Fragments & Run-On Sentences

What is missing in this sentence?   

Walking next to the lake.

• No errors found

• subject (who)

• predicate

  (verb)

What is missing in this sentence?   

After breakfast.

• No errors found

• subject (who)

• predicate

  (verb)

Which is NOT a way to correct a run-on sentence?

• Add a comma WITH a coordinating conjunction.

• Insert a comma between the two clauses.

• Insert a period between the two clauses.

• Insert a semicolon between the two clauses.

What type of error was made in this sentence?

Jill is cooking fish for dinner, Tim is baking a pie for dessert.

• Capitalization

• Comma Splice

• Fragment

What type of error was made in this sentence?

Kyle loves to play football, he hopes to make the varsity team some day.

• Capitalization

• Fragment

• Comma Splice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Earth Day is about appreciating the earth, and it should be celebrated by all.

• Earth Day is about appreciating the earth, it should be celebrated by all.

• Earth Day is about appreciating the earth and it should be celebrated by all.

Why is this a fragment?

"The confused people on the show."

• This is a complete sentence.

• Missing a subject.

• Missing a predicate (verb).

Why is this a fragment?

"The anxious dog in the park."

• This is a complete sentence.

• Missing a predicate (verb).

• Missing a subject.

A sentence is a complete thought or an __________.

• dependent clause

• independent clause.

Another phrase for a complete sentence is ____________

• a fragment.

• a dependent clause.

• an independent clause.

• a run-on sentence.