Fragments and Run-ons

Complete sentence or no?
The strange and beautiful story of Leslye Walton.

• Yes
• No

Is this a complete sentence?
The mutant chuckled.

• Yes
• No

Is this a complete sentence?
Decent kids, decent grades, decent athletes.

• Yes
• No

Which is a run-on sentence?

• Darlene likes ice cream she eats vanilla.
• Darlene has a great love for ice cream, especially vanilla.
• Darlene makes vanilla ice cream  for her family in July.
• Darlene is the reason why we always have a collection of ice cream containers in the freezer.

Which is a run-on sentence?

• My aunt has a great love for planting tulips in her front flower bed.
• Aunt Darlene is a flower-enthusiast who loves exotic species of flora.
• Aunt Tallulah talks to her tulips she puts fertilizer on her petunias.
• Aunt Taffy has the greenest green thumb around, rarely ever allowing a plant to go without water.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Which is a run-on sentence?

• Corintha, who is slightly clumsy, is always tripping over air.
• My best friend, Corintha, is a world-class athlete.
• Corintha, my older cousin, likes to proclaim that she is the fastest runner in the family.
• Corintha is a fast runner I don't know where she gets her speed.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

My mother told me to stay away from that dog.

• Sentence
• Fragment
• Run-on

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

My grammar teacher is incredibly nice she works hard to teach me.

• Sentence
• Fragment
• Run-on

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

The famous chef from your television show

• Sentence
• Fragment
• Run-on

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1B

The gardener trims the plants on Tuesdays he does a great job.

• Sentence
• Fragment
• Run-on

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F