Correcting Fragments and Run-Ons

Which sentence corrects the fragment: When my alarm clock wakes me up in the morning.

• When my alarm clock wakes me up in the morning bright and early.

• When my alarm clock wakes me up in the morning and I eat breakfast.

• When my alarm clock wakes me up in the morning for school.

• When my alarm clock wakes me up in the morning, I get ready for work.

Until you do everything on your list

• Complete sentence

• Fragment

• Run-on

I wish I could sleep in on Saturday, but I have a 7 am basketball game.

• Complete sentence

• Fragment

• Run-on

Complete sentence, fragment, or run-on?

Mr. Jones ran over my bike i left it in the middle of the driveway it got run over.

• Complete sentence

• Fragment

• Run-on

Mrs. Peace is obsessed with Timothee Chalamet she watched all his films this summer.

Which sentence is NOT one of the correct ways to fix a run-on?

• Mrs. Peace is obsessed with Timothee Chalamet, so she watched all his films this summer.

• Mrs. Peace is obsessed with Timothee Chalamet, she watched all his films this summer.

• Mrs. Peace is obsessed with Timothee Chalamet. She watched all his films this summer.

• Mrs. Peace is obsessed with Timothee Chalamet; she watched all his films this summer.

Identify the run-on sentence.

• Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.

• The movie was over, we went to grab some dinner.

• She studied hard for the exam, and she passed with flying colors.

• He enjoys reading, especially historical novels.

Choose the sentence that is correctly written.

• The dog barked, it woke up the baby.

• The dog barked; it woke up the baby.

Fix that fragment!

Eating candy all night long.

• When I was eating candy all night long.

• I am eating candy all night long Halloween night.

• Because I was eating candy all night long.

• Although I shouldn't, eating candy all night long on Halloween night.

A _______ paired with a ______________ will correct a run-on sentence.

• Comma (,) and a FANBOYS

• Period (.) and a FANBOYS

• Semicolon (;) and a FANBOYS

Inserting a ________ between independent clauses (aka complete sentences) creates a grammatically correct sentence.

• Hyphen (-)

• Comma (,)

• Semicolon (;)

• Colon (:)