Sentence Fragments

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Read each short passage that follows. Determine which part is the fragment: Maria wasn't watching her plate of barbecue very carefully. , So Santana, the family beagle, snatched a chicken leg hanging over the edge., As baked beans and potato salad slid onto Maria's new sandals.

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As baked beans and potato salad slid onto Maria's new sandals.

Front

Read each short passage that follows. Determine which part is the fragment: Ever since Andre peeked at Melissa's paper during the biology exam, Guilt has consumed him., Even the blueberries floating in his cereal bowl seem like the accusing eyes of Dr. Gregory, his microbiology instructor.

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Ever since Andre peeked at Melissa's paper during the biology exam

Front

Read each short passage that follows. Determine which part is the fragment: James opened the door of his cluttered refrigerator., Which caused a pint of blueberries to fall to the floor. , The fruit bounced and rolled everywhere in an explosion of indigo.

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Which caused a pint of blueberries to fall to the floor.

Front

Determine which part is the fragment: Richie loves to walk his friends' dogs at Lake Eola Park. For example, Kim's Labrador retriever Murphy or Gary's bulldog Kembo. Beautiful women, Richie has learned, gravitate toward guys with cute dogs.

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For example, Kim's Labrador retriever Murphy or Gary's bulldog Kembo.

Front

Determine which part is the fragment: Head down, Lela stared at the textbook on her desk., She understood the fragment practice that Mrs. Markham was going over in class., But was too shy to raise her hand and volunteer an answer.

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But was too shy to raise her hand and volunteer an answer.

Front

Read each short passage that follows. Determine which part is the fragment: Joshua found the pressure from the gas in his stomach unbearable. Although he didn't want to be rude in the middle of geology class. An explosive belch erupted from his mouth.

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Although he didn't want to be rude in the middle of geology class.

Front

Read each short passage that follows. Determine which part is the fragment: Phillip left work early. / To memorize the vocabulary that his Spanish midterm would test the next day. / But all that he could think about was Beatrice, the cute new sales associate who worked in the camera department.

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To memorize the vocabulary that his Spanish midterm would test the next day.

Front

Read each short passage that follows. Determine which part is the fragment: Chewing the dry, tough, whole-grain bread bought from the health food store., Lorena tried to enjoy her lunch., Fantasizing about a juicy cheeseburger on a soft white bun didn't improve the taste of the soy product sandwiched between leaves of organic lettuce.

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Chewing the dry, tough, whole-grain bread bought from the health food store.

Front

Identify the fragment in the passage: My cat Fuzz loves to sleep in inconvenient places., Lately she prefers the computer table., Where her long hair sticks to the mouse pad, covers the keyboard, and clings to the screen of the monitor.

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Where her long hair sticks to the mouse pad, covers the keyboard, and clings to the screen of the monitor.

Front

Identify the fragment in the passage: Rocking and thrashing like a wild horse that cowboys had lassoed., The washer complained about its overloaded tub. , At the other end of the Laundromat, Bobby quietly read an old magazine, pretending that it was not his machine.

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Rocking and thrashing like a wild horse that cowboys had lassoed.