Grammar: Comma Splice, Fragments, Run-ons, and more!

Find the FRAGMENT (2mins):

(A) Maria wasn't watching her plate of barbecue very carefully. (B) So Santana, the family beagle, snatched a chicken leg hanging over the edge. (C) As baked beans and

potato salad slid onto Maria's new sandals.

• A

• B

• C

What is a clause?

• A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb

• A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a noun

• A clause is a group of words that includes a adjective and a verb

An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence.

• True

• False

A dependent clause can stand alone as a sentence.

• True

• False

Fragment or Complete:

While I was shopping at the local supermarket.

• Fragment

• Complete

Fragment or Complete:

My mother and I met at the restaurant.

• Fragment

• Complete

Fragment or Complete:

Although I hate having to work later than 7:00.

• Fragment

• Complete

Fragment or Complete:

To impress the new professor.

• Fragment

• Complete

Fragment or Complete:

Before a test, I try to get plenty of sleep.

• Fragment

• Complete

Fragment or Complete:

Staring out of the window above the kitchen sink.

• Fragment

• Complete