Question

practice a continued

1. running the race isn’t enough you have to start on time.
2. the best things in life.
3. money isn’t everything.
4. some people are masters of money, others are its slaves.
5. worth a thousand words.
6. you can put a silk coat on a goat, it’s still a goat.
7. nobody is perfect.

b make each fragment a complete sentence by matching it to the correct subject or predicate.

1. a proverb a. contain simple and colorful language.
2. most proverbs b. sums up a simple truth.
3. every culture c. has its own proverbs.
4. to become a proverb, a saying d. must be used for a long time.

correct each run-on sentence. write two separate sentences or a compound sentence.

1. the meaning of most proverbs is obvious some are puzzling.
2. a proverb can give us insight, it might teach a value.
3. students once copied long lists of proverbs they memorized them.
4. look for proverbs online, the library has dictionaries of proverbs.

Explanation:

Part B (Matching Fragments to Complete Sentences)

To solve this, we analyze the subject - predicate agreement:

1. For "A proverb":

• A singular subject should match a singular - verb - phrase. "sums up a simple truth" (option b) is appropriate as a proverb (singular) sums up a truth. So 1 - b.

1. For "Most proverbs":

• A plural subject should match a plural - verb - phrase. "contain simple and colorful language" (option a) works as "most proverbs" (plural) contain language. So 2 - a.

1. For "Every culture":

• "Every culture" (singular) "has its own proverbs" (option c) as each culture (singular) has its proverbs. So 3 - c.

1. For "To become a proverb, a saying":

• The subject "a saying" needs a predicate that explains the condition. "must be used for a long time" (option d) is correct. So 4 - d.

Correcting Run - on Sentences (Questions 5 - 8)

1. Original: The meaning of most proverbs is obvious some are puzzling.

• We can make it a compound sentence with a conjunction.
• Corrected: The meaning of most proverbs is obvious, but some are puzzling.

1. Original: A proverb can give us insight; it might teach a value.

• We can also write it as two separate sentences or a compound sentence. As a compound sentence: A proverb can give us insight, and it might teach a value. Or as two sentences: A proverb can give us insight. It might teach a value.

1. Original: Students once copied long lists of proverbs they memorized them.

• We can separate them into two sentences: Students once copied long lists of proverbs. They memorized them. Or make it a compound sentence: Students once copied long lists of proverbs, and they memorized them.

1. Original: Look for proverbs online, the library has dictionaries of proverbs.

• We can separate them into two sentences: Look for proverbs online. The library has dictionaries of proverbs. Or make it a compound sentence: Look for proverbs online, or the library has dictionaries of proverbs.

Answer:

s for Part B (Matching)

1. A proverb - b. sums up a simple truth.
2. Most proverbs - a. contain simple and colorful language.
3. Every culture - c. has its own proverbs.
4. To become a proverb, a saying - d. must be used for a long time.