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Fragments and Fused Sentences

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

speech, which

c)

speech that

d)

speech.

2.

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?

a)

encouraged; this

b)

encouraged. This

c)

encouraged this

d)

encouraged, an issue which

3.

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


WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVES WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE?

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

off, while the Skipper

c)

off; the Skipper

d)

off the

4.

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

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

elders they already know

c)

elders; they know

d)

elders; knowing

5.

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

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

understand, nevertheless

c)

understand: nevertheless

d)

understand nevertheless

6.

You could probably guess what the rest of the party went after the stereo stopped working,.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

if

c)

how

d)

DELETE the underlined portion

7.

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

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

sirens, which boomed

c)

sirens that boomed

d)

sirens boomed

8.

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

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

Marge, was

c)

Marge,

d)

Marge being

9.

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

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

One of these,

c)

One,

d)

One being

10.

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

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

to jog

c)

having to jog

d)

we jogged

11.

Books by Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and other modernist writers along the shelves.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

sitting on

c)

on

d)

line

12.

When Jewel finally went to bed, having followed Frodo and the Fellowship across Middle-earth and had completed the Lord of the Rings.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

bed, she had

c)

bed and had

d)

bed, she

13.

Sometimes, the children would forget about their hidden treasure - the few coins would disappear or candy would slowly become dirty with the changing seasons and visiting relatives, the children were preoccupied with indoor activities.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

dirty covered by

c)

dirty. With

d)

dirty because

14.

The editor begins by reading the entire manuscript. For each chapter, all the words, being formatted in various fonts, differing according to the character's voice and their place in time chronologically.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

words which are

c)

words are

d)

words, which are

15.

His plot - which by being in a small town expelling an ancient vampire from Europe - was a hit in the United States and later spawned several sequels and movie adaptations.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

plot - that of a small town expelling an ancient vampire from Europe -

c)

plot, being that of a small town expelling an ancient vampire from Europe, it

d)

plot - in which it was a small town expelling an ancient vampire from Europe -