18. Which of the following groups of words is a sentence fragment?
A. When we stopped by the garden.
[B. Stop by the garden.]
C. Stopping by the garden, we saw that the flowers were in bloom.
End of exam
D. We stopped; she didn't.
Wrong.
is it a
Yes.
To determine which of the following groups of words is a sentence fragment, we need to understand what a sentence fragment is. A sentence fragment is a group of words that is not a complete sentence because it lacks either a subject, a verb, or both.
Now, let's analyze the options:
A. "When we stopped by the garden." - This group of words includes a subject ("we") and a verb ("stopped"), so it is a complete sentence, not a fragment.
B. "Stop by the garden." - This group of words has a verb ("stop"), but it lacks a subject. Therefore, it is a sentence fragment.
C. "Stopping by the garden, we saw that the flowers were in bloom." - This group of words has a participial phrase at the beginning ("Stopping by the garden"), but it also includes a subject ("we") and a verb ("saw"). It forms a complete sentence and is not a fragment.
D. "We stopped; she didn't." - This group of words consists of two independent clauses joined by a semicolon. Each clause has a subject ("we," "she") and a verb ("stopped," "didn't"). Therefore, it is a complete sentence, not a fragment.
Based on the analysis above, the correct answer is B. "Stop by the garden."