Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, & Sentence Fragments Practice

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Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, & Sentence Fragments Practice

Directions: Some questions require you to choose the correct version of the sentence and some questions require you to rewrite the following sentences correctly by fixing the comma splice, fused sentence, and/or sentence fragment errors. Happy Grammar Correcting!!!

1. George Washington was born in 1732 in Virginia, he was raised on a farm established by his great-grandfather.

no change.
George Washington was born in 1732 in Virginia he was raised on a farm established by his great-grandfather.
George Washington was born in 1732 in Virginia, and he was raised on a farm established by his great-grandfather.

2. Washington had a big nose and a pockmarked face, however he was still considered a handsome man.

no change.
Washington had a big nose and a pockmarked face; however, he was still considered a handsome man.
Washington had a big nose and a pockmarked face he was still considered a handsome man.

3. Washington wanted to return to Mount Vernon after the Constitutional Convention, his colleagues persuaded him to become the country's first president.

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Sentence Fragments

4. John Adams delivered the 1755 Harvard commencement oration in Latin. An accomplishment that earned him a job teaching Latin in a one-room country school.

John Adams delivered the 1755 Harvard commencement oration in Latin, an accomplishment that earned him a job teaching Latin in a one-room country school.
John Adams delivered the 1755 Harvard commencement oration in Latin. This accomplishment earned him a job. Teaching Latin in a one-room country school.

5. Adams practiced law in Boston. Before he became one of the most influential people in the early years of the United States.

Before he became one of the most influential people in the early years of the United States. Adams practiced law in Boston.
Before he became one of the most influential people in the early years of the United States, Adams practiced law in Boston.
Adams practiced law in Boston before he became one of the most influential people. In the early years of the United States.

6.After serving as minister to France and England, Adams returned to the United States. To serve two terms as Washington's vice president.

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7. Receiving seventy-seven electoral votes. Adams was reelected vice president in 1792.

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