Answer Key 13: THE PARTS OF A SENTENCE MANAN Review D: Sentence Fragments, Kinds of Sentences
EXERCISE Decide whether each of the following groups of words is a sentence or a sentence fragment
On the line provided write Sfor sentence of Ffor fragment. Then Identity each complete sentence by
writing on the line provided one of these abbreviations:
DEC for decorative sentence
INT for interrogative sentence
EXC for exclamatory sentence
IMP for imperative sentence
Example SANT 1. Have you read any of Barbara Kingsolver's works?
1. Ms. Osaka is one of the art teachers at my school
INT 2. Didn't you receive my e-mail message?
INC 3. How extraordinary your performance was tonight!
4. Some of the mementos of our trip
5. Signal me when you are ready to begin singing,
X 6. What a thoughtful person you are
INT 7. Have you been practicing your saxophone lessons?
INT 8. How many languages can you speak?
9. On our way home we stopped at the bakery to buy some bagels.
10. The last short story that I read.
11. Please show me how to program this VCR.
EXC 12. What a clever trick that was!
SJNT_13. In major league baseball, who holds the record for hitting the most home runs in a
season?
INI
14. That restaurant serves Thai food,
15. As soon as Anthony and I arrived.
16. Call this number and ask for Dr. Parker
17. If you can speak Spanish, you may find French easier to understand
18. Which freedoms does the First Amendment guarantee?
19. Because all of the tickets for the concert had already been sold.
20. Carmela, having decided that she would rather be a marine biologist than a chemical
engineer