Fragments, Run-On Sentences, and Sentence Combining

You may use a semicolon to combine two ___.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A ___________ has a subject and verb.

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

My best friend Tina.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A __________ expresses a complete thought.

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

A subject or a verb by itself is a _________.

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