Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment?

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Walking to the store.

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Because I was out of milk.

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I need to buy bread and eggs.

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I walked to the store yesterday.

Question 2

What is a run-on sentence?

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Two or more sentences combined without proper punctuation or conjunctions

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A complete sentence with correct punctuation

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A sentence with too many clauses

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A sentence that is too long

Question 3

What is a sentence fragment?

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An incomplete sentence that is missing a subject or predicate

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A sentence with too many clauses

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A sentence that is too long

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A complete sentence with a subject and predicate

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a run-on sentence?

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I love to play soccer, I also enjoy swimming.

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I love to play soccer and I also enjoy swimming.

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I love to play soccer.

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I love to play soccer, and I also enjoy swimming.

Question 5

Which of the following is a coordinating conjunction?

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And

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Because

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Although

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After

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of a run-on?

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I went to the store I bought some apples

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I went to the store and bought some apples

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I went to the store, and then I bought some apples

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I went to the store. I bought some apples.

Question 7

How can you fix a fragment?

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Add a subject and a verb

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Add an exclamation point

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Add a comma

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Add a preposition

Question 8

How can you fix a run-on?

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Add proper punctuation or conjunctions

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Add an adverb

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Add an adjective

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Add another sentence

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of a correctly written sentence?

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Although it was raining, she went for a run.

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Although it was raining she went for a run.

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Although, it was raining she went for a run.

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Although it was raining; she went for a run.

Question 10

Which one of these sentences does not have a misplaced modifier?

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I saw the car passing by the window.

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By the window, I saw the car passing.

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Passing by the window, I saw the car.

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I saw the car that was passing by the window.

Question 11

Which one of these options correctly fixes the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "Running through the park, the trees were beautiful."

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Running through the park, I saw that the trees were beautiful.

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I saw the trees running through the park that were beautiful.

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The trees that were beautiful were running through the park.

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The trees running through the park were beautiful.

Question 12

Which one of these sentences has a misplaced modifier?

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I ate the sandwich that was sitting in the fridge.

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Sitting in the fridge, I ate the sandwich.

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The sandwich that was sitting in the fridge, I ate.

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I ate the sandwich that I found sitting in the fridge.

Question 13

Which one of these options correctly fixes the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "As a child, my parents took me to the circus."

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My parents took me to the circus when I was a child.

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As a child, I was taken by my parents to the circus.

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My parents took me to the circus, which made me feel like a child.

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When I was a child, my parents took me to the circus.

Question 14

Which one of these sentences has a misplaced modifier?

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He only ate the pizza with pepperoni.

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He ate only the pizza with pepperoni.

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He only ate the pizza with extra cheese.

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Only with pepperoni did he eat the pizza.

Question 15

Which one of these sentences does not have a misplaced modifier?

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I saw the dog walking down the street on my way to work.

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On my way to work, I saw the dog walking down the street.

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I saw the dog on my way to work while walking down the street.

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Walking down the street, I saw the dog on my way to work.

Question 16

Which one of these options correctly fixes the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "Eating quickly, the soup was too hot."

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The soup was too hot when I ate it quickly.

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Eating quickly, I thought the soup was too hot.

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The soup that I ate quickly was too hot.

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When I ate the soup quickly, it was too hot.

Question 17

Which one of these sentences has a misplaced modifier?

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She only listens to classical music in her car.

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In her car, she only listens to classical music.

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In her car, she listens to classical music only on Mondays.

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She listens only to classical music in her car.

Question 18

Which one of these options correctly fixes the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "Watching the movie, the book was better."

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The book was better than the movie.

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I watched both the movie and the book, but the book was better.

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The book that I watched was actually better than the movie.

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The book was only slightly better than the movie that I watched.

Question 19

Which one of these sentences does not have a misplaced modifier?

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The teacher handed out the exams after the bell rang.

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After the bell rang, the teacher handed out the exams.

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The teacher handed out the exams after she rang the bell.

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After the bell rang, the exams were handed out by the teacher.

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