Run on Sentences
"She went to the store she bought milk and eggs and cheese."
Run-on sentence
"After the game."
Fragment
Name that sentence:
"The cat jumped over the fence and ran away"
Complete Sentence
Fix that sentence:
"I went to the park I saw a friend."
Add a comma or period:
"I went to the park. "I saw my friend."
"I went to the park, and I saw my friend."
"He wanted to play football it was pouring rain outside"
Run-on sentence
She was very tired after her long day.
Complete sentence
Name that sentence:
"After the storm passed."
Fragment
"He loves pizza he ate five big slices."
Add a comma or period:
"He loves pizza, so he ate five big slices."
"He loves pizza." "He ate five big slices."
Why is this a run-on sentence?
"I went swimming with all my friends we got cheesy pizza after and had lots of grape pop."
There needs to be a comma or period in the sentence.
What makes this a complete sentence?
The brown dog ran fast.
It has a subject: (Brown dog)
and a verb:(ran fast)
Name that sentence:
"I played soccer and I won a game we got gold it was awesome."
A run-on sentence
Name that sentence:
"We played soccer it started to rain."
Add a comma or period:
"We played soccer, until it started to rain."
"We played soccer outside." "It rained so we stopped."
Identify the run-on sentence:
A. She went outside to eat lunch.
B. The dog barked the cat away.
B. is a run on sentence
Which is a complete sentence? and why?
A: In the afternoon.
B: He plays soccer every day.
B. because there is a subject (he) and a verb (plays soccer).
Name that sentence:
"In the middle of the forest."
Fragment
Identify and fix this run-on sentence:
A: She cooked dinner, then we ate.
B: We went to the park it was sunny outside.
"We went to the park because it was sunny outside."
"We went to the park. It was sunny outside."
Fix this run-on sentence:
"I like ice cream so much I eat it every night it is my favourite dessert because it is so creamy and yummy."
"I like ice cream so much, I eat it every night."
"It is my favourite dessert."
"It is so creamy and yummy."
Turn this fragment into a sentence:
"After the rain stopped."
Some examples could be:
"After the rain stopped, we played outside."
"After the rain stopped, we jumped in puddles."
Name that sentence:
"She read the book, but didn't like the ending."
"I am tired I stayed up late."
"I am tired because I stayed up late."
"I am tired. I stayed up late."