Worksheet

Fix Fragments and Run-Ons

Grade 4 - Grammar - Building Confidence

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  1. Which revision fixes this fragment: "Because the bridge bent."

    • Because the bridge bent.
    • Because because because.
    • Because the bridge bent, the team added supports.
    • The bridge bent the team added supports.

  2. Which revision fixes this run-on: "The bridge bent the team added supports."

    • Because the bridge bent.
    • The bridge bent, so the team added supports.
    • The bridge bent the team added supports.
    • Because the bridge bent the team added supports.

  3. Which group of words is a fragment?

    • Orion appeared, and Kenji drew it in his notebook.
    • The sentence is complete.
    • Kenji drew it in his notebook.
    • When Orion appeared in the winter sky.

  4. Why is "After the rain stopped, Luis checked the riverbank." complete?

    • It has no predicate.
    • It completes the thought that starts with after.
    • It is complete because it is long.
    • It is only a prepositional phrase.

  5. In the complete sentence "Because the bridge bent, the team added supports.", which words are the predicate?

    • the relative pronoun
    • the team
    • the punctuation
    • added supports

  6. Which revision fixes this fragment: "The student with the missing notebook."

    • The student with the missing notebook searched the library cart.
    • Because because because.
    • The notebook was missing the student searched the cart.
    • The student with the missing notebook.

  7. Which revision fixes this run-on: "Orion appeared Kenji drew it in his notebook."

    • Orion appeared, and Kenji drew it in his notebook.
    • No punctuation is ever needed.
    • Orion appeared Kenji drew it in his notebook.
    • When Orion appeared in the winter sky.

  8. Which group of words is a fragment?

    • A basket of new graphic novels waited beside the rug.
    • The sentence is complete.
    • A basket of new graphic novels.
    • A basket waited beside the rug.

  9. Why is "Because the bridge bent, the team added supports." complete?

    • It has no predicate.
    • It joins two thoughts with no punctuation.
    • It has both the cause and the complete result.
    • It is complete because it is long.

  10. In the complete sentence "The student with the missing notebook searched the library cart.", which words are the predicate?

    • searched the library cart
    • the relative pronoun
    • The student
    • The student with the missing notebook.
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