Question

Read the paragraph.

(1) Sweat poured off my forehead and pooled on the desk. (2) How much time was left to complete the test? (3) All I could do was keep writing. (4) While I waited for the bell to ring.

Which sentence is a fragment?


sentence 2

sentence 3

sentence 1

sentence 4

Answer 1

Sentence four. It is a fragment because it cuts off and sounds incomplete.

Answer 2

Answer: D) Sentence 4.

Explanation: a sentence fragment is a group of words that form a dependent clause (it doesn't make sense on its own), in order to be a complete sentence, it has to be at least one independent clause (a phrase that has a subject, a verb and has meaning on its own). From the given options, the phrase "while I waited for the bell to ring" is a dependent clause, so this means that it is a fragment and not a complete sentence.