These are not complete sentences because they are missing either a subject or a verb
What is a sentence fragment?
100
Two sentences run together that can be separated.
What is a run-on sentence?
100
Using a comma and conjunctions, using a semicolon, inserting words.
How do you combine short sentences?
100
It only has one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
100
A sentence with one independent clause and one subordinate clause.
What is a complex sentence?
200
Leaves home at 6:30.
No subject
200
Like this: No one was working, so we lost recess.
How do you separate this sentence: No one was working we lost recess.
200
Change this sentence: It's raining outside. We can't go anywhere.
It's raining outside, so we can't go anywhere.
200
It has two independent clauses and is usually joined by a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
200
A sentence with two independent clauses and one subordinate clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
300
My brothers and I.
No verb.
300
When you are separating two options, use...
"or".
300
Make this one sentence: Gabriela helped me with my project. Gabriela is my sister.
Make the second sentence an appositive phrase: Gabriela, my sister, helped me with my project.
300
Give an example of a simple sentence.
I'm hungry.
Don't forget to bring this back to me.
My head hurts.
300
Give an example of a complex sentence.
If you don't finish your work, you can't play.
400
We arrived early.
In the morning.
Which one is a fragment?
400
You have to use a conjunction (and, but, so) if you want to combine two sentences with a...
comma
400
It is when you use a noun, separated by commas, to define another noun. (e.g. Maria, my cousin, has brown hair)
What is an appositive phrase?
400
Give an example of a compound sentence.
I wish we could play games often, because they are fun.
Our relatives live far away, so they only come twice a year.
I'm hungry, but I don't have anything to eat.
400
Give an example of a compound-complex sentence.
If you don't finish your work, you can't play, and you won't have any free time.
500
Yes, they can be questions.
example: Before lunch? This is not a complete question.
Can fragments be questions?
500
Example of a run-on sentence combined with a coordinating conjunction.
I like apples, but pears are the best.
Mariano has two brothers, but Daniela is an only child.
Pablo has a new cell phone, and he bought it yesterday.
500
Combine these sentences to make one: He got sent home. His stomach was hurting.
He got sent home because his stomach was hurting.
500
An acronym for Pronounce, Study, and Write.
What is PSW?
500
What is the difference between a compound and a complex sentence?
Both parts of a compound sentence can be used alone.
But only one part of a complex sentence can be used alone. The other clause depends on the one that CAN be used alone.