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Complete Sentence, Fragment, or Run-on?
Correcting the Fragment
Correct the Run-on
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Michael plays chess every weekend.
Complete Sentence
100
The cow in the field.
Possible Answer: The cow in the Field was eating grass.
100

I love to write papers I would write one every day if I had the time.

Possible answer: I love to write papers. I would write one every day if I had the time.

100

True or False: The verb tells what the subject is doing.

True

200
I’m having a good day today it is my birthday.
Run-on Sentence
200
This afternoon.
Possible Answer: I hope we can go outside this afternoon.
200

John hit the baseball very far it went over the right field fence.

Possible Answer: John hit the baseball very far, and it went over the right field fence.

200

Is the following sentence declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory? I showed my animals at the fair this weekend.

declarative - just a statement; imperative - gives a command; interrogative - asks a question; exclamatory - expresses strong emotion

Declarative

300
When the sun comes up?
Sentence Fragment.
300
Before the big game last night.
Possible Answer: I took a nap before the big game last night.
300

We went to movies after the movies we went home.

Possible answer: We went to the movies. After the movies we went home.

300

What is missing from the sentences: the subject, the verb, both, or neither? The kids at the zoo.

verb

400
The cat meowing in the tree.
Sentence Fragment
400
A giant pink polka-dotted cat with a top hat.
Possible Answer: I had a nightmare about a giant pink polka-dotted cat with a top hat.
400

Mary, Sandra, and Ann are coming to dinner tonight they are bringing dessert.

Possible answer: Mary, Sandra, and Ann are coming to dinner tonight. They are bringing dessert.

400

What punctuation would be best at the end of this sentence? I can't wait to see my cousins at the family reunion

Exclamation point !

500
Carrying the books, I became tired.
Complete Sentence
500
And I studied before the test.
Possible Answer: My friend and I studied before the test.
500

What day of the week is your favorite mine is Friday.

Possible answer: What day of the week is your favorite? Mine is Friday.

500

What is missing from the sentence: the subject, the verb, both, or neither? The eye doctor checked my vision.

Neither