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RunOnSent
encesQuest
ions

Someoft
hefoll
owi
ngsentenceshaveerr
ors;other
sarecorr
ect
.Wri
te“corr
ect
”fort
hoset
hat
hav
enoer
ror
s.Rewr
it
ethesentencest
hatcontai
nerror
s.(
Answer
scanvary
.)

1.Hect orst udiedv eryhar d,sohepassedt het est.

2.Mar iawasv erybeaut if
ulther eforeshewaschosenqueenoft hepr om.
3.Av i
tal hasl ot soff r
iendsshei sverygood- nat ured.
4.Sincet heempl oyerrequiredahi ghschool diploma, IhadtopasstheGEDt est.
5.Helenawasagoodshoppershesav edlotsofmoney .
6.Thepol i
ticiandi dnotdomuchcampai gningnev erthelesshewasel ect
ed.
7.Althought het eam ralli
ed, i
tlostt hegame.
8.Fernandoi sanexcel lentviolinisthei saf i
nev i
olistaswel l
.
9.Thet el ecastr aisedmuchmoneyf ormuscul ardy strophyresearch,f
urther-morei
twasv
ery
entertaining.
10.Thecl assel ectedJuanpr esi dentoft hecl asst heyl i
kedhim bestofallt
hecandidat
es.
11.Annawast hebestst udentt hecl assadmi redher .
12.IsConchi tahome?Ihav et ospeakt oher.
13.Didy ougot oseet hepl ayi twasv eryenter tai
ning.
14.“Comei n,”sai dthehost ess, “I
’m happyt oseey ou.”
15.“St udyhar d,”adv i
sedt het eacher .“You’llpasst het est.”

Sent
enceFr
agment
sQuest
ions

1.Missy ou.Wi llbehomet omor r

ow.
2.Greatidea.Wi shy ouluck.
3.Doncol l
ect edbasebal lcards.Playedt hepi anoandexcelledi
nsport
s.4.Donnawenttoschool
.
Workedasababy -sit
ter.
5.Fernispopul ar.Becauseshei sconsi derate.
6.Ienjoybeingwi thJill
.Whoi sveryamusi ng.
7.Lookingar oundt heroom.Cy nthiasawherf r
iend.
8.Francespr act i
ceddai l
y,doingherexer cisesont hepiano.
9.Iwast oot i
red.Togot othesuper market .
10.Miguel collectsant i
ques.Stampsandcoi ns.
11.Dickmethi sf iancee’
smot her,Mr s.Ell
is.
12.Noelspenthi ssparet i
meatt hemov ies.Alsoatt hepoolandatt
hegy m.13.Shei
l
ahelpedat
home, inschool ,andatchur ch.

PRACTICEWITHRUN- ONSENTENCESANDSENTENCEFRAGMENTS
Beneat
heachsentenceyouwillfi
ndfi
vewaysofwr i
ti
ngtheunder
li
nedpart.Choosetheanswer
thatmakesthebestsentence.Answer1i salwayst hesameast heunderli
nedpartandi s
someti
mestheri
ghtanswer.Thisist
hesen-t
encerevi
siont
ypeofmulti
ple-
choi
ceitem.

1.Yolandahadapassi
onf
orf
rui
ts;
mel
ons,
pineappl
es,
grapef
rui
ts,
andpear
s.
(1)f
ruits;mel
ons,
(2)f
ruits.mel
ons,
(3)f
ruits,mel
ons,
(4)f
ruits:mel
ons,
(5)f
ruits.Mel
ons,

2.“Takeyourumbr
ell
a,
”suggest
edt
heboy
’smot
her
.“I
tmi
ghtr
ain.
”
(1)mother.“I
t
(2)mother,
”it
(3)mother,
”.I
t
(
4)mot
her
:“I
t
(
5)mot
her
:”i
t

3.“Whyhedi dn’tcomehomeont
ime.
”st
atedt
hepar
ent
,“i
sbey
ondme.
”
(1)t
ime.
”stat ed
(2)t
ime?“st
at ed
(3)t
ime”
?st at ed
(4)t
ime,“
Stat ed
(5)t
ime,
”stat ed

4.Theteachertoldherstudentt
obri
nghisbookst
oclassev
eryday.
(1)st
udenttobr i
nghi s
(2)st
udentthatheshoul dbri
nghis(
3)st
udentheshoul
dbri
nghis
(4)st
udent:br
ingy our
(5)st
udent—bringy our

5.Arnoldstudi
edalothewantedt
omaket
hehonorr
oll
.
(1)alothe
(2)alotbecausehe(3)al
ot:He
(4)alot,he
(5)alot.si
ncehe

6.Haveyoubeentothemuseum i
thasanexcel
l
entexhi
bit
ion.
(1)museum i
t
(2)museum,it
(3)museum?it
(4)museum?It
(5)museum which

7.“TheRedSoxwont hepennant,
”sai
dthespor
tscast
er,
“It
houghtt
heywer
ethebestt
eam.
”
(1)pennant
,”sai
dthespor
tscast
er,“
I
(2)pennant
.”sai
dthespor
tscast
er,“
I
(3)pennant
”,sai
dthespor
tscast
er,“
I
(4)pennant
,”sai
dthespor
tscast
er.“
I
(5)pennant
.”sai
dthespor
tscast
er.“I

8.Thestudentrepl
i
edt
hathei
sli
vi
ngher
efort
hel
astt
hreey
ear
s.
(1)t
hatheis
(2)t
hat“Heis
(3)t
hat,
“Hei s
(4)t
hathewas
(5)t
hathehasbeen

9.Ishouldagreetotheproposali
fIwereinyoursi
tuat
ion.
(1)Ishouldagreetotheproposal
ifIwere
(2)Iwouldagreetotheproposali
fIwouldbe
(3)Iwouldagr eetotheproposalifIwas(4)Iwouldagreet
othepr
oposal
,ifIwas(
5)Iwoul
d
agreetotheproposal;i
fIwere

10.Theempl oyerref
usedt
hewor
kert
her
aisebesi
des,
het
hreat
enedt
ofi
rehi
m.
(1)r
aisebesides,
(2)r
aise,besi
des,
(3)r
aise:besi
des.
(4)r
aise.besi
des
(5)r
aise.Besides,
11.Studyi
nghard.Missy
ou.Wr i
te.
(1)Studyi
nghard.Mi
ssyou.Writ
e.
(2)Iam study
inghar
d.Missyou.Writ
e.
(3)Iam study
inghar
d.Imissyou.Writ
e.
(4)Studyi
nghard;mi
ssyou;wri
te.
(5)Studyi
nghard:mi
ssyou.Writ
e.

12.Tosucceedinschool
:Juanat
tendedr
egul
arl
y,di
dhi
shomewor
k,andst
udi
edhar
d.
(1)school
:Juan
(2)school
.Juan
(3)school
,Juan
(4)school
—Juan
(5)school
Juan

13.Whydidn’
tyoucomeIwai
tedf
orhour
sfory
ourar
ri
val
.
(1)comeI
(2)come,I
(3)come;I
(4)come:I
(5)come?I

14.Joannedidn’
tli
ket
ost
udyshepassedt
heexami
nat
ionany
how.
(1)st
udyshe
(2)st
udyandshe
(3)st
udy,andshe
(4)st
udy:butshe
(5)st
udy,butshe

15.Theyobj
ectedtomest ayi
ng.Nev
ert
hel
ess,
Iremai
nedatt
hegat
her
ing.
(1)mestayi
ng.Nevertheless,
I
(2)mestayi
ng,never
thelessI
(3)mystayi
ng,nev
ertheless,I
(4)mystayi
ng.Nevert
helessI
(5)mystayi
ng.Nevert
heless,I

SENTENCESTRUCTURE11516.Can’ tbeaty
ourweddi
ngsendal
lourl
ove.
(1)Can’
tbeatyourweddingsend
(2)Can’
tbeatyourwedding;
send
(3)Can’
tbeatyourwedding;
wesend
(4)Can’
tbeatyourwedding,
wesend
(5)Wecan’tbeatyourweddi
ng,butwesend

17.AlthoughVincentandGi useppe,buddiesduringt heViet

nam War
,hadn’
tmetf
orov
erf
ive
years.
(1)Giuseppe,
buddiesduri
ngt heViet
nam War ,
hadn’ tmet
(2)Giuseppebuddi
esdur i
ngtheVietnam Warhadn’ tmet
(3)Giuseppe,
buddiesduri
ngt heViet
nam War ,
didn’tmeet
(4)GiuseppewerebuddiesduringtheViet
nam Wary ethadn’
tmet
(5)GiuseppewerebuddiesduringtheViet
nam War ,theyhadn’
tmet

18.Wil
lyoucomet
omypar
tyI
’
dbehappyt
ohav
eyout
her
e.
(1)par
tyI’
d
(2)par
ty.I
’d
(3)par
ty;I
’
d
(4)par
ty:I
’d
(5)par
ty?I’
d
19.“Thisismostunusual
,
”sai
dJor
ge,
“themai
lhasnev
ercomel
atebef
ore.
”
(1)Jorge,“the
(2)Jorge,“The
(3)Jorge.“The
(4)Jorge;“The
(5)Jorge:“The

Par
all
elSt
ruct
ureQuest
ions

1.I
reneenjoysbaking,cooki ng,andt oprepar emeals.
2.Juli
eexcelsatembr oidering,crocheti
ng, andhookingr ugs.
3.Bentookcoursesi ncomput ers,inmathemat i
cs,andinl ear
ningaboutfi
neart
s.
4.Jessecouldn’
tdecideonacar eerineducat ion,i
nbusiness, orbecomingadoctor
.
5.Janeneededf i
nancial supportandbei ngencour aged.
6.Arnoldwasnotawar eofhi sstrengthorhowgood- lookinghewas.
7.Themov iewasent ertaini
ngandi ti
nstructedusaswel l
.
8.Carmenwasi nterestednei t
heri nsportsnori nbooks.
9.Hewasnotonl ysmar tbutalsohandsome.

PRACTI CEWITHPARALLEL
STRUCTURE
Beneatheachsentenceyouwillf
indf
ivewaysofwri
tingtheunderl
inedpart.Chooset
heanswer
thatmakest hebestsentence.Answer1i salway
st hesameast heunderli
nedpartandi s
somet i
mest her
ightanswer.Theseareincl
udedint hesentencecorrect
iontypeofmulti
ple-
choiceitem.

1.Tostriv
eforperfecti
on,toserveone’sf ellowman, t
ohel ptheneedyar
eideal
sal
lshoul
dtr
yto
fol
low.
(1)Tostri
veforperfecti
on,toserveone’
sf el l
owman, tohelp
(2)Tostri
veforperfecti
on,servi
ngone’sfel l
owman, helping
(3)Str
ivi
ngforperf
ect i
on,serv
ingone’sfellowman, andt ohelp
(4)Str
ivi
ngforperf
ect i
on,toserveone’
sf ellowman, helpi
ng
(5)Tostri
veforperfecti
on.Toser v
eone’sf ellowman.Tohel p

2.Jones, t
hepr esidentoft
heuni onandwhoi salsoamemberoft
hecommuni
tygr
oup,
wil
lbei
n
chargeofthenegot i
ati
ons.
(1)whoi salsoamemberoft hecommunitygroup,
(2)sincehei samemberoft hecommuni tygr
oup
(3)amemberoft hecommuni tygroup
(4)alsobeingamemberoft hecommuni t
ygroup
(5),i
naddi t
ion,whoi samemberoft hecommuni tygr
oup

3.Marieisgood-l
ooking,wit
hintel
li
gence,
andhasy
out
h.
(1)wit
hintell
i
gence,andhasy outh
(2)i
ntel
li
gent,andhasy out
h
(3)i
ntel
li
gent,andisyouthf
ul
(4),wit
hintel
li
gence,andyouthful
(5)i
ntel
li
gent,andyouthful

4.Theinstr
uctortoldt hestudenttoholdthecl
ubli
ghtl
y,keepi
nghiseyeont heballanddrawi
ng
theclubbackquickl
y ,buttoomuchf orceshoul
dnotbeusedont hedownwardstroke.
(1)t
ohol dtheclublightly
,keepinghiseyeontheballanddrawingtheclubbackquickl
y,butt
oo
muchf or
ceshoul dnotbeused
(2)toholdtheclubl i
ght l
y,keephisey eonthebal
l,anddrawingtheclubbackquickly
,andtoo
muchf or
ceshoul dnotbeused
(3)toholdtheclublight
ly,keephisey eont
heball
,drawthecl
ubbackqui
cklyandnotusetoo
muchf orce
(4)toholdthecl
ublightl
y,keephiseyeonthebal
l
,drawthecl
ubbackqui
ckl
yandtoomuchforce
shouldnotbeused
(5)heshouldholdtheclubl i
ght
ly,keepi
nghi
seyeontheball
,dr
awingt
heclubbackqui
ckl
y,and
notusingtoomuchf orce

5.Hei srude,gruff
,anddoesn' tthi
nkoft hefeel
ingsofot her
sorofshowingconsi
der
ati
ont
o
others.
(1)anddoesn’tt
hinkofthefeelingsofother
sorofshowi ngconsider
ati
ont
o
(2)anddoesn’tt
hinkoforshowconsi derati
ont
o
(3)thought
less,
andinconsiderateof
(4)thought
lessofother
sandofshowi ngconsi
derati
onto
(5)thought
lessofother
s’feel
ings,andlacki
nginconsiderat
ionto

PRACTI CEWI THMODI FI

ERS
Beneatheachsent enceyouwillf
indfi
vewaysofwri
ti
ngtheunderl
inedpart
.Chooset
heanswer
thatmakest hebestsent ence.Answer1i sal
wayst hesameast heunder
li
nedpartandis
sometimest herightanswer.
1.Turningt hecor ner,
myey ecaughtsi
ghtoft
hehousewhereIusedtoli
ve.
(1)Turning
(2)Aft
ert urning
(3)Havingt urned
(4)Whent urning
(5)WhenIt urned

2.Thehor
se, r
iddenbytheexperiencedjockeywiththebrokenleg,
hadt
obedest
roy
ed.
(1)hor
se,
riddenbytheexperi
encedj ockeywiththebrokenleg,had
(2)hor
seri
ddenbyt heexperi
encedj ockeywitht
hebr okenleghad
(3)hor
sewiththebrokenlegri
ddenbyt heexper
iencedjockeyhad
(4)hor
sewiththebrokenlegri
ddenbyt heexper
iencedjockey,
had
(5)hor
sewiththebrokenleg,
riddenbyt heexperi
encedjockey,had

3.Theinter
vieweewasasked, “Whatisyouropi ni
onofEl i
zabethTayl
orasamov
iecr
it
ic?
”
(1)asked,“
Whati syouropini
onofEli
zabethTay l
orasamov i
ecri
ti
c?”
(2)askedhisopini
onofEl i
zabet
hTay l
orasamov i
ecriti
c.
(3)asked“WhathisopinionwasofElizabet
hTay l
orasamov iecr
it
ic?”
(4)asked,“
Asamov iecr
iti
c,whati
sy ouropinionofElizabet
hTay l
or?
”
(5)askedasamov i
ecrit
ic“WhatisyouropinionofElizabethTayl
or?”

4.Waggingit
st ail
,thedogf oodwasquickly
consumedbyt hehappypuppy .
(1)Waggingi
tst ai
l,thedogf oodwasquicklyconsumedbythehappypuppy.
(2)Waggingi
t’
st ail
, t
hedogf oodwasquicklyconsumedbythehappypuppy.
(3)Thehappypuppyqui cklyconsumedthedogf oodwaggi
ngit
stail
.
(4)Waggingi
tst ai
l,thehappypuppyquicklyconsumedthedogfood.
(5)Thedogfoodwasqui cklyconsumedbyt hehappypuppywaggingit
’st
ail
.

5.Attheageoften,mypar
entstookmet oDisney
land.
(1)Attheageoften,
myparentstookme
(2)Attheageoftenmyparentst
ookme
(3)Myparentst
ookmeattheageoft en
(4)Myparentst
ookmeagedt en
(5)Attheageoften,
Iwastakenbymypar ents

6.Thesecr
etar
ylocat
edt
hepi
ctur
eoft
hesenat
orl
ooki
ngt
hrought
hef
il
es.
(
1)Thesecr
etarylocat
edthepict
ureoft hesenatorl
ooki ngthroughthefil
es.
(
2)Thesecr
etarylocat
edthesenator’
spi ct
urelooki
ngthr oughthef i
l
es.
(
3)Looki
ngthroughthefi
l
es,thesenator’spict
urewasl ocatedbyt hesecret
ary.
(
4)Looki
ngthroughthefi
l
es,thesecretary
l
ocat
edthepictur
eofthesenator
.
(
5)Looki
ngthroughthefi
l
esthepictureoft hesenatorwasl ocatedbythesecretar
y.

7.TheSmithswerealmostmar
ri
edt
eny
ear
sbef
oret
heyhadt
hei
rfi
rstchi
l
d.
(1)wereal
mostmar r
ied
(2)weremarri
edalmost
(3)al
mostweremar r
ied
(4)hadbeenalmostmarri
ed
(5)hadbeenmarri
edalmost

PRACTI
CEWI
THSPELLI
NG

Foreachsent ence,choosethecor
recthomo-nym,cont
ract
ion,orpossessi
venoun/
pronount
o
fi
lli
ntheblank.
1.Pri
nceWi l
li
am isthe_____
___t
otheEngli
shthr
one.
(1)ai
r(2)heir

2.Ourschool
’s_
_____
__communi
cat
eswel
lwi
thhi
sst
udent
s.
(1)pr
inci
pal(
2)pri
nci
ple

3.Ift
herei
sonethi
ngI_
___
___
_,i
t’
sthatmanycount
ri
esf
eart
heUni
tedSt
atesmi
l
itar
y.
(1)know(2)no

4.Of_____
___
__Iwantt
otakeav
acat
ion!
(1)cour
se(2)coar
se

5.Weset_
___
_ _
____onourgr
eatadv
ent
uret
otheFl
ori
daKey
s.
(1)f
our
th(
2)fort
h

6.Mycousi
nhas___
___manypet
s.
(1)t
o(2)t
oo(3)t
wo

7.Inchurch,
thechoi
rsangabeaut
if
ul_
___
___
__.
(1)hi
m( 2)hymn

8.Theshort
stop___
___
_thebal
lj
usti
nti
met
omaket
het
hir
dout
.
(1)t
hrough(2)t
hrew

9.Whenmyf amil
ymember sar
efi
nal
l
y__
___
___
___
___
___
_,wehav
eagr
eatt
ime.
(1)al
ltoget
her(2)al
toget
her

10.I___
______wai
ttot
ell
mybestf
ri
endt
hatI
gotajob!
(1)ca’
nt(2)can’
t

11.Theeconomy___
___
___i
mpr
ovewhenpeopl
ear
eaf
rai
dtobuyst
ocks.
(1)wo’
nt(2)won’
t

12.Mydogl i
kesthesmel
lof_
___
___
___
_.
(1)dai
sies’
(2)dai
sies
13.Susanwantstobeanil
lust
rat
orf
or_
___
___
___
___
__books.
(1)chi
ldr
en’
s(2)chi
ldr
ens’

14.___
__ _
__ _
___cousi
nwor
ksf
ort
heCI
A.
(1)Sal
lys’(2)Sal
ly’
s

15.My_ _
___
____
___
_Judyi
sast
ay-
at-
homemom.
(1)aunt(
2)ant

16.Alet
tercar
ri
erdel
i
ver
s__
___
___
___
___
.
(1)mail
(2)male

17.Penci
l__
___
___
___canbepoi
sonousi
fswal
l
owedbyy
oungchi
l
dren.
(1)l
ed(2)l
ead

18.Ilear
nedto____
____cl
othesf
rom mymot
her
.
(1)sew(2)so(3)sow

19.Thegym hasasetof_
___
___
___
___
___bi
kest
hatIl
i
ket
ori
de.
(1)st
ati
onar
y(2)st
ati
oner
y

20.The____
___
____
_gr
oupdeci
dedt
odov
olunt
eerwor
ktoget
herasaser
vicepr
oject
.
(1)hol
e(2)whol
e

21.It_____
____
___
_myf
aul
tthatt
hev
asewasbr
okenbyt
hepuppy
;It
oldy
out
opl
acei
tona
highershel
f.
(1)wasn’t(
2)was’
nt

22.Thedoctorseesaboutonehundr
ed_
___
___
___
___
__aday
.
(1)pat
ient
s(2)pati
ence

23.Ify
ouareover_
___
___
___
__,
youshoul
dtr
ydi
etandexer
cise.
(1)wait(
2)wei
ght

24.When_ _
_ _
____
___
_homewor
kbecomest
oomucht
ocompl
ete,i
tist
imet
ost
artbudget
ing
yourti
me.
(1)your(
2)you’
re

25.____
___
____
_aremanytypesofAmer
icanI
ndi
ant
ri
best
hatst
il
ll
iv
eint
heUni
tedSt
ates.
(1)There(
2)Thei
r(3)They
’re

26.Thesoccert
eam _
___
___
__t
hreet
our
nament
sinar
ow!
(1)one(
2)won

27.Aspideract
ual
l
yeat
s__
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