Writing Conventions Diagnostic Test

Last updated almost 8 years ago
12 questions
Note from the author:
Under construction
--conventions test prior to scoring argumentative essay
1

Determine whether the group of words is a fragment or a sentence.

"To warn motorists of the ice forming on bridges."

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Determine whether the group of words is a fragment or a sentence.

"Can you prove it?"

1

Determine whether the group of words is a fragment or a sentence.

"After rehearsal we got together and memorized our lines."

1

Determine whether the group of words is a fragment or a sentence.

"Leroy, playing defensive end for the lions."

1

Determine whether the group of words is a fragment or a sentence.

"In the spring, when the warm sun shines upon the fresh green beauty of the earth and when red tulips wave in the March winds."

1

Determine whether the group of words is a fragment or a sentence.

"Although Bertha receives a large allowance"

1

Determine whether the group of words is a fragment or a sentence.

"That Claude told the truth"

1

Determine whether the group of words is a run-on sentence or a correct sentence.

"Where are Riff and Raff those cats won't come when I call them."

1

Determine whether the group of words is a run-on sentence or a correct sentence.

"Last year we spent our vacation in Pennsylvania. This summer we plan to drive through the Southwest."

1

Determine whether the group of words is a run-on sentence or a correct sentence.

"Modern medicine is greatly indebted to these pioneers."

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Determine whether the group of words is a run-on sentence or a correct sentence.

"In the nineteenth century Louis Pasteur proved that germs cause disease, he also discovered several methods of killing germs."

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Determine whether the group of words is a run-on sentence or a correct sentence.

"For many centuries scientists knew very little about the blood, in the early seventeenth century William Harvey's theory of blood circulation started a kind of revolution in medicine."