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GRAMMAR #6: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (50 points)
Read the following descriptions of various types of sentence fragments to do the exercise on the back.
A) Adverb clause (starts with a dependent word such
as after, because, although, since, if, though, when,
while, unless, or until)
Fragment: After I left the ballpark.
F) Prepositional phrase (begins with a preposition
such as at, to, toward, in, on, up, or by, and ends with a
noun or pronoun)
Fragment: By the parking lot.
B) Adjective clause (starts with a dependent word
such as who, which, or that)
Fragment: Who gives out candy.
G) Infinitive phrase (starts with to followed by a
present-tense verb)
Fragment: To run like the wind.
C) Present participle (starts with a verb form that
ends in -ing, such as going, walking, or thinking, and
doesn’t contain another verb)
Fragment: Studying the book intently.
H) Appositive phrase (renames a noun or a pronoun
but doesn’t do the action of a verb)
Fragment: I met Tom. My sister’s boyfriend.
Fragment: My sports hero is Nolan Ryan. The only
man to pitch seven no-hitters.
D) Past participle (starts with a verb form that ends in
-ed, -d, -t, or -n, like followed, slept, or broken, but
doesn’t contain a another verb)
Fragment: Auctioned at the fire sale.
E) Noun-participle phrase (has a noun followed by
either a present or a past participle but not a complete
verb combined with a form of to be)
Fragment: The woman driving.
Fragment: The picture found in the garage.
J) Added detail phrase or added list (missing a
subject and a verb; often starts with a term like such as,
especially, including, particularly, for example, or like)
Fragment: I love the beach. Warm, sunny, and tranquil.
Fragment: Stanley Kubrick made great movies. Such as
A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The
Shining.
K) Conjunction-verb phrase (starts with a coordinating [FANBOYS] conjunction that is followed by a verb)
Fragment: She likes the dress. And wants to buy it.
In the blanks below, write “OK” if the line is a complete sentence. If the line is a fragment, write the letter
(A-K) that tells what type of fragment it is. THEN, ON YOUR OWN PAPER OR BELOW, TURN TWO OF
THESE FRAGMENTS INTO COMPLETE SENTENCES.
_____1. That her sister gently told her.
_____11. Children playing on a blue beach.
_____2. And yet she had loved him—sometimes.
_____12. If only they had had a little more time!
_____3. Often she had not.
_____13. The man in Morris Center who went crazy.
_____4. But Richards was too late.
_____14. Asking for an apron and her little shawl.
_____5. Which represents freedom for Louise.
_____15. To be sure.
_____6. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of
days that would be her own.
_____16. Coming out here and trying to get her own house
to turn against her.
_____7. Freed from the restrictions of married life.
_____17. Pretty cold out there.
_____8. Descending the stairs, she feels radiant.
_____18. No sign at all of anyone having come from the
outside.
_____9. Just as I believed that the heavens declared the
glory of God’s handiwork.
_____19. In that cupboard, maybe.
_____10. Dismayed by the new information.
_____20. Especially the cherry preserves.
NOTE: Several sentences taken from works by Kate Chopin, Arthur C. Clarke, and Susan Glaspell are not cited since this is just an exercise.