Sentences
Fragments
Run-Ons
Which Is Which?
Vocabulary
100
The three things a sentence needs to contain.
What is a subject, a predicate (verb), and a complete thought.
100
Why the following sentence is a fragment: Ran to the park.
What is missing a subject.
100
What makes a run-on a run-on.
What is two complete thoughts joined together without good glue.
100
The first question you ask when trying to figure out a sentence.
What is "What is the verb?"
100
The definition and part of speech of gaunt.
What is (adj.) - very thin, especially from hunger or disease
200
The subject in the following sentence: Many male baseball players were in the armed services during World War II.
baseball players players
200
Why the following sentence is a fragment: Before we entered eighth grade.
What is missing a complete thought.
200
The three ways to fix a run-on.
What is adding: - a period - a comma and a conjunction - a semicolon
200
Ms. Hanson directed the play, and Mr. Akeem and Mr. Williams directed the music.
What is sentence.
200
This word could be confused with an identical-sounding word.
What is horde?
300
The predicate(s) in the following sentence: During that time, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was created and helped keep professional baseball alive.
What is "was created" and "helped"?
300
Why the following sentence is a fragment: After school, slowly walking home, tail drooping with dejection.
What is missing a predicate and a subject
300
How you could fix the run-on: "The women played in baseball stadiums in the Midwest they earned from $55 to $125 per week.
- comma and conjunction - period - semicolon
300
"Run for cover!"
What is a sentence.
300
How you could connect chide and flaunt.
Someone might chide someone for flaunting something. (Open to creativity!)
400
The type of sentence (simple or compound) of the following: Chris and his friends take the bus or get rides from their parents.
What is simple?
400
What makes the following sentence a fragment: A big chocolate cupcake, covered in chocolate frosting and sprinkles, on the plate.
What is missing a predicate
400
Why the following sentence is a run-on: He followed the directions and went out to the back yard there he found his family and all his friends who had gathered for a surprise party.
What is it contains two complete thoughts.
400
The llama glumly went from class to class, he was sad because his friends seemed to have forgotten his birthday.
What is run-on
400
Write a sentence for "fate."
(Open to creativity!) Needs to show: - idea of future events - idea of future being controlled by some higher power
500
The type of sentence (declarative, exclamatory, interrogative, or imperative) of the following: The Racine Belles and the Rockford Peaches were two of the teams.
What is declarative.
500
Fix the following fragment: Hoping to do well on the test tomorrow.
(Open to creativity)
500
Why is the following sentence a run-on? The moon rose, pale and huge, over the snow-covered field, meanwhile the llama dreamed about his upcoming birthday.
What is it contains two complete thoughts.
500
The llama called out, “Hello?” but no one answered, he went upstairs, he couldn’t believe even his family was ignoring him.
What is run-on
500
How you could connect "horde" and "tolerable."
(Open to creativity!)