Sentence fragments exercises
1. C
2. F.(The second part is a dependent adeverb clause of result)
3. C
4. F.(The first is a dependent, it’s a dependent adverb clause)
5. C
6. C
7. F(Second part is a dependent adverb clause of concession)
8. F(Second part is a dependent adverb clause of purpose)
9. F(Second part is a dependent adverb clause)
10. C
11. F(First part is a present participle)
12. F(Second part is a dependent adverb clause of time)
13. F.(First part is a dependent adverb clause of concession)
14. C
15. F
16. F(lacks a predicate)
Results : 15/16
Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
1. He enjoys walking through the countryside and often goes backpacking on his vacations.
2. He often watched TV when there were only reruns on, but she preferred to read instead.
3. They weren’t dangerous criminals; they were detectives in disguise.
4. I didn’t know which job I wanted, because I was too confused to decide.
Results 4/4
Subject and Verb Agreement
1. Are
2. Is
3. Are
4. Is
5. Don’t
6. Doesn’t
7. Is
8. Lives
9. Takes
10. Want
11. Is
12. is
13. knows
14. Is
15. Is
16. Is
17. Are
18. Are
19. Were
20. Debates
21. Lead
22. Greet
23. Are
(22/23)
Eliminating Wordiness
1. Although Bradley Hall is regularly populated by students, close study of the building is seldom undertaken by them
2. He dropped out of school because he needed to help support his family.
3. The bus company’s new schedule will be announced in a few days.
4. There are many ways a student can meet a foreign student
5. It is unusual to find someone who hasn’t lied.
6. People who disobey rules cause trouble.
7. More than a thousand students attended a campus rally,five were arrested for disorderly conduct and several others were charged with organizing an unauthorized public meeting.
8. Students believe the most important subjects are the most useful.
9. In the future,college freshman will realize that they’ll need an academic adviser.10.Our company provides opportunities for growth in aerospace technology.
11.Some people believe in capital punishment while others do not.
(8/11)
Eliminating wordiness 2
1. Seventy five feet below the cliff, the reefs were barely visible beneath the fog.
2. Their car is gassed up and ready for a all night drive.
3. Sometimes Stan runs with Blanche, a good athlete that’s on the track team
4. The candy Taylor brought back from Europe was unlike American candy and tasted strange.
5. Government leader claim the creation of new jobs indicate a strong economy, yet forget to mention that these new low wage jobs are replacing better ones.
4/4
Eliminating wordiness part 3
Many People enjoy murder mysteries. These people are not necessarily, murderers nor witness one or solve one. They probably just enjoy murder mysteries because it provides a way for them to escape from the monotonous and boring everyday routine. To these people the murder mystery is a realistic fantasy. It’s realistic because the characters are believable people and not pasteboard figures. It’s also realistic because the hero, the one who solves the mystery, doesn’t do it by haphazard methods or trial and error but by be exercising a high degree of reason and skill. It is absolutely essential that that those who enjoy murder mysteries have an admiration for the faculty of logic.
Murder mysteries are also fantasies. The people who read such books play a game in which certain human emotion is suspended. Pity, for example is one such human emotion. If a reader were to stop and feel pity for every victim killed ,that person would not enjoy reading a murder mystery. A devoted reader of the murder mystery however keeps in mind that the goal, which is to arrive to a conclusion using logic the mystery to a conclusion with the use of logic and observation Whodunits hopefully hide the readers from the horrors of real life.
Prepositions
1. C
2. F.(The second part is a dependent adeverb clause of result)
3. C
4. F.(The first is a dependent, it’s a dependent adverb clause)
5. C
6. C
7. F(Second part is a dependent adverb clause of concession)
8. F(Second part is a dependent adverb clause of purpose)
9. F(Second part is a dependent adverb clause)
10. C
11. F(First part is a present participle)
12. F(Second part is a dependent adverb clause of time)
13. F.(First part is a dependent adverb clause of concession)
14. C
15. F
16. F(lacks a predicate)
Results : 15/16
Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
1. He enjoys walking through the countryside and often goes backpacking on his vacations.
2. He often watched TV when there were only reruns on, but she preferred to read instead.
3. They weren’t dangerous criminals; they were detectives in disguise.
4. I didn’t know which job I wanted, because I was too confused to decide.
Results 4/4
Subject and Verb Agreement
1. Are
2. Is
3. Are
4. Is
5. Don’t
6. Doesn’t
7. Is
8. Lives
9. Takes
10. Want
11. Is
12. is
13. knows
14. Is
15. Is
16. Is
17. Are
18. Are
19. Were
20. Debates
21. Lead
22. Greet
23. Are
(22/23)
Eliminating Wordiness
1. Although Bradley Hall is regularly populated by students, close study of the building is seldom undertaken by them
2. He dropped out of school because he needed to help support his family.
3. The bus company’s new schedule will be announced in a few days.
4. There are many ways a student can meet a foreign student
5. It is unusual to find someone who hasn’t lied.
6. People who disobey rules cause trouble.
7. More than a thousand students attended a campus rally,five were arrested for disorderly conduct and several others were charged with organizing an unauthorized public meeting.
8. Students believe the most important subjects are the most useful.
9. In the future,college freshman will realize that they’ll need an academic adviser.10.Our company provides opportunities for growth in aerospace technology.
11.Some people believe in capital punishment while others do not.
(8/11)
Eliminating wordiness 2
1. Seventy five feet below the cliff, the reefs were barely visible beneath the fog.
2. Their car is gassed up and ready for a all night drive.
3. Sometimes Stan runs with Blanche, a good athlete that’s on the track team
4. The candy Taylor brought back from Europe was unlike American candy and tasted strange.
5. Government leader claim the creation of new jobs indicate a strong economy, yet forget to mention that these new low wage jobs are replacing better ones.
4/4
Eliminating wordiness part 3
Many People enjoy murder mysteries. These people are not necessarily, murderers nor witness one or solve one. They probably just enjoy murder mysteries because it provides a way for them to escape from the monotonous and boring everyday routine. To these people the murder mystery is a realistic fantasy. It’s realistic because the characters are believable people and not pasteboard figures. It’s also realistic because the hero, the one who solves the mystery, doesn’t do it by haphazard methods or trial and error but by be exercising a high degree of reason and skill. It is absolutely essential that that those who enjoy murder mysteries have an admiration for the faculty of logic.
Murder mysteries are also fantasies. The people who read such books play a game in which certain human emotion is suspended. Pity, for example is one such human emotion. If a reader were to stop and feel pity for every victim killed ,that person would not enjoy reading a murder mystery. A devoted reader of the murder mystery however keeps in mind that the goal, which is to arrive to a conclusion using logic the mystery to a conclusion with the use of logic and observation Whodunits hopefully hide the readers from the horrors of real life.
Prepositions
- (20/20
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