Sentences Fragments Run-ons English I Miss Gilles

Sentences A sentence is a group of words with two main parts: complete subject and complete predicate Complete subject: includes a noun or a pronoun and names the person place thing the sentence is about Complete Predicate: includes a verb that tells something about the complete subject

Subject vs. Predicate A little review… Identify the complete subject and predicate in the following sentence. Underline the complete subject and put a box around the complete predicate. Several pilots from various countries have vanished in or near the Bermuda Triangle.

Subject Vs. Predicate Several pilots from various countries have vanished in or near the Bermuda Triangle.

Fragments A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought, but is punctuated as if it were a sentence. Examples: In the early evenings. The violinist performing the concerto. When she first touched the drums. *Since the above fragments are not sentences, do you recognize them as something else?

Fragments In the early evening. (Prepositional Phrase) The violinist performing the concerto. (Participle Phrase) When she first touched the drums. (Subordinate Clause)

Run-Ons A Run-On is two or more complete sentences that are not properly joined or separated. Two Types of Run-Ons –Fused Sentence: Made up of two or more sentences run together without any punctuation between them. –Comma Splice: Consists of two or more sentences separated only by a comma (instead of a comma and conjunction or semicolon)

Run-ons: Fused I use our library often the reference section is my favorite part. In the summer I like to go swimming the pool is always cool and refreshing. She likes to visit the sea lions at the zoo the sea lions are her favorite.

Run-ons: Comma Splice I want to go to the movies, I haven’t any money. I practice with my softball team on Saturday, my sister takes music lessons. I think the sinking of the Titanic was a terrible disaster, my sister thinks Pearl Harbor was much worse.

How to Correct Run-ons Three Ways 1.End marks: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points Use an end mark to separate a run-on into two sentences. Run-on: I use the library often the reference section is my favorite part. I use the library often. The reference section is my favorite part.

How to Correct Run-ons 2. Use a comma and coordinating conjunction Coordinating Conjunctions: - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Run on: I practice with my softball team on Saturday, my sister takes music lessons. Sentence: I practice with my softball team on Saturday, but my sister takes music lessons.

How to Correct Run-ons 3. Use a semi-colon to connect two closely related ideas. Run-on: She likes to visit the sea lions at the zoo the sea lions are her favorite. Sentence: She likes to visit the sea lions at the zoo; the sea lions are her favorite.

Identify whether each of the following is a sentence, fragment, or run-on 1. Where he works 2. I don’t like most desserts, I would rather eat some potato chips 3. Can you take me to the airport

4. She wanted him to get some milk she was going to bake cookies for the church social 5. As the racers neared the finish line 6. Come home after school