Question

(1) Unlike cavemen thousands of years ago, people today eat many whole grain foods. (2) Like bread, cereal, rice, and pasta. (3) Fruits and vegetables are also an important part of people's diets today. (4) Vegetables are an excellent source of nutrition.

Which sentence above is a fragment?
A.
sentence 2
B.
sentence 3
C.
sentence 1
D.
sentence 4

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The fragment in the given sentences is sentence 2.

Sentence 2, "Like bread, cereal, rice, and pasta," is a dependent clause and does not express a complete thought. It lacks a subject and a verb, making it a fragment. It is important for sentences to have a subject and a verb to convey a complete idea.

To correct this fragment, we could revise it by adding a subject and verb. For example, "Many whole grain foods, like bread, cereal, rice, and pasta, are commonly eaten by people today." This revised sentence contains a subject ("many whole grain foods") and a verb ("are commonly eaten"), making it a complete sentence.