Sentences and Fragments Mrs. B. A sentences has a subject and predicate A subject is what or who the sentences is about. I She They The predicate is the action or ...
Compound Sentences Complex Sentences Compound Sentences Compound sentences - formed when 2 complete sentences (independent clauses) are joined together with a ...
What Is a Comma Splice? How Can I Correct Comma Splices and Run-ons? The 1st way is to Now you try! Use a period to correct these run-ons and comma splices.
Learning Objective: combine sentences to make simple sentences What are we doing today? Combine sentences to make a simple sentence Simple Sentence: has a subject and ...
Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices and Sentence Fragments What kind of sentence is this? Knowing that millions of people around the world would be watching in person and ...
Compound Sentences Complex Sentences Apostrophes-Quotation Marks-Italics What Every Clean Cut Freshman Needs to Know Clauses: The Gifts That Keep on Giving An ...
Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices and Sentence Fragments What kind of sentence is this? Knowing that millions of people around the world would be watching in person and ...
... for America, if not another world record during this, his fourth and surely ... ago when he set world records in the 100-metre dash and in the 400-metre relay ...
Sentences Sentences A sentence is a group of words that states a complete idea. Punctuating Sentences Sentences begin with capital letters... Fragments A fragment is ...
Try these next examples and determine if there is an adjective phrase or adverb phrase. ... Clauses. A clause is a group of words with its own subject and verb.
Fragments & Clauses Clauses A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb Subject Verb You stink. Sally is talking. Subject Verb I hate grammar Sally is ...
... to another series in order to express a complete thought. ... to make the fragment express a complete thought. ... bouquet of roses on my birthday. ...
Complete Sentences Language Arts Mrs. Cochren Complete Sentences A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate that work together to make a complete thought.
Complex Sentences I was stretched on my back my arms hanging off the bed thinking about the weekend. Now you try!!! * Parts of a Complex Sentence ONE independent ...
CLAUSES DEPENDENT CLAUSE: A dependent clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. IT MUST CONTAIN A SUBJECT AND A VERB!
Combining Sentences One plus one equals one. Language Book Pages 460 Notes What new notes did you take? Exercise 4 Odds Worksheet Combining Sentences by Inserting ...
SENTENCES WHAT YOU MUST KNOW Every sentence requires 5 things: a capital letter at the beginning; a punctuation mark at the end; a subject; a predicate; and a ...
Writing Sentences by Tarasine A. Buck Warm-Up Writing What is your favorite place to go when you want to relax? What does this place look like? Why do you like it?
FRAGMENTS Understanding Them Finding Them Correcting Them What is a fragment? Simply stated, fragments are incomplete sentences, either because they are not finished ...
Sentence Fragments. Writing incomplete thoughts is like. coming to class in underwear. ... They are phrases or dependent clauses rather than complete sentences ...
Tarasine A. Buck. Source : http://www.elc.byu.edu/classes/buck/w_garden/ppt/sentences.ppt ... There are three children in my family. My older sister, my younger ...
Compound Sentences Complex Sentences One independent clause and one dependent clause. There are two formulas to remember: ID (subordinating conjunction) D, I ...
One stuffed with down. Yes. I bought a new pillow stuffed with down. No ... Run-Ons. Two or more complete sentences incorrectly punctuated as if they were one. ...
A sentence has a subject, verb and a complete thought a fragment is missing ... Good : Encouraged by the laughter of schoolmates, Tommy joined the game. ...
My mother likes watching day-time television, especially old movies and soap operas. ... Alicia loved getting wedding presents but hated writing thank-you notes. ...
Correcting Sentence Fragments What is a sentence fragment? How to fix phrase fragments How to fix subordinate clause fragments Using fragments for stylistic effect
Fragments What is a fragment? A fragment is a group of words that is missing parts of a complete sentence. Remember that any sentence, in order to be complete, must ...
Sentence Fragments & Run-Ons Every sentence must have at least 3 components to be considered a complete sentence: The sentence must express a complete thought- we ...
Correcting Sentence Fragments What is a sentence fragment? How to fix phrase fragments How to fix subordinate clause fragments Using fragments for stylistic effect
In December we are flying to Rome for vacation it should be a wonderful trip. ... The reason we drove to the lake was to go fishing we ended up swimming all day. ...
Although most students do not have much experience with grammar lessons. ... A Phrase is a group of words that together do the work of an adjective or an adverb. ...
Here, for instance, we're missing an auxiliary has been, in this case, ... Spending' is a participle wanting to modify something, but there is no subject ...
Writing Effective Sentences Complete Sentences A complete sentence has a subject has a verb expresses a complete thought Examples: Olivia (subject) rode (verb) her ...
Jesse James was an American outlaw. ... Jesse James later organized his own group of robbers. ... Many students read the novel Jane Eyre and enjoy it. ...
A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate that work together to ... I went to the game, so Joey went skating. Compound sentence: You can come with us. ...
Avoiding Sentence Fragments and Run-ons Recognizing Fragments an incomplete idea punctuated as a complete sentence Correcting Fragments Connect a fragment to the ...