Mastery Prep: Fragments and Fused Sentences #1

Michael Prince went up to the podium with his speech I wasn't prepared for the flood of emotion.

• NO CHANGE

• speech, which

• speech that

• speech.

In the suburbs, such activities are not encouraged, which led us to reconsider moving away from the city center.

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

• encouraged; this

• encouraged. This

• encouraged this

• encouraged, an issue which

Gilligan likes goofing off. The Skipper really tries to fix things.

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would not be acceptable?

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• off, while the Skipper

• off; the Skipper

• off the

My boys don't need to be reminded to show respect to their elders they know that.

• NO CHANGE

• elders they already know

• elders; they know

• elders; knowing

Students speak loudly about issues they don't fully understand; nevertheless, it excites me to see that they care.

• NO CHANGE

• understand, nevertheless

• understand: nevertheless

• understand nevertheless

You could probably guess what the rest of the part went after the stereo stopped workikng.

• NO CHANGE

• if

• how

• DELETE the underlined portion.

As we drove away from the city, dozens of evacuation sirens booming loudly from the city center.

• NO CHANGE

• sirens, which boomed

• sirens that boomed

• sirens boomed

My mother, Marge having been the oldest of all her siblings and cousins.

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• Marge, was

• Marge,

• Marge being

One of these is compassion, a value that many people ignore today.

• NO CHANGE

• One of these,

• One,

• One being

We took the long route around the lake, and after about an hour, we finally saw the campus three blocks away. Exhausted and sweaty, jogging back to our dorm.

• NO CHANGE

• to jog

• having to jog

• we jogged