Aside from starting with a capital letter and ending with punctuation, name the three things that a sentence MUST contain: 1. 2. 3.

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Aside from starting with a capital letter and ending with punctuation, name the three things that a sentence MUST contain:

1.At three o’clock tomorrow afternoon. 2.Drove quickly down the busy street. 3. In the rainforests of Guatemala. 4. She is sick but she won the marathon. 5. It is. 6. I ate four slices, Harry ate chicken wings. 7. Clothing, including jeans and jackets. 8. Never try to outrun a bear it can run thirty miles per hour. 9. Why the Mayan civilization collapse?

10. Mrs. Blanco gone to visit her mother. 11. Finding a parking space there is usually easy. 12. Driving in the city during rush hour. 13. To apply for a job at the new store in the mall. 14. Asked his boss how often he would work weekends. 15. Shaking his new boss’s hand, he knew he would like working there.

Top three ways to fix a run-on: 1.Make two separate sentences. 2.Use a comma & a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) 3.Use a semi-colon to create two separate sentences.

1.Ted wants to study but he plans to jog first. 2.Tim Tebow was born on August He lived in Murfreesboro Tennessee and he plays for the Tampa Bay Rays. 4.The author was born in London England on December Bring chips salsa and brownies but don’t forget paper plates. 6.When I asked he said I could decide on my own. 7.The pilot packed his bags went to the airport and flew his first flight.

1.He was a horse rider officer and a known criminal. 2.Smoking cigarettes is a costly dangerous habit. 3.They created measured and distributed the baked goods 4.He left the large gorgeous and fragrant flowers on her desk. 5. The cat with the grey white and brown fur is hilarious.