ELA - Grammar and Punctuation

A complete sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought and contains a subject and a verb.

A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and is missing either a subject or a verb.

A period (.) is used to end a statement.

A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences that are incorrectly joined together without proper punctuation.

A comma is used to separate items in a list, to set off introductory elements, and to separate independent clauses when joined by a conjunction.

Examples of conjunctions include 'and', 'but', 'or', 'nor', 'for', 'so', and 'yet'.

An exclamation mark (!) is used to express strong emotion or emphasis.

A sentence expresses a complete thought and has both a subject and a verb, while a fragment does not.

A question mark (?) is used to end a question.

The dog barked loudly.