Grammar test
What is the best way to fix the following run-on sentence? Animals and plants live in the desert they have adapted to live in this dry climate. Animals, and plants live in the desert they have adapted to live in this dry climate. Animals and plants, and live in the desert they have adapted to live in this dry climate. Animals and plants live in the desert. They have adapted to live in this dry climate. correct as is
Animals and plants live in the desert. They have adapted to live in this dry climate.
What is the best way to rewrite the following fragment? Appear at sunrise.
Desert reptiles appear at sunrise.
Which of the following sentences is a run-on sentence? A region that receives little water. Hide in burrows and beneath rocks. Months may pass between rainfalls when storms do occur, they may be violent. Not many people except those in the desert.
Months may pass between rainfalls when storms do occur, they may be violent.
Which of the following sentences is a correctly written complete sentence? The Sahara has a hot, dry climate. The largest desert in the world. The Sahara covers an area about the size of the United States it extends into ten African countries. Less than two million people.
The Sahara has a hot, dry climate.
Which of the following sentences is a sentence fragment? The dry desert soil and hardly any water Desert plants also face the problem of collecting water the cactus is an expert at holding on to water. Piles of sand called dunes cover parts of the desert. Desert reptiles are interesting creatures.
The dry desert soil and hardly any water
What is the best way to rewrite the following fragment? The largest desert in the world. The largest desert in the world is the Sahara. The largest, and desert in the world. The largest;desert in the world. The Sahara
The largest desert in the world is the Sahara.
To fix a run-on sentence you could...
add a comma and a conjunction to split up the two independent clauses.
To fix a run-on, you can add a comma and a conjunction add a semicolon break up the run-on into multiple sentences all of the above
all of the above
Why the Maya civilization collapsed
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because we stayed up late on Friday night
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on the other side of the mountain
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when the fireworks lit up the sky
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A Confederate referred to as "Johnny Reb". sentence fragment run-on
fragment
A war fought over states' rights and slavery. sentence fragment run-on
fragment
def: compound predicate
has two or more predicates
def: compound subject
has two or more subjects
my shoelace came untied in the middle of the race i had to sop and tie it again
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our team made the playoffs this year our final game is on Saturday
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the Maya had a game that resembled basket the player hit a rubber ball through a hoop with their elbows and hips
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the sauce is almost finished, you can start cooking the pasta now
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Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States at the time he was the country's 16th president. sentence fragment run-on
run-on
People were forced to choose a side brothers were often on opposite sides. sentence fragment run-on
run-on
The Confederacy wore gray uniforms the Union wore blue sentence fragment run-on
run-on
A __________is two or more sentences written as if they were a single sentence.
run-on sentence
all that glitter is not gold
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please find your gloves and boots before tomorrow morning
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school was canceled because a thunderstorm knocked down some power lines
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A Union soldier was referred to as "Billy Yank". sentence fragment run-on
sentence
As the war progressed, it became obvious that the North had better resources. sentence fragment run-on
sentence
The United States Civil War was fought from 1861-1865. sentence fragment run-on
sentence
The soldiers were discouraged. sentence fragment run-on
sentence
A _________is part of a sentence that is written as if it were a complete sentence but is missing a subject, a predicate, or both.
sentence fragment
def: complete predicate
tells what the subject does or did
def: complete subject
tells who or what the sentence is about
def: simple subject
the main noun
def: simple predicate
the verb
