Sentences and Fragments Practice

A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. It often lacks a subject or a verb.

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

A fragment can often be identified by its inability to stand alone as a complete thought.

A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunction.

You can fix a fragment by adding a subject and a verb to make it a complete sentence.

This is a fragment.

This is a complete sentence.

You can use a period, semicolon, or a conjunction with a comma to correct a run-on sentence.

This is a run-on sentence.

The subject tells us who or what the sentence is about.