🧩Fragments
"After the party."
Add a subject or complete thought.
🧠What is a run-on?
👍 Run-on sentences are sentences that should be split into two or fixed with punctuation or conjunctions.
Fix it:
❌"Before the game."
➕Add a subject or verb.
"While the teacher was talking."
🧩Fragment- add a complete thought.
What can fix a run-on sentence?
➕Add a period, semicolon, or comma ➕ conjunction.
✅True or ❌false: "Because it was raining." is a complete sentence.
❌ False. Needs another part, like "Because it was raining, we stayed inside."
"I like pizza I eat it every Friday."
Whats wrong with this sentence?
➕Add a period, semicolon, or conjunction.
Fix it:
❌"She studied hard she passed."
➕Add punctuation or a conjunction.
"The class ended everyone ran to lunch."
🏃♀️Run-on- add punctuation or conjunction.
"She was tired she went to bed."
Add a comma ➕ conjunction or a period.
"Running down the hall."
How can you fix it?
Add a subject or verb.
Fix these run-ons:
1️⃣ "She likes cats she has five."
2️⃣"He runs fast he wins every race."
✅ "She likes cats, and she has five."
✅ "He runs fast, and he wins every race."
Fix it:
❌"Because it was cold."
➕Add a complete thought.
"The cat slept on the couch."
Complete sentence
✅ correct as is.
"I like pizza, it's good."
🔨Fix the comma splice by adding a period or conjunction.
"Since the movie ended."
What needs to be done?
✅ Add a main clause
(complete sentence)
What are two ways to fix a run-on?
✅ Add a period.
✅ Add a comma + conjunction (and, but, so)
Fix it:
❌"I love to read my sister likes art."
➕Add a comma and a conjunction.
"Because it was late, we went home."
Complete sentence
✅Correct as is.
"It's cold we need coats."
➕Add punctuation or connecting word.
Give 2️⃣ ways to fix fragments
1️⃣ Add missing subject or verb
2️⃣ Add the rest of the thought
✅True or ❌False: "It was late, we went home." is correct.
❌ False: It's a comma splice
✅ Correct: "It was late, so we went home."
Fix it:
❌"He works hard he never gives up."
➕Add a period or a joining word. (Conjunction)
"I like ice cream it's my favorite dessert."
🏃♀️Run-on- add punctuation or conjunction.
🤷♀️What's the difference between a fragment and a run-on?
🧩Fragment= incomplete idea.
🏃♀️Run-on= too many ideas joined wrong.