Fragments and Run-On Sentences We Don't Want to Hear Them

Many people think dolphins and porpoises are fish this is simply not true.

• Sentence

• Fragment

• Run on

I like blueberries in the morning, I don't like bananas in the morning.

• Sentence

• Fragment

• Run on

• Comma Splice

She noticed the falling star.

• Sentence
• Fragment
• Run on

The bouncing beach ball.

• Sentence

• Fragment

• Run on

My mom gave me a birthday present today.

• Sentence
• Fragment
• Run on

I am going home I intend to stay there.

• NO CHANGE

• home; I intend

• home, I intend

A young lady in our church choir.

• Fragment

• Sentence

A _______ occurs when two or more complete sentences are connected improperly. 

• Run-on
• Fragment

A ________ occurs when a sentence is missing a subject or a predicate. 

• Run-on
• Fragment

An easy way to fix a run-on is to split the sentence into smaller sentences using a ________.

• Period
• Comma
• Semicolon
• Question Mark