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Test I: Grammar
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Identify the errors in the following sentences and correct the sentences. When you are finished, use the print button on your browser's toolbar to print the test and hand it in to your instructor.
(a) subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.

Aggressive Drivers Cause Most Traffic Fatalities

1
Citing aggressive driving tactics, such as tailgating, passing on the right and excessive speeding resulted in three out of five traffic deaths last year.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.
2
Many of the fatal accidents occurs in areas with "uncontrolled urban sprawl," said Harry Prober, who directed the national study.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.
3
"In these conditions, driving is just another chore to get through as quickly as possible," Prober said, this leads to aggressive driving.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.
4
The causes: weaving in and out of traffic; passing on the right; improper or unsafe lane changes, running red lights or stop signs.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.
5
One way to cut down accidents, said Prober, is to offer motorists more options for getting to and from work in the central city, he suggested growing cities invest in mass transit as an alternative to more highways.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.
6
Another is stricter law enforcement.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.
7
Focusing on teen-age drivers, data shows that they are disproportionately among the aggressive drivers.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.
8
Prober, head of the Transportation Study Project, listed the five metropolitan areas with the highest death rates, Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., number one.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.
9
Aggressive driving were responsible for a rate in the California areas of 13.4 deaths per 100,000 population.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.
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The remaining cities in the top five: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla., 9.5; Phoenix, 9.2; Orlando, 8.1; Miami-Hialeah, 8.1.
(a) Subject-verb agreement.
(b) Sentence fragment.
(c) Run-on, comma splice.
(d) Dangling, misplaced modifier.







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