1. It begins with a capital letter.
2. It has a subject.
3. It has a verb.
4. It expresses a complete thought.
5. It ends with a period.
If you have more than one subject-verb pairing in the sentence, you have more than one sentence in the sentence. That's generally fine so long as they are properly combined.
To combine two sentences, you need a comma (,) and a conjunction (and/but/or/yet/so/for/nor).
Two sentences also go into one if one of the two has a dependent word. The dependent word makes the sentence NEED another sentence to complete it. Some examples of dependent words are:
Dependent Words
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after if since where
although even if that whether
as long as even though though as soon as
because in case unless while
before just as until whenever
once now
that when wherever
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So with this quick review, let's try some practice.
Identify is the sentence below is a complete sentence. Write S if it is, RO if it is a run-on, and F if it is a fragment. Bonus: Fix the run-ons and fragments.
_____ l. More powerful
than a locomotive.
_____ 2. When it's your turn.
_____ 3. The firefighter yelled down the well.
_____ 4. That referee.
_____ 5. The spider fell down the back of his shirt, he screamed.
_____ 5. The spider fell down the back of his shirt, he screamed.
_____ 6. If you like
blueberry pancakes.
_____ 7. Who is standing on the
desk?
_____ 8. The man who is standing on the
desk is a great teacher, all the students love him.
_____ 9. Under the boardwalk, down by the sea.
_____ 10. My big brother likes motorcycles, my little brother likes lollipops.
_____ 11. The man who came to
dinner.
_____ 12. Whispered sweet
nothings.
_____ 13. Mother's Day and
Halloween.
_____ 14. You are my favorite
person.
_____ 15. I don't know the smallest planet, I know the largest.
_____ 16. Sweet Georgia Brown.
_____ 17. The man down on his luck tripped over the pot
of gold.
_____ 18. Bandits steal on land, pirates steal at sea.
_____ 19. Before you go.
_____ 20. Destroyed the
kitchen.
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