Run-ons/Fragments

Match the following

• tells the "who"

• Predicate

• does not make sense on its own; needs another clause

• Subject

• has a subject & a predicate; makes sense on its own

• Dependent clause

• tells the "do"

• Independent clause

Match the following

• Run-on example

• My dog likes going on walks he loves playing at the park.

• has 2 independent clauses together as 1 sentence

• Run-on

• Sentence example

• Sentence

• has a subject (who) & a predicate (do)

• My dog likes going on walks and playing at the dog park.

How can we fix a run-on?

*2 answers

• by adding a comma and a conjunction

• by adding a comma

• by adding punctuation and starting a new sentence

• by putting a period

Which sentence is a run-on?

• On Tuesdays we always eat tacos my mom loves Taco Tuesday.

• On Tuesdays we always eat tacos. My mom loves Taco Tuesday.

• On Tuesdays we always eat tacos, because my mom loves Taco Tuesday.

Which sentence is a run-on?

• There are only about 50 Javan rhinos left in the world, and all of them are in an Indonesian National Park.

• There are only about 50 Javan rhinos left in the world. All of them live in an Indonesian National Park.

• There are only about 50 Javan rhinos left, all of them live in an Indonesian National Park.

Which is the run-on?

• Mrs. Alfieri was born in Seoul, Korea. She was adopted at the age of 3 months old.

• Mrs. Alfieri was born in Seoul, Korea, and was adopted at the age of 3 months old.

• Mrs. Alfieri was born in Seoul, Korea, she was adopted at the age of 3 months old.

A sentence fragment:

*3 answers

• only the subject of a sentence

• only the predicate of a sentence

• does not make sense on its own

• a complete thought

Is this a sentence or a fragment:

Yesterday my cousin and I.

• sentence

• fragment

Which is true regarding this fragment:

Yesterday my cousin and I.

*Remember: subject tells the WHO, predicate tells the DO

• it is the subject and is missing the predicate

• it is the predicate and is missing the subject

Is this a run-on or a fragment:

Tomorrow my sister is coming home, she has been away at college.

Run-on is 2 or more INDEPENDENT clauses jammed together. A fragment is ONLY the subject (who) or ONLY the predicate (do).

• run-on

• fragment