Fragments and Run-Ons
Fragment or complete sentence?
Watched basketball last night.
What is: fragment
True or False - This a simple sentence: The cat and the dog ran and rolled around in the yard.
What is: true
There is one (compound) subject: the cat and the dog
There is one (compound) predicate: ran and rolled around
A compound sentence contains 2 ___________ thoughts.
What is: complete
A complex sentence has an _________ clause and a ______ clause.
What is: independent, dependent
This type of clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb and CAN stand alone. It is a simple sentence.
What is an independent clause?
Fragment or complete sentence?
At home last night around 11 p.m.
What is: fragment
True or False - This is a simple sentence: Mom and Dad went home while I stayed at the mall.
What is: false
It is a complex sentence. "while I stayed at the mall" is a dependent clause. "Mom and Dad went home" could be a sentence without it.
True or False - This is a compound sentence: Jody and Steve ate ice cream.
What is: False
It's a simple sentence--"Jody and Steve" is the subject, and "ate ice cream" is the predicate. There's one (compound) subject and one predicate.
This is the independent clause in this sentence: The game will be delayed unless it stops raining.
What is: The game will be delayed
This type of clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb but CANNOT stand alone.
What is a dependent clause?
Run-on or correctly written sentence?
The toddler wouldn't stop whining, so his sister kicked him.
What is: correct
Can simple sentences have conjunctions?
What is: yes
BUT they will not have them with a conjunction, used to join two whole sentences. A sentence like "My mom and grandma went shopping." is a simple sentence even though it contains the word "and." There is just one "who is this about?" part and one "what did they do?" part.
True or False - This is a compound sentence: Soccer is a fun sport, and it is played in many countries.
What is: True
There are two complete thoughts that each have a subject and predicate. They are joined by a comma and conjunction.
This is the dependent clause in this sentence: While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.
What is: While we are learning to jump rope
This type of sentence has just one complete thought (one subject and one predicate). It can also be called an independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
Run-on or correctly written sentence?
The toddler wouldn't stop whining, his sister kicked him.
What is: run-on
True or False? This is a simple sentence: My old, withered crone of a grandmother never gave me a birthday gift.
What is: true
Even though it is a long sentence, there is just one subject (the insultingly described grandma) and one predicate (what she did--or didn't do).
Fill in the blank: Jason Aldean sang a song last night on tv ______ I didn't get to watch it.
Hint: there are 2 parts to the answer
What is: , but
Both an independent clause and a dependent clause contain these two things.
What are a subject and a predicate?
This type of sentence has two or more independent clauses joined together with a comma and coordinating conjunction (and, but, so, etc).
What is a compound sentence?
Fragment, run-on, or correct?
Her terribly behaved whirlwind of a pesky younger brother.
What is: fragment
It's long, but there is no predicate! What did this terrible brother DO?
True or False - This is a simple sentence: My mother told me to apologize because I was rude.
What is: false
It is a complex sentence (even without a comma). The word "because" is a signal. "Because" is a subordinating conjunction. "I was rude" could be a sentence all by itself as well.
Name three coordinating conjunctions that can join two independent clauses to make a compound sentence.
What are: (ex: and, for, but, yet, so)
List 5 subordinating conjunctions you might see in a complex sentence.
What are: (ex: since, unless, until, when, whenever, if, because, etc.)
This type of sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses that are joined together with a subordinating conjunction (when, since, if, etc).
What is a complex sentence?