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SENTENCE FRAGMENTS& RUN-ON SENTENCES

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A sentence fragment is a piece or part of a sentence. It is missing a

subject, a verb, or both.

Examples:

Going to the game.Missing a____________________

The house on Elm Street.Missing a____________________

Complete Sentence or Fragment?

1. Every girl on the team._________2. Jim knows.___________________3. Began to dance._______________4. Plays the piano._______________5. Play the piano.________________6. Mr. North, my neighbor._________7. Check the mail.________________8. Patrick fixed dinner._____________

A run-on sentence is two or more sentences put together without proper punctuation.

We always go to my uncle’s house

on the Fourth of July my sister and

I like to use his pontoon boat.

Fix a run-on sentence:Add a comma and a conjunction(and, but, or nor, so, yet, etc.) or

a semicolon• [ , and] We always go to my uncle’s

house on the Fourth of July, and my sister and I like to use his pontoon boat.

• [ ; ] We always go to my uncle’s house on the Fourth of July; my sister and I like to use his pontoon boat.

Add a conjunction and a

comma or a semicolon to fix these run-on sentences:

1. James is the captain__________he will decide when to practice.

2. The seniors are in charge_________they don’t know how to do it.

3. That little dog is cute__________ he’s not very friendly.

4. Either Joseph already left_________he is in his room.5. Katy prefers to do the cooking_________she really

likes cooking Italian dishes.

A. Identifying Sentences, Sentence Fragments, and Run-OnsWrite CS, F, or RO to identify the word group as a complete sentence, fragment, or run-on sentence.1. Because it is a region that receives little water. ________

2. Months may pass between rainfalls when storms do occur, they may be violent. ________

3. The dry desert soil and hardly any water. ________

4. Piles of sand called dunes cover parts of the desert. ________5. The desert is very hot during the day, however the temperature may drop below freezing at night. ________

8. Even though the prairie dogs hide in burrows beneath the rocks. ________9. Desert mammals become active at night. ________

10. After desert reptiles appear at sunrise. ________

11. Desert plants also face the problem of collecting water the cactus is an expert at holding water. ________

12. Need to absorb as much water as possible.________ ________

6. Animals and plants live in the desert they have developed ways to survive. ________

7. The lives of many desert creatures of the desert. ___

COMPOUND: INDEPENDENT + INDEPENDENT

He lives in Weston, but he goes to school in Davie.

COMPLEX:DEPENDENT + INDEPENDENT

Although he lives in Weston, he goes to school in Davie.

COMPOUND-COMPLEX:DEPENDENT + INDEPENDENT + INDEPENDENT

Although he lives in Weston, he attends school in Davie,

but he does not like it.