Sentences, Fragments, & Run-Ons

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Sentences, Fragments, & Run-Ons

A complete sentence must: Have a subject Have a verb Have a capital letter Have an end mark Make sense These are the five parts of a sentence.

Without these five things… IT’S NOT A SENTENCE!

Fragments are… Incomplete sentences Missing one or more of the five parts of a sentence

Fragment examples Went to a movie Problem? Missing a subject Solution? Add a subject Tom and Jerry went to a movie.

Fragment examples The dog next door. Problem? Missing a verb. Solution? Add a verb The dog next door barked the entire night!

Fragment examples On the bus. Problem? Missing a subject and a verb Solution? Add a subject and a verb The boys on the bus yelled loudly.

Run-ons Two complete sentences smashed together as one

Run-on examples I like to play football, Luis prefers soccer. Lisa writes poetry she sings too.

Run-on Solution 1 Add an end mark between the two complete thoughts. I like to play football. Luis prefers soccer. Lisa writes poetry. She sings too.

Run-on solution 2 Add a semicolon between the complete thoughts I like to play football; Luis prefers soccer. Lisa writes poetry; she sings too.

Run-on Solution 3 Add a comma and a conjunction I like to play football, but Luis prefers soccer. Lisa writes poetry, and she sings too.

Correct the Fragment Can’t be quiet. Yesterday Jimmy couldn’t be quiet. The kid with the crazy hair. The kid with the crazy hair got his head shaved. At the football game. At the football game Ray Lewis intercepted a ball from Russell Wilson.

Assignment - p. 300 Exercise 3 Write S if the sentence is a complete sentence. Write F if the sentence is a fragment. If the sentence is a fragment, make it a complete one on your paper.

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Correct the Run-on The colder weather is coming we should go shopping for warmer clothes. (use solution 1) I hope it snows this year, we could miss a day of school. (use solution 2) Building a snowman would be fantastic we just have to have enough snow to build a good one. (use solution 3)

p. 308 Exercise 11 Read each sentence. If it is a complete sentence, write S. If it is a run-on sentence, write RO. If it is a run-on, correct it using one of the three solutions. Be sure to mix it up.