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What age group	Year or Grade 6
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Fragments and Run-On Sentences Quiz

Grade 6 Reading

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Instructions: Choose the correct answer for each question by selecting the letter of the correct choice.

1. Which of the following sentences is a fragment?

   • A. I wanted to go to the park.
   • B. Although it was raining.
   • C. She loves to read books.

2. Identify the run-on sentence from the following options.

   • A. I enjoy swimming, my brother prefers soccer.
   • B. We went to the store yesterday.
   • C. After dinner, we watched a movie.

3. What is the best way to fix the following run-on sentence? "I like ice cream I like cake too."

   • A. I like ice cream; I like cake too.
   • B. I like ice cream I like cake too.
   • C. I like ice cream. I like cake too.

4. Choose the correct name for the following error: "When the rain stopped we went outside."

   • A. Run-on sentence.
   • B. Fragment.
   • C. Complete sentence.

5. Which of these is a complete sentence?

   • A. The big, brown dog.
   • B. Because the sun was shining.
   • C. The big, brown dog ran to the park.

6. Identify the fragment from these sentences.

   • A. I went to the store.
   • B. Running down the street.
   • C. My friends and I.

7. What type of error is in the sentence: "I bought apples oranges and bananas."

   • A. Fragment.
   • B. Run-on sentence.
   • C. Complete sentence.

8. Which sentence is NOT a fragment?

   • A. When we went to the beach last summer.
   • B. I built a sandcastle.
   • C. Before going home.

9. How can you correct the fragment: "To eat dinner."

   • A. To eat dinner is what we did.
   • B. We like to eat dinner.
   • C. To eat dinner is important.

10. Which option shows correct punctuation to fix this run-on: "I finished my homework I went to bed."

    • A. I finished my homework. I went to bed.
    • B. I finished my homework, I went to bed.
    • C. I finished my homework I went to bed.

11. In the following sentence, which part is a fragment? "While I was reading my book, my friend called."

    • A. While I was reading my book.
    • B. My friend called.
    • C. I was reading.

12. What is the best way to combine these two sentences? "The sun was setting. The sky turned orange."

    • A. The sun was setting, the sky turned orange.
    • B. The sun was setting and the sky turned orange.
    • C. The sun was setting orange.

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Good luck!