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Fixing Fragments and Run-Ons

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 9-10
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Read this sentence: 'The dog was running through the park.' Which words are the subject?

    • The dog
    • was running
    • through the park

  2. What is missing from the fragment 'The boy on the red bike.'?

    • A full stop
    • A predicate
    • A subject

  3. Read this sentence: 'The little bird sang a sweet song.' Which words are the predicate?

    • The little bird
    • sang a sweet song
    • bird sang

  4. Which of these is a run-on sentence?

    • I brushed my teeth before bed.
    • Brushing my teeth at night.
    • I brushed my teeth I went to bed.

  5. Which sentence fixes the fragment 'Waiting by the door for her mom.'?

    • By the door waiting.
    • Waiting for her mom.
    • The girl was waiting by the door for her mom.

  6. Which sentence fixes the fragment 'The kite in the tree.'?

    • The kite in the tall tree.
    • The kite is stuck in the tree.
    • In the tree, the kite.

  7. What is missing from the fragment 'Under the bed.'?

    • A subject and a predicate
    • Only a subject
    • Only a predicate

  8. Which correction fixes this run-on: 'The sun set the sky turned orange.'?

    • The sun set, the sky turned orange.
    • The sun set. The sky turned orange.
    • The sun set the, sky turned orange.

  9. Read this: 'I finished my drawing it looked great. I showed it to my teacher she smiled.' What errors does it have?

    • Two run-ons
    • A fragment and a run-on
    • Two fragments

  10. Read this: 'The storm knocked down a tree. It blocked the road nobody could pass.' What error does the second sentence have?

    • It has no error
    • It is a run-on
    • It is a fragment
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  1. The dog · The subject tells who or what the sentence is about. This sentence is about the dog.
  2. A predicate · The fragment tells us who, the boy, but never says what happens. The missing part is a predicate.
  3. sang a sweet song · The predicate tells what happens. 'Sang a sweet song' tells what the bird did.
  4. I brushed my teeth I went to bed. · The first one jams two complete ideas together with no break: 'I brushed my teeth' and 'I went to bed.'
  5. The girl was waiting by the door for her mom. · Adding 'the girl was' gives the sentence a subject, so now it's complete.
  6. The kite is stuck in the tree. · The fix adds a predicate: 'is stuck' tells what is happening. Now the sentence is complete.
  7. A subject and a predicate · 'Under the bed.' is just a place. It has no one doing anything and nothing happening, so both parts are missing.
  8. The sun set. The sky turned orange. · A comma alone can't join two complete ideas. A full stop splits them cleanly here.
  9. Two run-ons · Both sentences jam two complete ideas together with no break. There are no fragments here.
  10. It is a run-on · 'It blocked the road' and 'nobody could pass' are two complete ideas jammed together with no break. That is a run-on.
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