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
