Chapter 6: Correcting Fragments

Question 1

What is a fragment?

Answer 1

A piece of a sentence
Often begin with the relative pronoun “which” or the subordinating conjunctions “because and whereas”

Question 2

What makes a fragment not a sentence?

Answer 2

1. The subject is missing
2. The verb is missing
3. Both the subject and verb are missing
4. The words are a DC therefore a subject, verb, and incomplete thought

Question 3

How do you correct a fragment?

Answer 3

1. Add the missing part/parts to develop the fragment into a complete sentence
2. Join the fragment to another sentence

Question 4

What is a phrase?

Answer 4

A group of words that go together but lack one or more of the elements necessary to be classified as a sentence

Question 5

What are the 5 types of phrases

Answer 5

1. Noun
2. Gerund
3. Prepositional
4. Verb
5. Infinitive

Question 6

What are verbals?

Answer 6

Words that look like verbs but that function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs
There are 3 types

Question 7

What are the 3 types of verbal?

Answer 7

1. Infinitives
2. Participles
3. Gerund

Question 8

How to form a sentence that contains a participle?

Answer 8

1. Add a helping vebr to the participle
2. Change the participle to a different form of the verb
3. Use the participle as an adjective, being sure to provide a subject and verb for the sentence
4. Use a gerund phrase as a subject