Fragments and Run-on Sentences

Which of the following is a fragment?

• Since they left early in the morning

• They are running four miles every morning.

• Those are beautiful portraits

• Sandra sleeps with her make-up on.

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Which of the following is a definition of a run-on sentence?

• Group of words that expresses a complete thought.

• It is an incomplete statement

• Two sentences joined together without a correct punctuation

• A sequence of two or more words

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Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

• Reading the book with the gold lettering on the cover.

• America, the greatest country in the world.

• Since we had no money and no transportation.

• I studied for my math exam for six hours, I still did not pass.

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"There are four possible routes I don’t know which is the best." This is an example of a

• phrase

• run-on

• fragment

• clause

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Which of the following is a correct sentence?

• The importance of eating a healthy diet.

• She sang as loudly as she could everybody heard her.

• While they were gone to the grocery store, I cleaned my room.

• Because education is important.

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The sentence below is a fragment. Which group of words possibly completes the fragment to make it a complete sentence? "Learning more about our solar system_____"

• helps me finish what I cook.

• excites me about the wonders of the universe

• makes me terribly frightened about the ghosts

• draws me to my experience in my grandparents' house.

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Which of the following is NOT a fragment?

• Come here!

• Faster than the speed of sound

• The loud explosion

• The new singing rage on the television

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Which is an incorrectly written sentence?

• Many animals in the ocean around Antarctica.

• A mountain range across the continent

• Ninety-five percent of Antarctica is covered with ice.

• Because it is too cold.

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Which is a run-on sentence?

• One type of bird found in Antarctica is the penguin.

• I studied Antarctica's geography I was amazed.

• Antarctica has the highest average elevation of the seven continents.

• Antarctica is so isolated that its snow and ice are very pure

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Which is NOT a run-on sentence?

• Einstein achieved international recognition, in 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in physics

• The academy frustrated him he could learn in a way that interested him.

• School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein he did not do well.

• Einstein chose to educate himself but he missed classes often and spent the time studying physics on his own.

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