Ind/Dep Clauses
Is this an independent or dependent clause:
The cat ran.
What is an independent clause?
A sentence that is lacking a subject, verb, or complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
Run-on or correct?
Billy walked all the way down his street it is about two miles long.
What is a run-on?
Is this semicolon used correctly?
She doesn't like to go to the park; the dogs always bark and chase her, especially at the memorial park.
Yes. The semicolon correctly separates the two independent clauses.
Why do you use commas and conjunctions?
To separate two independent clauses.
Is this an independent or dependent clause:
After she finished her test.
What is a dependent clause?
Is this a sentence or a fragment:
After he ran over to the coach.
What is a fragment?
Run-on or correct:
While Suzy asked her mother for money, Jonny knocked on the door.
What is correct?
Is this semicolon used correctly? How do you know?
John went to the park; and saw the geese.
No it is not correct because you do not need a semicolon before the conjunction. You would need a comma instead.
Is this sentence correct?
Tom ran fast during every episode but, Jerry never caught him.
No. The comma should be before but.
What is the dependent clause within this sentence:
Eliana, who could never finish her work on time, ran into class with a piece of paper in her hand.
What is "who could never finish her work on time"?
Sentence or Fragment:
Avery always tries her best.
What is a sentence?
Fix the run-on:
Jeremy hopped onto the bus it was yellow and had many windows.
What is a semicolon/ comma and conjunction after bus?
Where would you add a semicolon in this sentence:
John went to the disco it was very loud and dark with some wildly dressed people.
Where should the comma and conjunction be in this sentence and what conjunction should you use?
I walked here all the way from Hackleburg my feet are killing me.
Hackleburg, and
A clause that has a subject, a verb, and can stand alone.
What is an independent clause?
This makes a sentence a fragment.
What is not having a subject, verb, or complete thought?
Is this sentence a run-on or correct? If run-on, then correct it. If correct, tell why.
Stacy grabbed her book from the table and put it in her backpack.
Correct because there is only one sentence. The phrase after the conjunction is not a complete sentence.
Where would you put a semicolon in this sentence:
Sara took some old crackers to the park to feed the ducks they ran at her screeching and she fell into the water.
After ducks to separate the two independent clauses
Where should the comma and conjunction be in the sentence and why should it be there?
Adam Sandler was at the red carpet last Thursday he wore basketball shorts and a t-shirt.
Thursday, and because that is the end of the first independent clause and before the second
A clause that contains a subject and a verb, but cannot stand alone.
What is a dependent clause?
What makes this sentence a fragment:
Ran all the way down the tunnel.
What is a missing subject?
Dancing at the party.
run-on because there is no subject
Is the semicolon used correctly in this sentence? If not, correct it.
She had lived in Phil Campbell; Alabama, San Antonio; Texas, Orlando; Florida, and Las Vegas; Nevada.
No. She had lived in Phil Campbell, Alabama; San Antonio, Texas; Orlando, Florida; and Las Vegas, Nevada.
The bear stood up on two feet, and scratched its back on a tree.