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A sentence fragment is a piece or part of a sentence. It is missing a subject, a verb, or both. Examples: Going to the game. Missing a____________________ The house on Elm Street. Missing a____________________

Complete Sentence or Fragment? 1. Every girl on the team._________ 2. Jim knows.___________________ 3. Began to dance._______________ 4. Plays the piano._______________ 5. Play the piano.________________ 6. Mr. North, my neighbor._________ 7. Check the mail.________________ 8. Patrick fixed dinner._____________

A run-on sentence is two or more sentences put together without proper punctuation. We always go to my uncle’s house on the Fourth of July my sister and I like to use his pontoon boat.

Fix a run-on sentence: Add a comma and a conjunction (and, but, or nor, so, yet, etc.) or a semicolon [, and] We always go to my uncle’s house on the Fourth of July, and my sister and I like to use his pontoon boat. [ ; ] We always go to my uncle’s house on the Fourth of July; my sister and I like to use his pontoon boat.

Add a conjunction and a comma or a semicolon to fix these run-on sentences: 1. James is the captain__________he will decide when to practice. 2. The seniors are in charge_________they don’t know how to do it. 3. That little dog is cute__________ he’s not very friendly. 4. Either Joseph already left_________he is in his room. 5. Katy prefers to do the cooking_________she really likes cooking Italian dishes.

A. Identifying Sentences, Sentence Fragments, and Run-Ons Write CS, F, or RO to identify the word group as a complete sentence, fragment, or run-on sentence. 1. Because it is a region that receives little water. ________ 2. Months may pass between rainfalls when storms do occur, they may be violent. ________ 3. The dry desert soil and hardly any water. ________ 4. Piles of sand called dunes cover parts of the desert. ________ 5. The desert is very hot during the day, however the temperature may drop below freezing at night. ________

8. Even though the prairie dogs hide in burrows beneath the rocks. ________ 9. Desert mammals become active at night. ________ 10. After desert reptiles appear at sunrise. ________ 11. Desert plants also face the problem of collecting water the cactus is an expert at holding water. ________ 12. Need to absorb as much water as possible.________ ________ 6. Animals and plants live in the desert they have developed ways to survive. ________ 7. The lives of many desert creatures of the desert. ___

COMPOUND: INDEPENDENT + INDEPENDENT He lives in Weston, but he goes to school in Davie. COMPLEX: DEPENDENT + INDEPENDENT Although he lives in Weston, he goes to school in Davie. COMPOUND-COMPLEX: DEPENDENT + INDEPENDENT + INDEPENDENT Although he lives in Weston, he attends school in Davie, but he does not like it.