Fragments, Setences, and Run-On Sentences

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.

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

A subject or a verb by itself is a _________.

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

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

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

A ___________ has a subject and verb.

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

A __________ expresses a complete thought.

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

You may use a semicolon to combine two ___.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My best friend Tina.

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