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UTech Academy
Summer 2023

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COM001 Sentence Structure Assessment

SECTION 1
Identify each of the items below by writing the appropriate code (listed below) to
the left of each sentence.
S - complete sentence
F - fragment.
RO - run-on
CS - comma splice

___F____1. Children waiting patiently outside the school gate in the morning sun

__F_____2. I hate to see them there, they should be allowed inside the gates

__CS_____3. The economy is good right now there are many job openings.

__S_____4. Interest rates are low and people can afford to buy houses.

___RO____ 5. Banks are making loans almost everyone can qualify.

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__S_____6. Consumers are buying new cars in record numbers

___F____7. The car that is parked in front of our house.

___F____8. Many householders don’t look forward to having to call a plumber.

___S____9. Some plumbers will come at any hour of the day or night

___F____10. Our plumber who has thirty-five years in the plumbing business

/10 marks

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SECTION 2
Please read the instructions carefully. This assignment has two parts.

Part 1
The following article contains fifteen (15) sentence errors:
● F - sentence fragment,
● RO - run-on, and
● CS - comma splice.

Highlight the area where the error is found and identify the type of error that it is
by placing the appropriate code (listed above) beside it.
(DO NOT HIGHLIGHT THE ENTIRE SENTENCE)

About 3 percent of births in the United States are twins the CS

percentage is increasing.

Thomas Bouchard Jr. and some colleagues at the University of

Minnesota began studying twins in 1979.F Bouchard had read about
twins. Who RO had been raised apart. He contacted them to study their
similarities and differences.

By 1990, Bouchard’s team had studied seventy-seven sets of identical

twins. The majority of these separated twins had astounding
similarities. For example, two men named Jim. They had been
separated at birth. RO They met in 1979 they RO found that they were
similar in many ways. They smoked the same brand of cigarettes, they
drove the same type of car. The RO men also had the same hobbies.

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For example, working with wood. Amazingly, the JIms F had both built
white benches, they CS placed the benches near a tree.

In the study one CS set of twins was unusual. Japanese-born twins were
adopted by different families in California. They shared some
similarities, researches RO were puzzled by their differences. One twin
had 20/20 vision, but the other wore glasses. One was afraid to travel
by airplane, the other had no such fear. One twin was quite timid, the
other was easy-going and friendly.

Researchers suspect that the environment may play a role. In CS twin

differences. For example, one twin could be malnourished, the other
could have a healthy diet. The differences in diet could affect the
development of the twins’ brains. And RO bodies. Birthing problems
may also result in differences. Between RO twins. One twin may receive
less oxygen during delivery.

The separated -twin CS studies suggest certain possibilities, for

example, twins raised separately may be more similar than twins raised
together. Twins raised together may emphasize their differences. Twins
raised apart would have no need. To RO search for individuality. Much
more research is therefore needed to know how genes influence
behaviour.

/15 marks

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Part 2
Rewrite the paragraph from Part 1 making appropriate corrections. Highlight
the corrections made.

/15 marks

Write below here⬇️:

About 3 percent of births in the United States are twins, and the percentage is
increasing.

Thomas Bouchard Jr. and some colleagues at the University of Minnesota began
studying twins in 1979. Bouchard had read about twins who had been raised
apart, and he contacted them to study their similarities and differences.

By 1990, Bouchard’s team had studied seventy-seven sets of identical twins. The
majority of these separated twins had astounding similarities. For example, two
men named Jim had been separated at birth. When they met in 1979, they found
that they were similar in many ways. They smoked the same brand of cigarettes,
drove the same type of car, and had the same hobbies, such as working with
wood. Amazingly, both Jims had built white benches and placed them near a tree.

In the study, one set of twins was unusual. Japanese-born twins were adopted by
different families in California. They shared some similarities, but researchers
were puzzled by their differences. One twin had 20/20 vision, while the other
wore glasses. One was afraid to travel by airplane, while the other had no such
fear. One twin was quite timid, while the other was easy-going and friendly.

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Researchers suspect that the environment may play a role in twin differences. For
example, one twin could be malnourished while the other has a healthy diet.
These differences in diet could affect the development of the twins’ brains and
bodies. Additionally, birthing problems may also result in differences between
twins, such as one twin receiving less oxygen during delivery.

The separated twin studies suggest certain possibilities. For example, twins raised
separately may be more similar than twins raised together. Twins raised together
may emphasize their differences, while twins raised apart would have no need to
search for individuality. Therefore, much more research is needed to understand
how genes influence behavior.

/15 marks

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