A group of words that do not express a complete thought or do not have both a subject and predicate.

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A group of words that do not express a complete thought or do not have both a subject and predicate.

What are you doing? Eating chicken soft tacos. NO Who is eating the chicken soft tacos?

How do we fix this? Eating chicken soft tacos. Mr. Fluke is eating chicken soft tacos.

The chicken soft tacos were delicious. I ate 12 tacos. went to the bathroom.

How do we fix this?

The chicken soft tacos were delicious. I ate 12 tacos. went to the bathroom. I

Two or more sentences that run together without the correct punctuation. TL;DR: A really long sentence.

I like Minecraft it’s so fun I love playing it Minecraft is the best.

How do we fix this?

Two easy ways to fix run-on sentences. Add periods to create separate sentences. Make it a compound sentence! Add a conjunction like: and, or, but

I like Minecraft. It is so fun. I love playing it. Minecraft is the best. I like Minecraft it’s so fun I love playing it Minecraft is the best. I like Minecraft and it is so fun. I love playing it because Minecraft is the best.

Mr. T ran for president he lost the election.

NICE WORK!

One more exercise. I am going to give you 3 examples of run-on sentences and sentence fragments.

In your notebook… Write down what they are: Fragment or run-on And then fix the sentence!!!

Try your best with these examples because… They are taken directly from your own student work!

One more thing before we start… If everyone can finish all 3 examples, I’ll put a token in the class pot!

1. that we need to recycle electronics 2. Not only that but there are that but there serious risks involved as well 3. If a plant goes extinct and we don’t save the seeds a animal that’s eats that plant can die and then goes on