Sentence Fragments Quiz 49 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice π
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π Sentence Fragments β Quiz 49
1. Was the best sharpshooter in the United States.
A) Annie Oakley was the best. The best sharpshooter in the United States.
B) Annie Oakley, the best sharpshooter in the United States.
C) (This sentence is correct.).
D) Annie Oakley was the best sharpshooter in the United States.
2. Triangles have three sides and three angles.
A) Complete sentence .
B) Sentence fragment.
C) Run-on sentence.
D) None of above.
3. DIRECTIONS:For each sentence fragment, choose the revision that correctly turns the fragment into a complete sentence. During his long and productive life.
A) During his long and productive life, Chopin influenced many other composers.
B) Influenced other composers during his long and productive life.
C) Chopin during his long and productive life.
D) None of above.
4. Which of these is a independent clause?.
A) What Moby learned.
B) After Lisa tutored Sean.
C) But Sarah had trouble with grammar.
D) Shella learned math.
5. "Penny's dog saw a squirrel." What is the verb?.
A) Saw.
B) The dog.
C) The squirrel.
D) Penny.
6. Which example contains a fragment?.
A) My mother scoffed when she entered my room. Clothes and shoes scattered everywhere.
B) When my mother entered my room, she scoffed. Clothes and shoes were scattered everywhere.
C) My mother scoffed at the clothes and shoes scattered everywhere when she entered my room.
D) Upon entering my room, my mother scoffed because there were clothes and shoes scattered everywhere.
7. Choose ALL that are correct.
A) As May stepped off the elevator she saw her mom.
B) May stepped off the elevator.
C) As May stepped off the elevator.
8. Marking the page with a red sticker immediately.
A) Fragment.
B) Sentence.
C) Run-on.
D) None of above.
9. Which is a fragment?.
A) For example, Kim's Labrador retriever Murphy or Gary's bulldog Kembo.
B) Richie loves to walk his friends' dogs at Lake Eola Park.
C) Beautiful women, Richie has learned, gravitate toward guys with cute dogs.
D) None of above.
10. Carson didn't want to play in the game he wasn't feeling well.
A) Run on .
B) Sentence.
C) Fragment.
D) None of above.
11. Many fans bring their own fold-up seats because the bleachers in the stadium are uncomfortable.
A) Fragment = Don't begin a sentence with "which, such as _____ ".
B) CORRECT.
C) Fragment = dependent clause left alone.
D) Fragment = phrase left alone.
12. Lucy walked to the park.
A) Sentence.
B) Sentence fragment.
13. You could see a great pack of muscle shifting. When his shoulder moved under his thin coatThe second sentence is a fragment. Which of the following is the grammatically correct way to repair the fragment?.
A) You could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat.
B) A.You could see a great pack of muscle shifting; when his shoulder moved under his thin coat.
14. Little Red Riding Hood.
A) Sentence Fragment.
B) Complete Sentence.
15. Which choice changes the fragment into a complete sentence? Developed a new way of playing.
A) Louis Armstrong developed a new way of playing.
B) Developed a new way of playing jazz music.
C) In the 1920s, developed a new way of playing.
D) Developed a new way of playing his trumpet.
16. Can the boys see well enough by the dawn's early light to find firewood?.
A) Sentence.
B) Fragment.
C) Run-On.
D) None of above.
17. Divers have found the remains of turtles and alligators. Now extinct on the islands, stalactites and stalagmites from a time when the caves were above sea level, and artifacts of early human inhabitants.
A) Alligators now extinct on.
B) No Change.
C) Alligators now. Extinct on.
D) Alligators now extinct. On.
18. Which of the following contains a correct pronoun? a. Damian gets a new game. Him plays it every day. b. Lexie gets a new iPad. They are very excited to use it. c. They live on a hill. It is very steep.
A) C .
B) A.
C) B.
D) None of above.
19. What is missing in a sentence fragment with an incomplete predicate?.
A) Verb.
B) Adjective.
C) Object.
D) Subject.
20. WHY IS THIS A SENTENCE FRAGMENT? The students at the school.
A) Missing a predicate.
B) Missing a subject.
C) Has a subject and predicate, but not a complete thought.
D) None of above.
21. Today, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century.
A) Fragment.
B) Sentence.
22. Is this a sentence or a fragment?The time is.
A) Fragment.
B) Sentence.
23. WHAT IS THE PREDICATE IN THIS SENTENCE? Mr. Morton wrote Pearl a note.
A) Wrote.
B) Mr. Morton.
C) Pearl.
D) None of above.
24. What is wrong with the following sentence fragment? Goes to the movies every weekend.
A) Missing a subject.
B) Missing a verb.
C) Incomplete thought.
D) None of above.
25. What is wrong with the following sentence?While waiting for the bus, she happily played on her phone.
A) Nothing.
B) Missing verb.
C) Dependent clause.
D) Missing subject.