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WorksheetsGrammar: Comma Splice, Fragments, Run-ons, and more!
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 24mins
Find the FRAGMENT (2mins):
(A) Maria wasn't watching her plate of barbecue very carefully. (B) So Santana, the family beagle, snatched a chicken leg hanging over the edge. (C) As baked beans and
potato salad slid onto Maria's new sandals.
A
B
C
What is a clause?
A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb
A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a noun
A clause is a group of words that includes a adjective and a verb
An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence.
True
False
A dependent clause can stand alone as a sentence.
True
False
Fragment or Complete:
While I was shopping at the local supermarket.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
My mother and I met at the restaurant.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
Although I hate having to work later than 7:00.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
To impress the new professor.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
Before a test, I try to get plenty of sleep.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
Staring out of the window above the kitchen sink.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
Meaning that we should all be aware of our bias.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
Up late, I decided to call my friend in California.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
Dreaming of a bigger house with a garden and room for an office.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
Especially old movies starring Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart.
Fragment
Complete
Fragment or Complete:
To get to the library by bus.
Fragment
Complete
Syllabus:
How much is the research paper worth?
200 points and 10% of my grade
100 points and 10% of my grade
100 points and 20% of my grade
200 points and 20% of my grade
Syllabus:
Are research papers submitted after 11:59pm on December 21st accepted?
Yes, of course.
Yes, but I'll have to email it.
No, I'll just get a zero.
Yes, I have 3 days.
Comma Splice or Fused Sentence?
Julie is a real hypochondriac when her stomach hurts, she is certain that she has a bleeding ulcer, and if she has a backache, she believes that she has cancer of the spine.
Comma Splice
Fused
Comma Splice or Fused?
My cat Buster loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of the television, his tail swipes the screen like a windshield wiper.
Comma Splice
Fused
Comma Splice or Fused?
In preparation for the quiz, La'Mia studied comma splices and fused sentences until she thought her brain would burst, finally, she put away her notes, convinced that she would remember the rules even on her death bed.
Comma Splice
Fused
Comma Splice or Fused?
At the back of the classroom, Nina sat with her arms crossed, glaring at her teacher, Mr. Beane, her body language indicated that English was her least favorite subject.
Comma Splice
Fused
Which one is a coordinating conjunction?
When
Once
And
Unless
Which one is a subordinating conjunction?
nor
for
yet
even though
