Fragments
Run-Ons
Complete Sentences
100

The big, brown, ferocious bear.

FRAGMENT

This is missing a verb.

100

Carmen loved traveling in Italy she thought Rome was beautiful.

RUN-ON

This is missing a comma and conjunction after "Italy." It could also be separated into two sentences by adding a period after "Italy" and capitalizing "she."

100

The flowers are blooming, and the sun is shining.

SENTENCE (compound)

200

In the tropical forest.

FRAGMENT

This is a prepositional phrase. There is no subject or verb.

200

Billy and Bob drove to town.

SENTENCE (compound subject)

200

The children are excited, they wait excitedly for Sam to come visit.

RUN-ON

This is missing a coordinating conjunction after the comma. This could also be separated into two sentences by adding a period instead of the comma and capitalizing "they."

300

Monkeys live in many places around the world.

SENTENCE (simple)

300

The girls played basketball, but the boys played tennis.

SENTENCE (compound)

300

Although it has very stumpy legs, it can run as fast as 35 miles an hour.

SENTENCE (complex)

400

Ate the jelly donuts. 

FRAGMENT

This is missing a subject.

400

Most of those computers in the lab are broken already, this makes me mad.

RUN-ON

The sentence is missing a conjunction after the comma. The sentence could also be separated into two sentences by turning the comma into a period and capitalizing "this."


400
Can be funny.

FRAGMENT

This is missing a subject.

500

Until all the cell phones stop ringing in theaters.

FRAGMENT

This is a dependent clause because of the subordinating conjunction "until." It is missing an independent clause.

500

My favorite food is pizza because it is very tasty.

SENTENCE (complex)

500

This animal can grow to more than 6 feet tall and can weigh up to 6,000 pounds. 

SENTENCE (compound predicate)

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