Question

9. Choose the correct explanation for why Hoping to beat his time from last year is a fragment in the following passage:

Theo trained four times a week all year in preparation for the marathon. Hoping to beat his time from last year.

A. It is missing a direct object.
B.It begins with an –ing form of a verb.
C.It does not have a subject.
D.It is too short.

Answer 1

I believe it is C. It does not have a subject

Answer 2

C. It does not have a subject.

Step-by-step explanation:

A fragment is a group of words similar to a sentence in the sense that it starts with a capital letter and ends with an end mark but that in reality, it is not a sentence as it does not convey a complete idea. In this sense, a fragment is more like a phrase or a dependent clause, but standing alone.

Hoping to beat his time from last year. is a fragment because it does not express a complete thought. In order to correct it, we must add an independent or main clause that contains a subject, for example:

Hoping to beat his time from last year, Theo was determined to work even harder this time.

Theo: Subject.