Exam 17: Sentence Problems Part Vi: Word Workshops

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "My sister spends hours on social media sites every day; some nights she stays home alone in her room to be with her Facebook friends

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "I woke up that morning and saw I was running late. Now I have to rush to the car and get to school in the worst traffic of the day"

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "Playing video games is another popular past-time it is certainly popular with all my friends"

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "After being around for over a century, people still find television very entertaining"

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "The teacher gave me the assignment, so I do it as soon as I get home"

Some fragments have both a subject and a verb.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "Social media are becoming a distraction to some people they're almost an addiction"

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "After a marathon gaming session, I greet my teachers with bloodshot eyes and sore thumbs"

Misplaced modifiers can be corrected with a semicolon or a period.

A comma splice can only be corrected with a period.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "On her sixth birthday, Allison rode a pony wearing a dress like a fairy-tale princess."

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "Because he was covered in fleas, Karl took his dog to the vet"

A shift in voice occurs when active and passive voice are mixed in a sentence.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "With nothing good on, I don't care too much about television"

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "Even though technology has made it easier to communicate, it has also flooded our attention with information"

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "I have a habit of playing video games late at night. Some nights the hours slip by before you know it"

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "Technology has given us a lot of gifts it has also created some real drains on our time"

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "Television can be a great distraction, some people watch six or more hours a day"

A run-on is a sentence that goes on for more than twenty words.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Seventeen. "To stop her dog from chasing cars, Carrie started walking it on a short leash"