IDENTIFYING SENTENCE PROBLEMS QUIZ 1

Identifying Sentence Problems

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1. By the time Julia Roberts was 23, she had won two academy award nominations, she had also become the world's most popular female actress.
   a. fragment
   b. run on
   c. comma splice
   d. choppy
   e. correct
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2. Since then, Roberts has appeared in fourteen films. Most recently, "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "The Conspiracy Theory."
   a. fragment
   b. run on
   c. comma splice
   d. choppy
   e. correct
   Answera
3. She didn't plan to become an actress. She wanted to be six feet tall. She wanted to be a veterinarian. She wanted to be happy and make others happy.
   a. fragment
   b. run on
   c. comma splice
   d. choppy
   e. correct
   Answerd
4. Although Julia Roberts has had much professional success. Her personal life has been troubled with several failed relationships.
   a. fragment
   b. run on
   c. comma splice
   d. choppy
   e. correct
   Answera
5. Julia Roberts lives in Manhattan, not far from the apartment she once shared with her sister in Greenwich Village.
   a. fragment
   b. run on
   c. comma splice
   d. choppy
   e. correct
   Answere
6. She came to New York when she was seventeen. Because her older sister lived there and she was influenced by her sister.
   a. fragment
   b. run on
   c. comma splice
   d. choppy
   e. correct
   Answera
7. Roberts was raised in Georgia. Her parents ran a theater school there. Her sister and brother are also actors. The family was always short of money.
   a. fragment
   b. run on
   c. comma splice
   d. choppy
   e. correct
   Answerd
8. When Julia was four years old, her parents divorced. After eighteen years of marriage.
   a. fragment
   b. run on
   c. comma splice
   d. choppy
   e. correct
   Answera
9. Julia and her sister lived with their mother. Their brother stayed with their father. Who died of cancer five years later.
   a. fragment
   b. run on
   c. comma splice
   d. choppy
   e. correct
   Answera
10. In high school, Julia found classwork boring, she didn't know how to be a good student.
    a. fragment
    b. run on
    c. comma splice
    d. choppy
    e. correct
    Answerc
11. After she graduated from high school, Julia worked in a shoe store while auditioning for acting jobs. Though didn't get hired for a year.
    a. fragment
    b. run on
    c. comma splice
    d. choppy
    e. correct
    Answera
12. In 1990, "Pretty Woman" became a smash hit her natural gift for this type of comedy brought her a nomination for Best Actress.
    a. fragment
    b. run on
    c. comma splice
    d. choppy
    e. correct
    Answerb
13. Julia Roberts was engaged to Keifer Sutherland in 1991. Three days before the wedding, she changed her mind and canceled everything.
    a. fragment
    b. run on
    c. comma splice
    d. choppy
    e. correct
    Answere
14. The singer-actor Lyle Lovett is ten years older than Julia she married him in 1993 but split up after less than two years.
    a. fragment
    b. run on
    c. comma splice
    d. choppy
    e. correct
    Answerb
15. "Stepmom" is Julia Robert's new movie. It is a family drama. It co-stars Susan Sarandon. Ed Harris is also a co-star.
    a. fragment
    b. run on
    c. comma splice
    d. choppy
    e. correct
    Answerd
16. Currently, Julia is dating Benjamin Bratt. Who plays a detective on the TV series, "Law and Order."
    a. fragment
    b. run on
    c. comma splice
    d. choppy
    e. correct
    Answera
17. Roberts says that she enjoys getting older and is content with her life experiences.
    a. fragment
    b. run on
    c. comma splice
    d. choppy
    e. correct
    Answere