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Sentence Problems 1

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  1. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   Bruce and Lori noticed that the little girl was crying, they stopped to see what was wrong.
    2.   During our recent visit to Toronto, we watched the Blue Jays play in the Skydome.
    3.   Feeling tired after the match in which our team was defeated by our closest rival.
    4.   Many people had great difficulty getting to work this morning, because of the overnight snow storm roads were like sheets of ice.
  2. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   With regard to the proposed business plan, which obviously took a lot of time to prepare.
    2.   It must.
    3.   Having spent a lot of time and effort on a project that my supervisor eventually rejected.
    4.   Only half of the class handed in the homework assignment it was due yesterday.
  3. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   Exhausted from hiking for so long, they fell asleep in the shade of an old elm tree.
    2.   Imagine for a moment technical advances over the next twenty years, they will greatly impact our way of living.
    3.   The skills which one needs to be a successful lawyer, he has them all.
    4.   My friend promised to help me get a job interview with that company he has been working there for several months.
  4. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   She edited her paragraph for grammar mistakes, the professor found several nevertheless.
    2.   I liked the food very much we ate it at the restaurant last night.
    3.   Stepping forward shyly, the small boy.
    4.   In order to stimulate economic growth, the government should provide more money to new businesses.
  5. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   Many single parents are able to bring their children to the workplace daycare centres are provided by their employers.
    2.   Despite losing 6-3, the team had played well and received a thunderous cheer from the appreciative fans in attendance.
    3.   Even though my old shoes look bad, but they are more comfortable than my new ones.
    4.   In order to be successful at university, excellent study habits and notetaking skills plus a willingness to learn new things.
  6. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   A paragraph needs good supporting sentences which help explain the topic and controlling idea.
    2.   The picture of my grandmother which now hangs above the fireplace.
    3.   The pedestrian didn't have a chance to escape being hit by the car the accident happened so quickly.
    4.   Unless the plane is late, or we are delayed because of heavy traffic on the way to the airport.
  7. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   I wasn't really interested in the movie, I continued watching it anyway.
    2.   I wasn't able to go to the office today I have a bad cold.
    3.   Are they?
    4.   Capital punishment is an issue which nobody has neutral feelings about, people are either in favour of it or against it.
  8. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   I don't think he is really sick, he just wants to have a day off.
    2.   I have seen this movie a couple of times, I still enjoy watching it.
    3.   She left her purse on the chair when she got back, it was gone.
    4.   The line of customers hoping to buy the latest software products stretched to the store entrance and beyond.
  9. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   Worrying about your child's safety and well-being, no matter how old they are, is a natural part of parenthood.
    2.   Although ice hockey is the most popular sport in Canada, but it is not the country's official national sport.
    3.   Wrote several highly successful novels, one of which became the basis for a movie.
    4.   We don't have very much time to complete this project let's get started right away.
  10. Identify the one sentence which is not a comma splice, run-on, or fragment.
    1.   Under the small wooden table in the corner of the room.
    2.   Is she?
    3.   Although there were many people around me at all times, but I never felt more alone than when I lived in a large city.
    4.   The tall man who is wearing the light blue jeans and yellow windbreaker jacket.