Unit - 1 Writing Complete Sentences

Select all that apply. What is needed in this sentence fragment? Coming down the hill.

Subject Verb

Select all that apply. What is needed in this sentence fragment? Coming to my house.

Subject Verb

Identify the fragment below.

The Native American arts and crafts festival this weekend at Heritage Park in downtown Phoenix.

Identify the run-on sentence below.

The festival is this weekend and it will feature Native American arts and crafts but it will not be held on the reservation but they're having it at Heritage Park so the downtown Phoenix residents can enjoy it and buy beautiful things.

If you punctuate a fragment like a sentence, you are still left with a fragment.

True

Select all that apply. What is needed in this sentence fragment? Frank and Tom and Sam.

Verb

Select all that apply. What is needed in this sentence fragment? Sheltie puppies and calico kittens.

Verb

Select all that apply. Proofreading requires you to: _____.

correct spelling mistakes fix punctuation errors read your work carefully

A group of words that does not express a complete thought, even though it may be punctuated as a sentence is a(n) _____.

fragment

When you check spelling, punctuation, and form in your writing, you are _____.

proofreading

Stringing together two or more sentences with and's, but's and so's and treating them as one sentence results in a(n) _____.

run-on sentence