Fragments and Run Ons

During a grammar lesson, Olivia asked, 'What do you call any group of words with a subject and a verb?'

• Clause

• Phrase

• Sentence

• Fragment

During a group project, River noticed a sentence that couldn't stand alone and often started with an AAAWWUBBIS. What type of clause is this?

• Dependent clause

• Independent clause

• Main clause

• Simple sentence

Jazlynn wrote a sentence that can stand alone and express a complete thought. What type of clause did she use?

• Independent clause

• Dependent clause

• Subordinate clause

• Relative clause

Abrianna wrote a sentence that started with 'Although it was raining'. What can she do to fix this dependent clause fragment?

• Add an independent clause

• Remove the dependent clause

• Add a comma

• Change the verb tense

Rylee and Lucas were writing an essay together, but they put two independent clauses together without any punctuation

• Fused sentence (run-on)

• Comma splice

• Fragment

• Complex sentence

Why is this a fragment? Since Emma loves her English teacher.

• It is a complete sentence.

• It lacks a main clause.

• It is a question.

• It is a compound sentence.

Emilio and Olivia wrote two independent clauses and joined them with a comma

• Comma splice

• Run-on sentence

• Fragment

• Complex sentence

Where is this sentence fused? I love Emily she's the best thing since sliced bread.

• Between 'Emily' and 'she's'

• Between 'I love' and 'Emily'

• Between 'the best' and 'thing'

• Between 'since' and 'sliced bread'

Emily is writing a story. What does an "ing" word in her story need to have to be a verb?

• Helping verb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

Jarin was writing an essay for his English class. He wrote: 'The sun setting over the horizon.' What type of sentence is this?

• Fragment

• Complete sentence

• Run-on sentence

• Compound sentence