IXL | Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Which is a run-on sentence?

Samuel plays with the dolls.

Martin and Carmen are good friends they go to school together.

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Which is a complete sentence?

Luther lit six candles on Myra's birthday cake.

Swam in the warm pool before dinner.

key idea

A sentence is a group of words that forms a complete thought. It has both a subject and a verb.

My friends walk along the path.

A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. It is usually missing a subject or a verb.

Knows the answer.

This is a sentence fragment. It is missing a subject.

Who knows the answer? She knows the answer.

The bright red car.

This is a sentence fragment. It is missing a verb.

What did the bright red car do? The bright red car stopped.

A run-on sentence is made up of two sentences that should stand alone.

I knocked on the door it opened.

To fix a run-on sentence, separate it into two sentences. Add a period after the first sentence, and use a capital letter at the beginning of the second sentence.

I knocked on the door. It opened.

solution

Luther lit six candles on Myra's birthday cake is a complete sentence. The subject is Luther, and the verb is lit.

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