Correcting Sentence Fragments

Directions:

Identify the items below by using the following code:

            S    complete sentence                    F     sentence fragment

Example:

_S_      Current interest rates are high.

___1. I want to get rid of the mice without seeing, touching or harming them.

___2. Advised against buying extra rustproofing for the new car.

___3. All smoking in the building will be prohibited after July first.

___4. Each year plants trees near the township’s schools.

___5. Karen is saving money to buy an air conditioner.

___6. Gives the user a painful shock.

___7. Did not understand the side effects of the medications that e took.

___8. More than 1,000 acres of crops was lost to flooding in the Trinity Valley.

___9. Requires a pregnant minor to consult her parents before having surgery.

___10. Rolls back more than fifty odometers every day.

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