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Sentence Fragments: Answer Key to Exercise #1
F 1. Then I attended Morris Junior High. A
junior high that was a bad experience. (dependent clause)
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. (dependent
clause)
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. (no
main verb)
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 that you should be in control.
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. (dependent
clause)
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. (dependent clause)
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. (dependent clause)
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. (dependent clause)
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.
(dependent clause)
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.
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. (dependent
clause)
F 16. Being a friend of mine like he was
when we first joined the soccer team. Together we learned a lot.
(dependent clause)
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You can return to the handout on sentence fragments at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/printhandouts/grammar/g_frag.html
or continue on to exercise 2 at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/grammar/g_fragEX2.html.
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