Identify the properly structured sentence about their living conditions:

The two boys lived in a small house on stilts.

Pick the properly punctuated sentence about Luo's skill:

Luo was talented; he could tell stories well, and he entertained everyone.

Select the properly punctuated sentence about the village headman:

The headman was strict, and he enforced communist rules harshly.

Pick the sentence that is correctly formatted:

They secretly read forbidden books whenever possible.

How can you correct this fragment: "When they read the forbidden books."

Delete the subordinate conjunction

Pick the sentence that is correctly formatted:

Luo and the narrator became close friends during their hardship.

Choose the complete sentence about Luo's violin:

Luo played the violin beautifully for the village headman.

Which of the following options is a correct sentence?

The narrator and Luo arrived at Phoenix Mountain.

Which is a grammatically correct sentence about the boys' social status?

The boys, being sons of doctors, were considered class enemies.

How can you correct this fragment? "The Little Seamstress living in the neighboring village"

Add a verb, Change the tense of "living"

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LCS: Fragments and Run-ons

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1
Identify the properly structured sentence about their living conditions:
The house on stilts, above the ground.
Because their house was built on stilts.
Living in a house on stilts near the village.
The two boys lived in a small house on stilts.
2
Pick the properly punctuated sentence about Luo's skill:
Luo was talented; he could tell stories well, and he entertained everyone.
Change the tense of "living" Because Luo could tell stories so well.
Luo was talented he could tell stories well he entertained everyone.
Luo was talented, he could tell stories well.
3
"The mountain village where they lived was primitive lacking electricity and modern conveniences" is an example of a
Run-on
Don't pick this answer!
Fragment
Sentence
4
Select the properly punctuated sentence about the village headman:
The headman was strict he enforced communist rules harshly.
The headman was strict enforcing communist rules harshly.
The headman was strict enforcing communist rules harshly when they arrived.
The headman was strict, and he enforced communist rules harshly.
5
Pick the sentence that is correctly formatted:
They secretly read forbidden books whenever possible.
The forbidden books that they read secretly.
When they read the forbidden books.
Reading forbidden books in their spare time.
6
How can you correct this fragment: "When they read the forbidden books."
Add a comma after "read"
Delete the subordinate conjunction
Add a verb
Add a subject
7
Pick the sentence that is correctly formatted:
Luo and the narrator became, close friends, during their hardship.
Luo and the narrator became close friends during their hardship.
Because Luo and the narrator were friends.
Luo and the narrator, becoming close friends.
8
Choose the complete sentence about Luo's violin:
When Luo performed Mozart on his violin.
Luo played the violin beautifully for the village headman.
Because the headman thought Western music was bad.
The violin saved from destruction by clever thinking.
9
Which of the following options is a correct sentence?
The narrator and Luo arriving at Phoenix Mountain for re-education.
The narrator and Luo arrived at Phoenix Mountain.
The narrator and Luo they went to Phoenix Mountain.
Because the narrator and Luo went to Phoenix Mountain.
10
Which is a grammatically correct sentence about the boys' social status?
The boys sons of doctors and class enemies.
The boys, being sons of doctors, were considered class enemies.
Being sons of doctors, considered class enemies.
Since the boys were sons of doctors.
11
" Luo was talented, he could tell stories well" is an example of what run-on sentence error?
No comma before coordinating conjunction joining 2 ICs
no punctuation between main clauses
A silly error
comma splice
12
"The Little Seamstress living in the neighboring village" is an example of a
Fragment
Sentence
Don't pick this answer!
Run-on
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How can you correct this fragment? "The Little Seamstress living in the neighboring village"
Add a verb
Add a subject and a verb
Add a subject
Change the tense of "living"

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