Sentences, Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

Identify each group of words:

When we were on the bus.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

Identify each group of words:

We went through the haunted chateau and the Zombie High School.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

Identify each group of words:

The highwire is my favorite the little dogs are a close second.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

Identify each group of words:

Michael Jordan is a good basketball player however Lebron is better.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

Identify each group of words:

Abby, the professional snowboarder from Michigan.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

Which option is not a sentence?

• He laughed uncontrollably.
• Rolled along the sidewalk.
• She loved running at night.
• Her dog barked and cried.

Successful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect. 

• no error
• run-on sentence
• comma splice
• sentence fragment

The zoo is a wonderful experience for everyone; you should go. 

• Run-on
• Comma splice
• Fragment
• Complete sentence

Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly.

• snack, his
• snack, but his
• snack, so his
• No change needed

FIX:
After the explosion ended. We all were shaking in our boots and feeling very scared.

• ended, we
• NO change needed
• ended we
• DO NOT PICK