Fragments and Run-ons

Often politicians, athletes, and actors, hide their addiction and their recovery, they do not want to risk ruining their careers.

This is an example of a-

• fragment

• comma splice

• correctly written sentence

Which option is NOT correct grammatically.

• Herb talks too much. Nobody seems to mind.

• Herb talks too much, nobody seems to mind.

• Herb talks too much, but nobody seems to mind.

• Although Herb talks too much, nobody seems to mind.

A _______ paired with a ______________ ___________ will correct a run-on sentence.

• Comma, coordinating conjunction

• Period, coordinating conjunction

• Period, coordinating conjunction

• Semicolon, coordinating conjunction

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Larry is a bad babysitter he lets the kids do whatever they want to.

• Larry is a bad babysitter, he lets the kids do whatever they want to.

• Larry is a bad babysitter; he lets the kids do whatever they want to.

Because the wind was blowing, we went out to play in the leaves.

This is an example of-

• Complete Sentence

• Run-On

• Fragment

The dog ran through the woods it chased the deer up the hill.

This is an example of a -

• Complete Sentence

• Run-On

• Fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

In the middle of the night.

This is an example of-

• Complete Sentence

• Run-On

• Fragment

An easy way to fix a run-on is to split the sentence into smaller sentences using a ________.

• Period
• Comma
• Semicolon
• Question Mark

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Inserting a ________ between independent clauses creates a grammatically correct sentence. 

• Period
• Comma
• Semicolon
• Colon

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

What is a comma splice?

• When commas are used correctly in a sentence

• Commas that are used to separate items in a series

• When two independent clauses are joined together by only a comma