Nickname for a President - Fragments and run-on sentences - Sentences

Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Nickname for a President
Fragments and run-on sentences
Sentences

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He had an unusual nickname. What was it?

To answer the question, name each of the examples below. Select your answers from the choices after each example. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its number at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words.

1. When was Andrew Jackson born?

N. Declarative Sentence

I. Interrogative Sentence

U. Fragment

2. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in South Carolina.

R. Declarative Sentence

H. Run-On Sentence

N. Fragment

3. He became an orphan, he was raised by an uncle.

D. Compound Sentence

K. Run-On Sentence

S. Fragment

4. Jackson was a man of great courage and a strong will.

L. Declarative Sentence

R. Run-On Sentence

C. Fragment

5. Became a leader of the state of Tennessee.

P. Interrogative Sentence

N. Run-On Sentence

Y. Fragment

6. Jackson fought in the War of 1812, and he was a hero.

H. Compound Sentence

N. Run-On Sentence

L. Fragment

7. He was given a nickname for his toughness.

B. Interrogative Sentence

D. Declarative Sentence

O. Run-On Sentence

8. Did Andrew Jackson win the election for president in 1828?

U. Declarative Sentence

O. Interrogative Sentence

I. Compound Sentence

9. Was elected for a second term in 1832.

T. Declarative Sentence

O. Exclamatory Sentence

C. Fragment

Image