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Fragment Activity 20161109 J

This document provides examples of sentence fragments and complete sentences. It asks the reader to identify whether groups of sentences are complete (C) or contain fragments (F). It then provides explanations for the fragments and suggestions for combining sentences to make them complete. The purpose is to help writers identify and correct sentence fragments in their writing.

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Fragment Activity 20161109 J

This document provides examples of sentence fragments and complete sentences. It asks the reader to identify whether groups of sentences are complete (C) or contain fragments (F). It then provides explanations for the fragments and suggestions for combining sentences to make them complete. The purpose is to help writers identify and correct sentence fragments in their writing.

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Academic Skills Grammar- Fragments

Activity
Fragments
The sentences below appeared in papers written by students. Act as their editor,
marking a C if the sentences in the group are all complete and an F if any of the
sentences in the group is a fragment. Could you tell these writers why the fragments are
incomplete sentences?

_F__ 1. Then I attended Morris Junior High. A junior high that was a bad experience.

The two sentence fragments should be combined into one complete sentence.

I then attended Morris Junior High, which was a bad experience.

_F__2. The scene was filled with beauty. Such as the sun sending its brilliant rays to the
earth and the leaves of various shades of red, yellow, and brown moving slowly in the
wind.

The two sentence fragments should be combined into one complete sentence.

The scene was filled with beauty, such as the sun sending its brilliant rays to the earth;
the leaves of various shades of red, yellow, and brown moved slowly in the wind.

__C_ 3. He talked for fifty minutes without taking his eyes off his notes. Like other
teachers in that department, he did not encourage students' questions.

F__4. Within each group, a wide range of features to choose from. It was difficult to
distinguish between them.

The first statement is a fragment. It should be combined with the second to make a
single complete sentence.

Within each group was a wide range of features which were difficult to distinguish.

_C_5. A few of the less serious fellows would go into a bar for a steak dinner and a few
glasses of beer. After this meal, they were ready for anything.

_C__6. It can be really embarrassing to be so emotional. Especially when you are on


your first date, you feel like you should be in control.

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F__7. The magazine has a reputation for a sophisticated, prestigious, and elite group of
readers. Although that is a value judgment and in circumstances not a true premise.

The second statement is a fragment. It should be combined with the first.

The magazine has a reputation for a sophisticated, prestigious, and elite group of
readers; although that is a value judgment and in circumstances not a true premise.

__F_8. In the seventh grade every young boy goes out for football. To prove to himself
and his parents that he is a man.

The second statement is a fragment. It should be combined with the first sentence.

In the seventh grade, every young boy goes out for football to prove to himself and his
parents that he is a man.

_F__ 9. She opened the door and let us into her home. Not realizing at the time that we
would never enter that door in her home again.

The second statement is a fragment. The two statements should be restructured into
two sentences.

She opened the door and let us into her home. We didn’t realize at the time that we
would enter her home again.

_C_10. As Christmas grows near, I find myself looking back into my childhood days at
fun-filled times of snowball fights. To think about this makes me happy.

F _11. Making up his mind quickly. Jim ordered two dozen red roses for his wife. Hoping
she would accept his apology.

The first and third statements are fragments. Combine them all in to a coherent
sentence. Jim quickly decided to order two dozen roses for his wife, hoping she would
accept his apology.

F 12. They were all having a good time. Until one of Joe's oldest and best friends had
a little too much to drink.

The second statement is a fragment. Combine them both into one.

They were all having a good time, until one of Joe’s oldest and best friends had a little
too much to drink.

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_F 13. Although it only attained a speed of about twelve miles an hour. My old rowboat
with its three-horsepower motor seemed like a high-speed job to me

Both statements are sentence fragments. Combine them into one sentence.

Although it only attained a speed of about twelve miles per hour, my old three
horsepower rowboat felt high speed to me.

_C__ 14. With my brother standing by my side, I reached for the pot handle. Tilting the
pot way too much caused the boiling water to spill.

_F__ 15. The small, one-story houses are all the same size and style. With no
difference except the color.

The second statement is a sentence fragment. Combine it with the first.

The small one-story houses are all the same size and style, only differing in color.

__F_16. Being a friend of mine like he was when we first joined the soccer team.
Together we learned a lot.

Both statements are sentence fragments. Combine them into a complete sentence.

We were friends when we first joined the soccer team and learned a lot together.

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