Fragments, Sentences, and Run-On Sentences

At my school, we cannot wear backpacks to our classes.

My best friend Tina.

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

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

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

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

You may use a semicolon to combine two ___.

Occasionally, my teacher will announce, "This will be on the test."

I use small sticker flags to mark important passages I write notes on larger paper.

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

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

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

Always looking for interesting or fascinating topics and ideas.

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

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

Education, above all, should be challenging and inspiring.

Important information is not always difficult to understand I mark this type of text.

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

Marking the page with a red sticker immediately.

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

Free access to the internet at the Edison Public Library near where I live.

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

A subject or a verb by itself is a _________.

A __________ expresses a complete thought.

Green is the color of growth I use green flags for difficult topics requiring extra study.

Blue, the color of feeling calm.

I marked the reference with a purple flag that weekend I investigated ostrich farms.

The purple flags for these creative topics.

Available in different colors, such as red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

On the other hand, I do not like oranges as much as my friend does.

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

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

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

A ___________ has a subject and verb.

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

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

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

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

A color-coded system for highlighting different types of information.

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