Homework+Professional Resume for Nursing School+Letter of Intent
Fragments 1 Practice 2

Underline the dependent-word fragment in each of the following items. Then correct it in the space provided.

1. Because we have smoke detectors. We survived the fire.

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2. The kitchen looked like new. After we painted it.

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3. My sister is always out of money. Although she has a good job.

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4. Before the game even started. I could tell team morale was low.

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5. I wouldn’t date him again. If he begged me on his knees.

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6. Our car is making a chugging noise. Which sounds ominous.

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7. Young elephants stay with their mothers. Until they are about sixteen years old.

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8. After this rain stops. The children can play outside.

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9. A crowd showed up to meet the author. Who had written a best-selling novel at

the age of nineteen.

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10. Until the tornado warning ended. Everyone stayed in the basement.

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