Sentence, Fragment, or Run-on

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What is a complete sentence?

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

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What is a fragment?

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

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What is a run-on sentence?

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

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Example of a complete sentence: 'The cat is sleeping.' What is it?

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Complete sentence.

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Example of a fragment: 'When I went to the store.' What is it?

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Fragment.

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Example of a run-on sentence: 'I love to read I go to the library every week.' What is it?

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Run-on.

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What punctuation can be used to fix a run-on sentence?

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A period, semicolon, or a conjunction with a comma.

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Identify the type: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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Complete sentence.

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Identify the type: 'Because I was tired.'

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Fragment.

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Identify the type: 'She likes ice cream he prefers cake.'

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Run-on.