Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons

Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons

These sentences do not usually have punctuation between the ideas. For example, look at these sentences:

"She went dancing she liked it."

"Raymond is a great guy he likes to play the guitar."​

​Run-ons

Run-ons

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Correcting Run-ons

"She went dancing she likes it."

She went dancing because she likes it.

She went dancing; she likes it.

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"Raymond is a great guy he likes to play the guitar.

Raymond is a great guy. He likes to play the guitar.

Raymond is a great guy and he likes to play the guitar​

Subject | Subject

Comma splices occur when a comma is separating complete sentences.​

​"We went on a vacation, we went to Florida, Disney World was wonderful."

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"It is a beautiful place, it has lots of beaches, is beautiful."

Comma splices

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Correcting Comma Splices

​"We went on a vacation, we went to Florida, Disney World was wonderful."

We went on a vacation to Florida. We went to Disney World, which was wonderful!​

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"It is a beautiful place, it has lots of beaches, is beautiful."

It is a beautiful place. It has lots of beaches and is beautiful.​

Multiple Choice

What are the FANBOY words?

• for  after  no  by  on  yes  so
• first  and  next  but  only  yes  so
• for  and  nor  but  or  yet  so

Multiple Choice

The students painted a flower they were proud of it.

• run-on

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Gonzalez is wearing a red dress.

• complete sentence

• run-on

• sentence fragment

Multiple Choice

The baby was crying he was hungry.

• run-on

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

Multiple Choice

James loves his new car he takes care of it.

• run-on

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

• comma splice

Multiple Choice

The students are excited, it's almost summer.

• fragment

• run-on

• pickle

Multiple Choice

We went to the nightclub, it was a lot of fun.

• fragment

• run-on

• sentence

• comma splice

Multiple Choice

The big red barn by the road.

• sentence

• fragment

• run on

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a way to fix a run-on sentence?

• Use a period to split it into separate sentences
• Use a comma to split it into 2 separate sentences
• Use a comma and a FANBOY to separate the two complete thoughts

Multiple Choice

I've been using my MacBook for a year already, I've no regrets buying it.

• Complete sentence

• Fragment

• Comma splice

• Run-on sentence

Multiple Choice

That one car that was next to the Walmart, across the street from the Chic-fil-A.

• Correct Sentence

• Comma Splice

• Run-on

• Fragment

Multiple Choice

Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly.

• snack, his
• snack, but his
• snack, so his
• No change needed