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Example: The following word
group is a FRAGMENT: The boy, upstairs
in his room.
__ True
__ False
Part I: True or False
1. The following word group is
a FRAGMENT: That movie, one of my favorites.
__True
__False
2. The following word group is
a FRAGMENT: The local baseball team, needing a good pitcher most of all.
__True
__False
3. The following word group is
a FRAGMENT: Using a flashlight, he looked under the bed for his shoes.
__True
__False
4. The capitalized verb agrees
with the subject: Three employees from our company and one from our competitor
WAS fired.
__True
__False
5. The capitalized verb agrees
with the subject: Three of my friends LIKE this band.
__True
__False
6. The capitalized verb agrees
with the subject: Six girls and one boy
WAS in the dance class.
__True
__False
7. Quotation marks are
correctly used in the following sentence, the entire sentence is correctly
punctuated, and all words in the sentence are correctly capitalized:
"This is a fantastic
opportunity", the salesman insisted.
__True
__False
8. Quotation marks are
correctly used in the following sentence, the entire sentence is correctly
punctuated, and all words in the sentence are correctly capitalized:
"Are you
serious?!?" Fred asked.
__True
__False
9. Quotation marks are
correctly used in the following sentence, the entire sentence is correctly
punctuated, and all words in the sentence are correctly capitalized:
My best friend said that
"She'd heard something like that."
__True
__False
Part II: Multiple Choice
In the following sentences,
identify if the word grouping contains sentence fragments, a comma splice, or a
run-on sentence, or if the grouping is a complete sentence.
10. Cats, unlike dogs are fond
of sitting on laps.
11. I don't know what you want
me to do, the directions are not clear.
12. While I like bacon, it is
not good for me.
13. I like chocolate she likes
butterscotch.
14. When one buys insurance, you
need to be clear about your needs.
15. The teacher said they were
going to grade the test over the weekend.
16. Sally told Janice that she
made the honor roll.
17. The new employees worked
long hours, hoping that doing so would advance their careers.
18. Dave hoped that Steve and __
would win the tennis tournament.
19. Lisa hoped that Shelly had
remembered to ask her mother for the chocolate chip cookies.
20. When we we're (A) on our way
home, we were (B) eager to get they're (C).
21. Identify the location or
locations where apostrophe errors occur:
"Put the clothes over
they're (A)," he said. "That is where they're (B) going."
22. Identify the location or
locations where apostrophe errors occur:
When the dog knocked over
it's (A) bowl, the little girl claimed that the dog wasn't (B) her's (C).
23. Which portion of this
sentence followed by a letter is not parallel?
The company president
inspired his employees (A), charmed the press (B), and redefined his company's
strategic plan (C).
24. Which portion of this
sentence followed by a letter is not parallel?
The clown juggles (A), makes
balloon animals (B), and will paint faces (C).
25. Which portion of this
sentence followed by a letter is not parallel?
The retired fireman liked
fishing (A), to hunt (B), and watching basketball on television (C).
26. Choose the correct verb
tenses required in the following sentence.
Whenever I __ to the
grocery, I always ___ for fresh produce.
27. Choose the appropriate
irregular verb form in the following sentence.
In light of recent
developments, the company president ___ his position.
28. Choose the appropriate
irregular verb form in the following sentence.
I was surprised by how
successful Janice ____.
29. Choose the appropriate
irregular verb form in the following sentence.
In retrospect, Jason
shouldn't have taken that important business call right after he'd been ___.
30. Investing in pure research
___ yields no immediate profit, can be hard to justify when a company is in
financial difficulties.
31. I had hoped the police would
blame Bruce, not ___.
32. Some interviewers ____ have
a clear sense of what they want in an employee, ask very tough questions.
33. A venture capitalist has to
be willing to take risks when ___ invests ___ money.
34. Many times people will ask a
writer where ____ gets ____ ideas.
Part III: Revision
In this section of the
final, revise the sentences provided to correct the grammar errors indicated.
(In many cases there will be more than one correct alternative to the sentence
provided; credit will be given for all correct answers.)
Revise the following word
groups to remove all fragments and/or parallelism errors.
35. I like baseball because it
is fun and teaches me about the sport.
36. The White Sox are really
good at the fundamentals of baseball. Which is why they won the World Series in
2005.
37. Studying is hard work many
students find they study better when they take regular breaks.
38. Some tests are so hard that
no one does well on them other tests are too easy and don't really test
comprehension.
39. One of my friends want to
attend my graduation ceremony.
40. Seven cats, two monkeys, and
a dog plays in the store window.
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