Fragment, Run-on, Complete?
Fragment, Run-on or Complete?
The wild wind whistled through the waves.
What is complete?
What is Compound?
The Coquihallia is a highway that was badly damaged by the storm.
What is that was badly damaged by the storm.
Campbell ate ice cream, and Nate had a cupcake.
What is Campbell and Nate - subjects, ate and had -predicates (verbs)
What is the direct object?
She gave the book to me.
What is
The book
Fragment, Run-on or Complete?
Without her pet pig beside her.
What is fragment? There is no independent clause here
Without her pet pig beside her, she felt all alone.
The father stooped to help his daughter tie her shoe, but she had already beat him to it.
What is Compound?
After Shawn ate breakfast, he quickly ran to school.
What is After Shawn ate breakfast.
The tall lad reached up and got the cat out of the tree.
What is subject - lad, verb - reached and got.
Give the 3 elements of a complete sentence.
What is:
-a subject
- a predicate
- expresses a complete thought.
Fragment, Run-on or Complete?
The circus came to town we decided to buy tickets.
What is a run-on?
The circus came to town, so we decided to buy tickets.
Whenever I exercise, I always feel better.
What is Complex?
The Sumas Prairie, which is an area of low ground in Abbotsford, was flooded by the storm.
What is which is an area of low ground in Abbotsford?
The tour began at 8am, so I quickly ate breakfast before we left.
What is subject - tour, I, we
Verb - began, ate, left
This sentence has two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
Fragment, Run-on, Complete
When she walked down the street, everyone noticed her.
What is complete?
This is a complex sentence- it is also complete.
I went to the mall because I needed new sneakers.
What is complex?
The students were not paying attention while the teacher was talking so they missed the assignment.
What is While the teacher was talking.
Because the movie lasted for hours, I ran out of popcorn before the rising action had begun.
What is
Subjects - the movie, I, rising action
Verbs - lasted, ran, had begun
List the FANBOYS conjunctions.
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Fragment, Run-on, Complete?
Running to the dock with her arms waving frantically.
What is fragment?
Running to the dock with her arms waving frantically, she stopped the ferry just in time.
The kite flew out of her hands; she just couldn't hold it tight enough.
What is Compound.
A _______________ sentence has at least one dependent clause and an independent clause. The dependent clause always has a _______________ conjunction at the beginning of the clause.
What is
A complex sentence has at least one dependent clause and an independent clause. The dependent clause always has a subordinating conjunction at the beginning of the clause.
Don't put that in your mouth is an expression that is commonly used by Mothers everywhere.
Subjects - you, that
verbs - put, is, used
Identify the direct and indirect objects:
If you give a mouse a cookie, it will be your friend for life.
What is
direct object - a cookie
indirect object- a mouse