Question

1. Which of the following sentences includes a fragment?

A.Her cough finally calmed down. When she is smoking less, this is usually true.
B. Smoking less last month. That was when her cough finally calmed down.
C. Her cough finally calmed down after she started smoking less.
D. She was smoking less last month, so her cough calmed down.
2.
Choose the correct revision of the following fragment:
Troy and Gina dropped out of school. To join the army.
A. Troy and Gina dropped out of school: to join the army.
B. Troy and Gina dropped out of school, to join the army.
C. Troy and Gina dropped out of school to join the army.
D. Troy and Gina dropped out. Of school to join the army.
3.
Choose the correct strategy for revising the fragment To make their voices heard in the following passage:
The sixth-graders wrote letters to their senator about the proposed cuts to next year’s school budget. To make their voices heard.

A. Join the two by removing the period after budget and then making To lowercase.
B. Add in the Capitol after heard.
C. Join the two by putting a comma after budget and then making To lowercase.
D. Add more clearly after heard.
4. Which of the following sentences includes a fragment?
A. Skiing, football, and white-water rafting are dangerous sports. They are even more dangerous than other sports.
B. Some sports are more dangerous than others. Such as skiing, football, and white-water rafting.
C. Some sports are more dangerous than others, such as skiing, football, and white-water rafting.
D. Some sports are more dangerous than others. Skiing, football, and white-water rafting are good examples.
5. Choose the correct revision of the following fragment:
There are a few meals I cook almost every week. Such as homemade pizza and lentil soup.
A. There are a few meals I cook almost every week. Examples homemade pizza and lentil soup.
B. There are a few meals I cook. Almost every week, such as homemade pizza and lentil soup.
C. There are a few meals I cook almost every week: such as homemade pizza and lentil soup.
D. There are a few meals I cook almost every week such as homemade pizza and lentil soup.

Answer 1

1.) B
2.) C
3.) C
4.) B
5.) D

Answer 2

1) B

2) C

3) A

4) B

5) D

Step-by-step explanation:

1) A sentence fragment cannot stand on its own, it does not have complete meaning as it is missing parts of speech (Smoking less last month).

2) The best revision is "Troy and Gina dropped out of school to join the army" since there is no need to add a punctuation mark in the middle of the sentence.

3) The correct startegy to join both sentences is to remove the period after the owrd "budget" and making "to" lowercase.

4) A sentence fragment cannot stand on its own, it does not have complete meaning as it is missing parts of speech (Such as skiing, football, and white-water rafting).

5) The correct revision for the fragment is "There are a few meals I cook almost every week such as homemade pizza and lentil soup." In this case, no punctuation marks are needed in the middle of the sentence as in options A, B and C.