a fragment.

Question 15

A run-together sentence

A) cannot be fixed.
B) can be fixed by at least four different methods.
C) cannot be a comma splice.
D) cannot be a fused sentence.

Question 16

Which one of the following sentences is true?

A) There are four types of run-on sentences.
B) There are five types of run-on sentences.
C) There are two types of run-on sentences.
D) There are three types of run-on sentences.

Question 17

A run-together sentence can be corrected by

A) separating the two sentences with a period and capitalizing the first word of the second sentence.
B) separating the two sentences with a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
C) changing one of the sentences into a dependent clause.
D) doing any of the above.

Question 18

A comma splice

A) is a type of fragment.
B) is two independent clauses connected by a comma.
C) is two independent clauses with nothing between them.
D) is all of the above.

Question 19

Which one of the following sentences is a fused sentence?

A) The countryside has really changed, it looks more like a city now.
B) My yard fills up with worms whenever it rains.
C) That loud noise was hail.
D) I hate gossip it destroys people's lives.

Question 20

Which one of the following sentences is a comma splice?

A) She left early, because she was bored.
B) I hit the golf ball into the pond.
C) I threw the ball as hard as I could it went through a window.
D) Shawn wanted to play basketball, he couldn't find the ball.

Question 21

Underline the subject once and the verb twice in the following sentence. Cross out the prepositional phrases first.
The best Chinese food is served at the little restaurant on the corner of Elm Street and Panama Lane, on the south side of town.

Question 22

How many types of run-on sentences are there?

Question 23

Rewrite the following sentence to correct the fragment.
When the boss walks into the office.

Question 24

Rewrite the following sentence to correct the fragment.
To meet the deadline.

Question 25

Rewrite the following sentence to correct the run-on.
Cheryl bought a new Mustang she loves to drive it around town.