Fragments, Run-On Sentences, and Sentence Combining

Use a conjunction (and/or) WITHOUT A COMMA when you combine two ____.

You must use a conjunction (and/but/or) AND A COMMA when you combine two _____.

Joe Girardi manages the Yankees _____ John Farrell manages the Red Sox.

I always forget to bring a pencil to class luckily my friend usually has an extra one.

Many students have minimal interest in GRAMMAR AND are hard to motivate.

My best friend Tina.

Derek Jeter was the Yankees' team captain for many years ___ the team currently has no captain.

One of my friends claims to be VEGAN BUT yesterday I saw her eat a double cheeseburger.

You may use a semicolon to combine two ___.

Punctuation and conjunctions provide a necessary pause to separate the sentences you combine.

After a game, players celebrate with a party ___ console themselves with ice cream.

Feeling a little anxious, he sat down and opened his test booklet.

A __________ expresses a complete thought.

The New York Yankees____ Boston Red Sox are long-time rivals.

A ___________ has a subject and verb.

The African elephant is the largest land animal it weighs over 8,000 pounds.

A subject or a verb by itself is a _________.

A hot, steaming bowl of oatmeal in the center of the kitchen table.

A run-on sentence is basically 2 sentences run together with no punctuation between them.

Let's practice: Plays soccer in the spring and football in the fall.

Our cat spent her first three years completely INDOORS, BUT now we let her go outside.

Jessica really wanted to see the end of the movie, but she just couldn't keep her eyes open.

Horatio reads everything he CAN, THEREFORE he has an impressive vocabulary.

I'd like you to work in groups for this assignment; however, you may work alone if necessary.

If you want to combine 2 sentences, all you need to do is erase the period in between them.