This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Fragments – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fragments Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main cause of sentence fragments? A) Missing a subject or a verb. B) Including unnecessary punctuation. C) Using run-on sentences. D) Using too many conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missing a subject or a verb. 2. "My very energetic son." A) Sentence fragment. B) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence fragment. 3. What is the proper way to combine these sentence fragments? Steve paced impatiently. Hoping that his mother would soon arrive. A) Steve paced impatiently hoping that his mother would soon arrive. B) Steve paced impatiently, hoping that his mother would soon arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steve paced impatiently, hoping that his mother would soon arrive. 4. I jumped over the stream. This is an example of a ..... A) Sentence fragment. B) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complete sentence. 5. Return the pliers to the toolbox in the garage when you're done. A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 6. An action; something you can do A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 7. What is the proper way to combine these sentence fragments? The students worked on their tests. While the teacher graded papers. A) The students worked on their tests, while the teacher graded papers. B) The students worked on their tests while the teacher graded papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The students worked on their tests while the teacher graded papers. 8. What is the best way to avoid sentence fragments? A) Make sure every sentence has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. B) Include multiple subjects and verbs in each sentence. C) Only use sentence fragments. D) Use run-on sentences instead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make sure every sentence has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. 9. Because I like to sleep. A) Dependent Clause. B) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent Clause. 10. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT IN THIS SENTENCE? Otters spend most of their life in water. A) Water. B) Otters. C) Life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Otters. 11. Aleena picked up the book. A) Fragment. B) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence. 12. A key finding from her intensive, field, studies is the extent to which elephant survival depends on learned behavior. A) Intensive field studies. B) No Change. C) Intensive, field studies. D) Intensive field studies,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intensive field studies. 13. What is missing in the incomplete thought? Dogs that do tricks. A) Verb/predicate. B) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb/predicate. 14. Slowly dragging himself into the huddle A) Fragment. B) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 15. America, the greatest country in the world. A) Sentence. B) Run-ons. C) Fragment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 16. What changes need to be made to this sentence? went to the park. A) Add a subject. B) Add a predicate. C) Add both a subject + predicate. D) No changes needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add a subject. 17. To know everything is quite impossible. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run-On. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 18. Swinging to the music. This is a A) Sentence fragment. B) Complete sentence. C) Run-on sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence fragment. 19. What type of grammar mistake is does the sentence have? Because she fell ..... A) Comma Splice. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Run-On Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence Fragment. 20. Confused about how to use the digital camera. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence fragment. 21. Which of the following is a sentence fragment?A. The bird flew high in the sky.B. Sleeping under the stars.C. I finished my homework.D. She cooked dinner for the family. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 22. The baby was crying he was hungry. A) Run-on. B) Complete sentence. C) Sentence fragment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-on. 23. Employing thirty-eight workers, white and black, Forten held his employees to a high standard. A) Workers:. B) Workers, whom were. C) Workers. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No Change. 24. Determine the correct classification of "The new rule about breaks is unnecessary." A) Fragment. B) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence. 25. What should you do to correct a sentence fragment? A) Combine it with another sentence to make it a complete sentence. B) Remove a subject or verb to make it a complete sentence. C) Add a missing subject or verb to make it a complete sentence. D) Change the punctuation to make it a complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Add a missing subject or verb to make it a complete sentence. 26. Eli ran to school today. A) Complete sentence. B) Run-on. C) Sentence fragment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 27. Humans have kept dogs. For centuries. A) For centuries, humans have kept dogs. B) Humans, for centuries, have kept dogs. C) Humans have kept dogs; for centuries. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For centuries, humans have kept dogs. 28. Is there a sentence fragment? The red wolf of the southeastern United States became extinct in the wild in 1980. After scientists created a breeding program with a few red wolves in captivity. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 29. A sentence ends with a ..... A) Capital letters. B) Shapes. C) Punctuation Mark. D) Small letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punctuation Mark. 30. Gazy, who is a computer hacker, discovered a virus in Ibrahim's computer. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence. 31. Which of the following has both a subject and a predicate? A) Had more room to assert their independence. B) Western Europe and Japan achieved dynamic economic growth in the 1950s and '60s. C) Set limits on their antiballistic missiles and on their strategic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. D) A period of renewed Cold War tensions in the early 1980s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Western Europe and Japan achieved dynamic economic growth in the 1950s and '60s. 32. Read the paragraph. Select the fragment. (1) Hurricanes are dangerous. (2) They have strong winds. (3) They can cause flooding. (4) Need to evacuate. (5) Hurricanes can destroy entire cities. A) 2. B) 3. C) 5. D) 4. E) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 33. Enrollment was down for the cooking class that Stefano teaches. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence. 34. The Small Dark Spot is the name of a cyclone that occurred on the planet Neptune. A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Imperative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 35. Are dry after such a severe drought. A) Missing a subject. B) Missing a verb / predicate. C) Missing a helping verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missing a subject. 36. What type of noun is the following word? cat A) Place. B) Thing. C) Idea. D) Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thing. 37. Identify the nouns or proper nouns in the sentence. My best friend rides the bus with me. A) My, me. B) Friend, bus. C) Rides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friend, bus. 38. A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking (first person) the one spoken to (second person) or the one spoken about (third person). A) True. B) Fals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. "My teacher read my paper she said it was wonderful." A) Complete. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on. 40. "Whenever my sister sings." A) Complete sentence. B) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence fragment. 41. Attempting to deceive me, the magician moved the cards again. A) Fragment. B) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence. 42. Doesn't understand the question. This sentence is an example of a ..... A) Run on. B) Fragment. C) Complete sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 43. After taking the incredibly long social studies test, Rachel deperately wanted to take a long nap. A) Complete Sentence. B) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 44. What type of grammar mistake does the sentence have? I went to a party las weekend, I was sad that the bouncy house was popped. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-On Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma Splice. 45. Identify the nouns and proper nouns in the sentence. Many games use rackets or paddles. A) Many, use. B) Games, paddles. C) Games, rackets, paddles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Games, rackets, paddles. 46. Chose the correct answer to make it a complete sentence.The brown dog ..... A) Jumped over the fence. B) On the fence. C) With three legs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jumped over the fence. 47. HurryHigh grades do not come easily; but, they are earned by hard word and perseverance. up! A) Sentence. B) Run-ons. C) Fragment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 48. The reporter writing an article with questionable sources. A) Missing a subject. B) Missing a verb / predicate. C) Missing a helping verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Missing a helping verb. 49. Holding her glasses. This is an example of a ..... A) Sentence fragment. B) Complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence fragment. 50. The local convenience store is handy its selection is relatively limited. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on sentence. 51. The chart listed animals native to the Amazon. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence. 52. Birds chirping loudly all afternoon long. A) Complete Sentence. B) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 53. "My teacher read my paper she said it was wonderful." Which corrects it? A) The teacher read my paper, she said it was wonderful. B) The teacher read my paper she said it. Was wonderful. C) The teacher read my paper. She said it was wonderful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The teacher read my paper. She said it was wonderful. 54. The dentist who stracted Jumana's tooth. A) Sentence fragment. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence fragment. 55. Is there a sentence fragment? When the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta began in 1972, only thirteen hot air balloons took to the sky. The festival drew more than five hundred ballooning teams in 2014. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 56. What type of grammar mistake is does the sentence have? I'm tired from waking up early for my classes I need to talk to my advisor to change my classes A) Comma Splice. B) Sentence Fragment. C) Run-On Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-On Sentence. 57. Having finished her dinner, Joy sat down to an evening of television. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run-On. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 58. Is this a sentence or fragment? Washing the dirty clothes A) Sentence. B) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 59. Is the following a complete sentence or a sentence fragment? In 1850, there were still about twenty million bison. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence. 60. Floyd Mayweather was, in my opinion, the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. A) Floyd Mayweather was in my opinion the best. Pound-for-pound boxer in the world. B) (This sentence is correct.). C) Floyd Mayweather was, in my opinion, the best pound-for-pound boxer; in the world. D) Floyd Mayweather was in my opinion-the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. 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