run-on, sentence or fragment

complete

Attitude is everything.

fragment

Brains before brawn.

fragment

But would take a whole box of them if I could only have some brains.

complete

Consult the rain, and confer with the flowers.

run-on

Do you know the answer to this question, I am not sure that I know.

run-on

Do you think the wizard could get me back to Kansas I have been trying to get there.

fragment

Except a lighted match!

A lot of pages.

Fragment

A member of the National Basketball Association.

Fragment

A secretary who typed well.

Fragment

A very confusing problem.

Fragment

After he killed the deer.

Fragment

Always rushing around.

Fragment

As though we had met.

Fragment

Because I felt confident of myself.

Fragment

Because I like frogs.

Fragment

Corinne, a student in the evening division.

Fragment

Did a flip in the air accidentally.

Fragment

Evacuated the residents of the area.

Fragment

Five of the girls who were in that class.

Fragment

Jumping up and down and never stopping.

Fragment

Listens to her.

Fragment

Most of the tenants in the organization.

Fragment

Never used an iron on this fabric.

Fragment

Often goes to the library on Saturday.

Fragment

On the teapot in the kitchen.

Fragment

Roasted a chicken.

Fragment

Sent Little Red Riding Hood to visit her.

Fragment

Spent five dollars at the country fair last night.

Fragment

The basket of food.

Fragment

The cash register near the door.

Fragment

The eye doctor at my clinic.

Fragment

The soldier in the blue uniform.

Fragment

The wooden toys in the display.

Fragment

Turning the pages.

Fragment

Walking past my house yesterday afternoon.

Fragment

Whichever is less expensive.

Fragment

While she was talking.

Fragment

complete

Hey!

run-on

I can tell you why, it is simple.

run-on

I could tell you why the ocean's near the shore I could think of things I never thought before.

run-on

I know I did this is true.

run-on

Jim danced that was wonderful.

complete

My heart, beating with joy, cried out for poetry.

complete

Please raise your hand to speak.

A brave hunter rescued Grandma.

Sentence

A delivery truck blocked the way.

Sentence

A delivery van blocked our way.

Sentence

Answer the phone.

Sentence

Brenda argued with the mechanic.

Sentence

Dr. Pearl Kendrick developed a whopping cough vaccine.

Sentence

During the day he was singing loudly.

Sentence

Grandma reads to us.

Sentence

Grandma was not feeling well.

Sentence

He fell asleep.

Sentence

I like to read.

Sentence

Jessica made the desk.

Sentence

Mr. Logan brushed the lint from his coat.

Sentence

Mr. Simmons, an accountant, audited the records.

Sentence

Ms. Parks had a determined look.

Sentence

My favorite books are picture books.

Sentence

Nick feeds his rabbits each day.

Sentence

Put the letters into the mailbox.

Sentence

Riley sits on her lap.

Sentence

Sally toasted the whole wheat bread.

Sentence

Several of the ping pong tables need legs.

Sentence

The banana bread sold quickly.

Sentence

The basketball player lunged for the ball.

Sentence

The first snowfall came in October last year.

Sentence

The phonograph needs a new needle.

Sentence

The radiator overheated.

Sentence

The small fern fossils cost fifty cents apiece.

Sentence

The student from Mexico spoke about her country.

Sentence

The water heater runs on gas.

Sentence

The wolf jumped on Grandma's bed.

Sentence

This book describes life in the future.

Sentence

This elevator goes to the upper floors.

Sentence

Tina made vegetable soup for dinner.

Sentence

Toni explained her decision.

Sentence

Tracy wore hair braids.

Sentence

Vic turned on the radio.

Sentence

Warren strung a clothesline on the porch.

Sentence

Watch for the warning signs.

Sentence

We picked those apples at the orchard.

Sentence

What I do best is play the piano.

Sentence

Your argument influenced the panel.

Sentence

fragment

The dog that accompanied Dorothy to the Emerald City.

complete

The material in many of these questions comes from a movie; can you guess which movie?

run-on

The scarecrow fell over the fence, it was too tall for him.

fragment

Waiting for the sun to rise.

complete

What time is it?

Run-On

a group of two clauses that are improperly punctuated ex. My car is out of gas we cannot reach town before dark ex. My favorite Mediterranean spread is hummus it is very garlicky

Fragment

an incomplete though/a clause that is missing a subject or a verb ex. Because his car was in the shop ex. After the rain stops ex. When you finally take the test ex. Since you asked ex. If you want to go with me

One way to fix a run-on is to add a _______ and a ________.

comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, or, nor, for, but, so, yet)

the writer joins two or more sentences with only a comma to separate them

comma splice

A subordinate clause contains a subject and a verb, but it does not ______________ and cannot ________ as a sentence.

express a complete thought; stand alone

Again after all of the applause.

fragment

At the beginning of the movie.

fragment

Before they started their photography business.

fragment

During the celebration held at the plaza.

fragment

Leaving through the back door in the middle of the night last August.

fragment

the writer joins two or more sentences with no punctuation between them

fused sentence

Complete Sentence

not merely a group of words with a capital letter at the beginning and a period or question mark at the end. A complete sentence has three components: 1. a subject (the actor in the sentence) 2. a predicate (the verb or action), and 3. a complete thought (it can stand alone and make sense—it's independent) ex. Wishing he'd brought his umbrella, John waited for the bus all morning in the rain last Tuesday.

Bring the empty cartons back from the factory they can be used again.

run-on

Let's open the presents, we want to see what you have been given.

run-on

Several telephone operators tried to assist me finally I gave up.

run-on

The men fixing the heater need more time, they can bill us more if they need to do so.

run-on

There are too many people in this elevator, who can take another one so this one is not so crowded?

run-on

two or more complete sentences that are written as one sentence

run-on sentence

One way to fix a run-on is to add a _________.

semicolon

One way to fox a run-on is to add a ___________ and a __________.

semicolon and a conjunctive adverb (therefore, instead, meanwhile, still, also, nevertheless, however)

Have you already visited that famous London museum?

sentence

Last year we photographed some of the events.

sentence

Please handle these expensive vases with care.

sentence

We would really like to accept your invitation.

sentence

While you dial Molly's number, the rest of us can continue to set the table.

sentence

a group of words that is only part of a sentence

sentence fragment

A phrase does not contain a ________ and a ______ , so a phrase by itself is a fragment.

subject and a verb

What are the two types pf run-ons?

the fused sentence and the comma splice.

Three kinds of phrases are often mistaken for sentences: _______ phrases, _________ phrases, and _________ phrases.

verbal; appositive; prepositional