QUESTION 1   Choose the best explanation of what is wrong in the...

QUESTION 1

 

1. Choose the best explanation of what is wrong in the sentence structure:
   
   In Northern Europe, people killed as sacrifices were placed in sphagnum bogs. Because, like the Peruvian mountaintops, sphagnum moss preserved bodies.

 

	a.	fragment: no subject
	b.	fragment: no verb
	c.	fragment: subordinate clause

 

 

 

QUESTION 2

 

1. Explain which sentence in the pair fits the pattern described:
   Two main clauses

 

	a.	Stephen King writes wonderful stories, so his huge reputation is not surprising.
	b.	His stories can be filmed easily, partly because they are full of action.

 

 

 

QUESTION 3

 

1. Choose the best explanation for what is wrong in the sentence structure:
   Because she had to leave before the coach turned back into a pumpkin.

 

	a.	fused sentence
	b.	fragment: subordinate clause
	c.	fragment: no verb

 

 

 

QUESTION 4

 

1. Choose the best explanation of what is wrong in the sentence structure:
   Robots doing much more now than they could twenty years ago.

 

	a.	fused sentence
	b.	fragment: no verb
	c.	fragment: subordinate clause

 

 

 

QUESTION 5

 

1. Explain which sentence in the pair fits the pattern described:
   A main clause and a subordinate clause

 

	a.	He often satirized the upper classes, but in fact he turned his wit on everyone.
	b.	He hated Quebec nationalism, which he saw as trying to destroy the country.

 

 

 

QUESTION 6

 

1. Choose the best explanation of what is wrong in the sentence structure:
   We think of mummies as Egyptian the ancient Chinese also mummified bodies.

 

	a.	fused sentence
	b.	fragment: no subject
	c.	fragment: no verb

 

 

 

QUESTION 7

 

1. Choose the best explanation for what is wrong in the sentence structure:
   The mummy is now on exhibit in Cairo specifically it is in the National Museum.

 

	a.	fused sentence
	b.	fragment: no subject
	c.	fragment: subordinate clause

 

 

 

QUESTION 8

 

1. Pick the correctly constructed sentence:

 

	a.	Richler's novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is very funny it has been filmed.
	b.	Duddy is an ambitious young hustler who rapidly learns the tricks of hustling.

 

 

 

QUESTION 9

 

1. Choose the best explanation for what is wrong in the sentence structure:
   Researchers unwrapping the mummy carefully preserved in an ancient tomb.

 

	a.	fused sentence
	b.	fragment: no subject
	c.	fragment: no verb

 

 

 

QUESTION 10

 

1. Pick the correctly constructed sentence:

 

	a.	Stories that are hard to believe are called tall tales.
	b.	Fishermen sometimes tell tall tales they exaggerate the size of the fish they caught.