Fragments & Run-ons

While they were gone to the grocery store.

• complete sentencee

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a fragment because it is a dependent clause. The marker word "while" makes it a dependent clause, and dependent clauses cannot stand alone. They must be attached to an independent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

She is grounded because she went to her friend's house late at night without asking.

• complete sentence

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a complete sentence - specifically, a complex sentence with 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

I don't know when she is coming back.

• complete sentence

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a complete sentence -- a simple sentence with 1 independent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Going to Jamaica for spring break.

• complete sentence

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a fragment, because it's missing a subject. WHO is going to Jamiaca on spring break? We don't know!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

She was the best student in the class, all the study groups invited her to participate.

• complete sentence

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a run-on because it uses a comma to connect two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction. This is called a comma splice. The comma could be replaced with a semicolon OR you could add a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) after the comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

She spoke as loudly as she could so everybody could hear her.

• complete sentence

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a complete sentence -- a compound sentence ('so' joins the two independent clauses).

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

He found the house once, he didn't think he could find it again.

• complete sentence

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a run-on because it uses a comma to connect two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction. This is called a comma splice. The comma could be replaced with a semicolon OR you could add a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) after the comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

They are running four miles every day.

• complete sentence

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a complete sentence - specifically, a simple sentence with 1 independent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Those cookies were yummy I ate 3 of them!

• complete sentence

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a run-on because it has two independent clauses that are not joined together properly with a semicolon or a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Climbing up the side of a big, scary mountain!

• complete sentence

• fragment

• run-on

Answer explanation

This is a fragment, because we don't have a subject and a verb. We just have a phrase -- no subject!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F