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1
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)The children were afraid of getting lost in the woods.
B)When the children got lost in the woods.
C)Getting lost in the woods.
2
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)The beautiful Irish lace that we bought in Dublin and carried back with us.
B)Because the Irish lace was so beautiful.
C)Irish lace is beautiful.
3
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)Hockey, my favourite sport.
B)Hockey is my favourite sport.
C)Because hockey is my favourite sport.
4
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)I was glad I passed the chemistry test.
B)Passing the chemistry test.
C)When I learned I had passed the chemistry test.
5
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)Gwendolyn Brooks, a great poet.
B)Because she was a great poet.
C)Gwendolyn Brooks was a great poet.
6
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)Skipping along without a care in the world.
B)They skipped along without a care in the world.
C)After skipping along without a care in the world.
7
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)I have known her parents for several years.
B)Having known her parents for several years.
C)As a result of knowing her parents for several years.
8
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)Not having arrived on time.
B)Because he did not arrive on time.
C)Not having arrived on time, he missed the ceremony.
9
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)Watching television is addictive.
B)Believing that watching television is addictive.
C)The addiction of watching television.
10
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)Not having completed the assignment.
B)When he realized he could not complete the assignment.
C)He could not complete the assignment.
11
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)That she had been adopted.
B)She took on a new attitude the day she learned that she had been adopted.
C)Having learned that she had been adopted.
12
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)Travelling across the country with Roger.
B)The boys travelled across the country with Roger.
C)When the boys travelled across the country with Roger.
13
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)The dog got lost in the city, but she was soon found.
B)Because the dog got lost in the city and was soon found.
C)After having gotten lost in the city, the dog.
14
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)During the First World War.
B)The First World War, which broke out in 1914 and which engulfed most of Europe and parts of the Near East.
C)The First World War, which broke out in 1914, engulfed most of Europe and parts of the Near East.
15
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)They met during the Vietnam War.
B)During the Vietnam War when they were in the infantry.
C)Having met when they were in the infantry during the Vietnam War.
16
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)Luddites, English textile workers who rioted in the early part of the nineteenth century.
B)They got their name from Ned Ludd, a fictional character.
C)Fearing new ways of making cloth would cost them their jobs.
D)Destroyed machines that the factory owners had bought to increase production.
17
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)The poet Countee Cullen.
B)Was an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
C)This was an important literary movement.
D)Which included many African-American poets and novelists.
18
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)Located along the path of the sun, moon, and major planets.
B)Are the twelve constellations of the Zodiac.
C)A constellation is a group of stars.
D)To which names have been given according to the shapes these groups seem to form.
19
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A)If you say that you were born in Santiago.
B)You must explain to which Santiago you are referring.
C)Santiago, the capital of Chile.
D)Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic, or Santiago de Compostela in Spain.







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