Fragments and Run-Ons
An incomplete sentence missing a subject, predicate, or complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
What is the simple subject?
This type of sentence makes a statement.
What is declarative?
A group of words with a subject and a verb.
What is a clause?
What is a simple sentence?
Because the dog barked all night.
What is a fragment?
The italicized portion of the sentence: The bright yellow flowers in the vase wilted.
What is the complete subject?
The type of sentence here: Close the window.
What is imperative?
A group of words without a subject, verb, or both.
What is a phrase
This sentence has two independent clause joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction or a semicolon.
What is a compound sentence?
I love pizza we ordered two large pies.
What is a run-on?
The simple predicate of the following sentence: The class quietly completed the assignment.
What is completed?
The type of sentence here: Did you study for the test?
What is interrogative?
The prepositional phrase in the sentence: The cat slept under the warm blanket.
What is under the warm blanket?
What is a complex sentence?
Fix the following: Running quickly down the hall.
Answers vary: I was running quickly down the hall. Running quickly down the hall, she tried not to be late.
Identify the complete predicate: The little boy with the blue hat waved excitedly.
What is waved excitedly?
Identify the type of sentence: What an incredible story!
What is exclamatory?
The appositive phrase here: My brother, a talented musician, plays guitar.
What is a talented musician?
Identify the type of sentence: I went for a walk, but it started raining, so I turned around and went home.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
Correct the sentence: The sun was setting it looked beautiful.
What is The sun was setting, and it looked beautiful. The sun was setting. It looked beautiful. The sun was setting; it looked beautiful.
Identify both simple subject and simple predicate: The group of friends from school is meeting later.
What is group and is meeting?
Identify this type of sentence: The movie was well done.
Identify whether the clause is independent or dependent. Although she tried her best
What is dependent?
Identify the type of sentence: Although I was tired, I finished my homework, and I went to bed early.
What is a compound-complex sentence?