ENGL1101-Composition and Rhetoric -
Grammar Quiz 1 And Complete
Answers.
Choose the sentence that does not contain a sentence fragment and is punctuated correctly.
A) The locked room mystery was perfected by John Dickenson Carr. Generally regarded as the
greatest plot magician.
B) The locked room mystery was perfected by John Dickenson Carr, he is generally regarded as
the greatest plot magician.
C) The locked room mystery was perfected by John Dickenson Carr, who is generally regarded as
the greatest plot magician. - Answer C) The locked room mystery was perfected by John
Dickenson Carr, who is generally regarded as the greatest plot magician.
Choose the sentence that does not contain a sentence fragment and is punctuated correctly.
A) In a locked room mystery, where not only is the crime committed in a room with locked
windows and doors. But the room is also watched by witnesses.
B) In a locked room mystery, not only is the crime committed in a room with locked windows
and doors. But also watched by witnesses.
C) In a locked room mystery, not only is the crime committed in a room with locked windows
and doors, but the room is also watched by witnesses. - Answer C) In a locked room mystery,
not only is the crime committed in a room with locked windows and doors, but the room is also
watched by witnesses.
Choose the sentence that does not contain a sentence fragment and is punctuated correctly.
A) Inventing dozens of ways of entering and exiting the locked room, Carr never once used a
secret passage!
B) Inventing dozens of ways of entering and exiting the locked room. Carr never once used a
secret passage!
C) Though he invented dozens of ways of entering and exiting a locked room. Carr never once
used a secret passage! - Answer A) Inventing dozens of ways of entering and exiting the locked
room, Carr never once used a secret passage!
, The U.S. Patent Office opened in 1838 it has granted more patents for mouse traps than for any
other invention.
A) 1838, it
B) 1838; it
C) no change - Answer B) 1838; it
Choose the letter of the selection that creates neither a comma splice nor a fused sentence.
The Patent Office grants about forty new mouse trap patents a year it turns down ten times as
many applications.
A) year; but
B) year but
C) year, but - Answer C) year, but
Choose the letter of the selection that creates neither a comma splice nor a fused sentence.
Thousands of mouse traps have been patented, only a few have made money for their
inventors.
A) patented; however,
B) patented, however;
C) no change - Answer A) patented; however,
Choose the letter of the selection that creates neither a comma splice nor a fused sentence.
Some early traps impaled, choked, or drowned mice, more recent inventions have electrocuted
or gassed them.
A) mice; whereas, more
B) mice; more
Grammar Quiz 1 And Complete
Answers.
Choose the sentence that does not contain a sentence fragment and is punctuated correctly.
A) The locked room mystery was perfected by John Dickenson Carr. Generally regarded as the
greatest plot magician.
B) The locked room mystery was perfected by John Dickenson Carr, he is generally regarded as
the greatest plot magician.
C) The locked room mystery was perfected by John Dickenson Carr, who is generally regarded as
the greatest plot magician. - Answer C) The locked room mystery was perfected by John
Dickenson Carr, who is generally regarded as the greatest plot magician.
Choose the sentence that does not contain a sentence fragment and is punctuated correctly.
A) In a locked room mystery, where not only is the crime committed in a room with locked
windows and doors. But the room is also watched by witnesses.
B) In a locked room mystery, not only is the crime committed in a room with locked windows
and doors. But also watched by witnesses.
C) In a locked room mystery, not only is the crime committed in a room with locked windows
and doors, but the room is also watched by witnesses. - Answer C) In a locked room mystery,
not only is the crime committed in a room with locked windows and doors, but the room is also
watched by witnesses.
Choose the sentence that does not contain a sentence fragment and is punctuated correctly.
A) Inventing dozens of ways of entering and exiting the locked room, Carr never once used a
secret passage!
B) Inventing dozens of ways of entering and exiting the locked room. Carr never once used a
secret passage!
C) Though he invented dozens of ways of entering and exiting a locked room. Carr never once
used a secret passage! - Answer A) Inventing dozens of ways of entering and exiting the locked
room, Carr never once used a secret passage!
, The U.S. Patent Office opened in 1838 it has granted more patents for mouse traps than for any
other invention.
A) 1838, it
B) 1838; it
C) no change - Answer B) 1838; it
Choose the letter of the selection that creates neither a comma splice nor a fused sentence.
The Patent Office grants about forty new mouse trap patents a year it turns down ten times as
many applications.
A) year; but
B) year but
C) year, but - Answer C) year, but
Choose the letter of the selection that creates neither a comma splice nor a fused sentence.
Thousands of mouse traps have been patented, only a few have made money for their
inventors.
A) patented; however,
B) patented, however;
C) no change - Answer A) patented; however,
Choose the letter of the selection that creates neither a comma splice nor a fused sentence.
Some early traps impaled, choked, or drowned mice, more recent inventions have electrocuted
or gassed them.
A) mice; whereas, more
B) mice; more
