Major Errors: Fragments, Splices, Run-ons

Which option is not a sentence?

• He laughed uncontrollably.
• Rolled along the sidewalk.
• She loved running at night.
• Her dog barked and cried.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Drew Hayden Taylor’s critique of Stephen Harper’s apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task. 

• no error
• run-on sentence
• comma splice
• sentence fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Revision is essential to good writing, consequently it is important to develop a revision process that works. 

• no error
• run-on sentence
• comma splice
• sentence fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Successful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect. 

• no error
• run-on sentence
• comma splice
• sentence fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Some educated people believe in witchcraft, I am not one of them. 

• Run-on
• Comma splice
• Fragment
• Complete sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

I go to bed at 10:00 otherwise I can’t get up in the morning. 

• Run-on
• Comma splice
• Fragment
• Complete sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Our elm tree must be cut down because it has Dutch elm disease. 

• Run-on
• Comma splice
• Fragment
• Complete sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Which word is a subordinating conjunction?

• before

• offers

• to

• is

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which word is a subordinating conjunction?

• since

• last

• becomes

• blinking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What is the definition of fragment sentences?

• Two or more independent clauses connected improperly

• The subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number

• Sentences that missing either subject or verb

• Two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F