Sentence- Skills Diagnostic Test
Angela Zheng
English Comp I 1101
Sentence- Skills Diagnostic Test
Fragments
____X___ 1. Until his mother called him twice. Barry did not get out of the bed. He had stayed up too late the night before.
Until his mother called him twice, Barry did not get out of the bed. He had stayed up too late the night before.
____C___ 2. After I slid my aching bones into the hot water of the tub, I realized there was no soap. I didn’t want to get out again.
____X___ 3. Mother elephants devote much of their time to child care. Nursing their babies up to eight years.
Mother elephants devote much of their time to child care, nursing their babies up to eight years.
____X___ 4. Sweating under this heavy load. Brain staggered up the stairs to his apartment. He felt as though his legs were crumbling beneath him.
Sweating under this heavy load, Brain staggered up the stairs to his apartment. He felt as though his legs were crumbling beneath him.
____C___ 5. I love to eat and cook Italian food, especially lasagna and ravioli. I make everything from scratch.
____X___ 6. One of my greatest joy is life is eating desserts. Such as blueberry cheesecake and vanilla cream puff. Almond fudge cake makes me want to dance.
One of my greatest joy is life is eating desserts, such as blueberry cheesecake and vanilla cream puff and almond fudge cake makes me want to dance.
Run-Ons
____C___ 7. He decided to stop smoking, for he didn’t want to die of lung cancer.
____C___ 8. The window shade snapped up like a gunshot; her cat leaped four feet of the floor.
____C___ 9. Billy is the meanest little kid on this block; he eats only the heads of the animal crackers.
____X___ 10.He knew he had flunked the driver’s exam, he ran over a stop sign.
He knew he had flunked the driver’s exam and he ran over a stop sign.
____X___ 11. My first boyfriend was five years old. We met every day in the playground
English Comp I 1101
Sentence- Skills Diagnostic Test
Fragments
____X___ 1. Until his mother called him twice. Barry did not get out of the bed. He had stayed up too late the night before.
Until his mother called him twice, Barry did not get out of the bed. He had stayed up too late the night before.
____C___ 2. After I slid my aching bones into the hot water of the tub, I realized there was no soap. I didn’t want to get out again.
____X___ 3. Mother elephants devote much of their time to child care. Nursing their babies up to eight years.
Mother elephants devote much of their time to child care, nursing their babies up to eight years.
____X___ 4. Sweating under this heavy load. Brain staggered up the stairs to his apartment. He felt as though his legs were crumbling beneath him.
Sweating under this heavy load, Brain staggered up the stairs to his apartment. He felt as though his legs were crumbling beneath him.
____C___ 5. I love to eat and cook Italian food, especially lasagna and ravioli. I make everything from scratch.
____X___ 6. One of my greatest joy is life is eating desserts. Such as blueberry cheesecake and vanilla cream puff. Almond fudge cake makes me want to dance.
One of my greatest joy is life is eating desserts, such as blueberry cheesecake and vanilla cream puff and almond fudge cake makes me want to dance.
Run-Ons
____C___ 7. He decided to stop smoking, for he didn’t want to die of lung cancer.
____C___ 8. The window shade snapped up like a gunshot; her cat leaped four feet of the floor.
____C___ 9. Billy is the meanest little kid on this block; he eats only the heads of the animal crackers.
____X___ 10.He knew he had flunked the driver’s exam, he ran over a stop sign.
He knew he had flunked the driver’s exam and he ran over a stop sign.
____X___ 11. My first boyfriend was five years old. We met every day in the playground