This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Fragments – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fragments Quiz 55 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is this a complete sentence? We found Saipan on a map. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 2. Is this a complete sentence? Ms. Khan typed a note on the old typewriter. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 3. He was one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 4. What is a common mistake with sentence fragments? A) They are too long and complex. B) They do not express a complete thought or idea. C) They lack subject or verb. D) They contain too many punctuation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They do not express a complete thought or idea. 5. My brother plays soccer. A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 6. What is the main cause of sentence fragments? A) Using too many conjunctions. B) Including unnecessary punctuation. C) Using run-on sentences. D) Missing a subject or a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Missing a subject or a verb. 7. "My very energetic son." A) Complete sentence. B) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence fragment. 8. 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. 9. The cats. A) Sentence. B) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence fragment. 10. I jumped over the stream. This is an example of a ..... A) Complete sentence. B) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 11. Return the pliers to the toolbox in the garage when you're done. A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperative. 12. An action; something you can do A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 13. 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: A) The students worked on their tests while the teacher graded papers. 14. 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. 15. Because I like to sleep. A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 16. 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. 17. Aleena picked up the book. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 18. A key finding from her intensive, field, studies is the extent to which elephant survival depends on learned behavior. A) No Change. B) Intensive field studies. C) Intensive field studies,. D) Intensive, field studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intensive field studies. 19. What is missing in the incomplete thought? Dogs that do tricks. A) Subject. B) Verb/predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb/predicate. 20. Slowly dragging himself into the huddle A) Fragment. B) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 21. America, the greatest country in the world. A) Sentence. B) Run-ons. C) Fragment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragment. 22. 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. 23. To know everything is quite impossible. A) Sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run-On. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence. 24. 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. 25. 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. 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