Run-Ons, Fragments, and Complete Sentences

Run-Ons, Fragments, and Complete Sentences

Tells you something ABOUT the subject. ​

​Predicate

Who or what your sentence is about. ​

​Subject

​Subject VS. Predicate

NOTE: The subject does NOT always have to come first in the sentence. ​

Complete Sentences

1. Have a subject (who/what the sentence is about)

2. Have a predicate (verb or action)

3. Must be a complete thought​

Examples:

• She runs.

• ​Mr. Johnston walks the halls.

• Sometimes I wonder what you are thinking. ​

• The loud dog barks all night long. ​

Multiple Select

A complete sentence should

• have a subject

• have a predicate

• be a complete thought

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of this sentence?

The pretty girl eats chips.

• The pretty girl

• eats chips

• the

• chips

Multiple Choice

What is the predicate of this sentence?

Mrs. Johnstone loves her eighth graders.

• Mrs. Johnstone

• loves

• loves her eighth graders

Open Ended

Write an example of a complete sentence. 

Sentence Fragments

Only has a subject

OR

Only has a predicate

OR

Has a ​subject and predicate but makes NO SENSE

the stinky llama

eats chips

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence fragment.

• She runs 

• Because she runs

• He eats chips

• She likes books.

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence fragment.

• I ran to

• I drink kale juice

• The grits are good

• Mrs. Johnstone is my best friend

Multiple Choice

Select the complete sentence.

• the pretty girl

• The pretty girl eats chips

• eats chips

• because she eats chips

Open Ended

Write an example of a dependent clause.

Run-On Sentences​

​When two complete sentences meet together with NO punctuation!

Mrs. Johnstone is a bad athlete it is because she is afraid of getting hurt.

She eats she runs.

​FIX THESE

RUNS-ONS!

Multiple Choice

Which is true about run-on sentences?

• They stand on their own.

• They are pieces of sentences.

• They are two complete sentences smooshed together.

Multiple Choice

Which is the run-on sentence?

• Because she eats

• She eats a lot

• She eats she likes chips

• She likes chips

Open Ended

Write an example of a run-on sentence.