Sentence fragments quiz: Identify and correct incomplete sentences.

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ⚠️ A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. It may lack a subject, a verb, or both.
• 🔎 A subject is who or what performs the action.
• ✍️ A verb is the action itself.
• 🔗 To correct a fragment, add the missing subject or verb, or combine it with a related independent clause.
• 💡 An independent clause contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is a sentence fragment?
   1. The dog barked loudly.
   2. Because it was raining.
   3. She ate an apple.
   4. They went to the store.
2. How can you correct the following fragment: "Running quickly down the street."
   1. Running quickly down the street, she was.
   2. She was running quickly down the street.
   3. Quickly running down the street.
   4. Down the street she was running quickly.
3. Identify the missing element in the sentence fragment: "The old, wooden chair."
   1. Subject
   2. Verb
   3. Object
   4. Preposition
4. Which of the following corrections is best for the fragment: "After the movie."
   1. After the movie, we.
   2. After the movie ended.
   3. After the movie, it was late.
   4. After the movie, going home.
5. Which of these is NOT a reason a sentence might be a fragment?
   1. Missing Subject
   2. Missing Verb
   3. Complete Thought
   4. Dependent Clause standing alone
6. What is wrong with this sentence: "Because he felt sick."
   1. Nothing, it is a complete sentence.
   2. It is missing a comma.
   3. It is a dependent clause without an independent clause.
   4. It has too many verbs.
7. Choose the correctly formed sentence from the options below:
   1. Although, I was tired.
   2. Since, it was raining.
   3. Because the car broke down.
   4. The sun was shining brightly.