1. Which of the following is a fragmented sentence?
A. I scheduled my exam for Sunday; my plan is spend four or five hours studying on Saturday.
B. Passengers should stay seated. Until the train comes to a complete stop in the station.
C. The county animal shelter is having an adoption drive at the park this weekend.
D. When the neighbors have a party, it's difficult to find a place to park on the street.
2. Identify the sentence with correct parallel construction from the choices below
A. Pat likes to jog, hiking, and playing football.
B. At the garage, mechanics changed the oil, fixed the brakes and checked the transmission.
C. The production manager was asked to write his report quickly, accurate, and in a thorough manner.
D. The delegates spent the day arguing with each other rather than work together to find common solutions.
3. When emailing a coworker, you should
A. use correct grammar, punctuation and spelling.
B. not worry about length.
C. use slang.
D. express your emotions freely.
4. Which of the following is a type of business letter?
A. Rejection
B. Recommendation
C. Complaint
D. Positive
5. Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?
A. Mary watched nearly two hundred movies last year.
B. Looking toward the south, a funnel cloud stirred up the dust.
C. They saw a fence made of barbed wire behind the house.
D. The four men eating lunch talked quietly in the corner.
6. Identify the run-on sentence from the choices below.
A. I didn't know which job I wanted, I was too confused to decide.
B. I am happy because I did well on my exam.
C. She likes to read, but he would rather watch television.
D. He enjoys nature and often goes camping.