Exercise A: Recognizing Fragments

 

Part I.

Directions: Indicate whether the following examples are complete sentences or fragments by clicking the appropriate icon.

1 While I was shopping at the local supermarket.
Fragment
Complete
2 My mother and I met at the restaurant.
Fragment
Complete
3 Although I hate having to work later than 7:00.
Fragment
Complete
4 To impress the new professor.
Fragment
Complete
5 Before a test, I try to get plenty of sleep.
Fragment
Complete
6 Staring out of the window above the kitchen sink.
Fragment
Complete
7 Up late, I decided to call my friend in California.
Fragment
Complete
8 Dreaming of a bigger house with a garden and room for an office.
Fragment
Complete
9 Especially old movies starring Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart.
Fragment
Complete
10 To get to the library by bus.
Fragment
Complete

 

Part II.

Directions: Indicate whether each example contains a word group that is a fragment by clicking on the appropriate letter. If the paragraph contains no fragments, click "OK."

1 a. I had my hair cut short for the summer. b. To help myself stay cool. c. Now I can’t wait to have long hair again.
a.
b.
c.
OK
2 a. When I was twelve, my parents took me to Mexico. b. I loved everything about that trip. c. Especially the long days we spent at the beach.
a.
b.
c.
OK
3 a. Jennifer is taking a night course in English. b. Also in computers. c. She hopes to finish her degree by next summer.
a.
b.
c.
OK
4 a. Katy rides her bike for three miles every day. b. Then does two miles on the treadmill. c. She says she has never been in such good shape.
a.
b.
c.
OK
5 a. Hoping to find a good deal on an apartment. b. Paul poured over the classifieds. c. He plans to spend at least a month looking for an apartment.
a.
b.
c.
OK
6 a. I love to cook. b. Anything from pasta to fish to key lime pie. c. I would spend all day in the kitchen if I could.
a.
b.
c.
OK
7 a. We went to see Space Invaders last Saturday. b. It was so awful, we walked out. c. Right in the middle of a space battle.
a.
b.
c.
OK
8 a. Paul spent all day hauling heavy boxes up the stairs. b. Paul, who hates to exercise. c. He says he’ll never move again.
a.
b.
c.
OK