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

key notes :

✏️Is it a Complete Sentence, a Fragment, or a Run-on?

Complete Sentence ✅

• A complete sentence tells a whole idea.
• It has a subject (who or what) and a predicate (what the subject does).
• It starts with a capital letter 🅰️ and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?), or exclamation mark (!).

Examples:

• 🐶 The dog is barking.
• 🌸 Flowers are blooming in the garden.
• ⚽ Do you like playing football?

Sentence Fragment ❌

• A fragment is incomplete.
• It does not have a subject, a predicate, or both.
• It does not express a full idea.

Examples:

• 🐱 Running in the yard. ❌ (Who is running?)
• 🍎 In the basket. ❌ (What about the basket?)
• 🏠 Near the park. ❌ (What is near the park?)

💡 Tip: If you feel like “something is missing,” it’s probably a fragment!

Run-on Sentence 🚨

• A run-on sentence has two or more complete sentences joined incorrectly.
• It needs a period (.), a semicolon (;), or a conjunction (and, but, or) to separate ideas.

Examples:

• 🐶 The dog is barking it wants food. ❌
• 🌞 The sun is shining we are going to the park. ❌

✅ Corrected:

• The dog is barking. It wants food.
• The sun is shining, and we are going to the park.

💡 Tip: If you see too many ideas crammed together without proper punctuation, it’s a run-on!

🎯 Quick Check!

• Does it tell a complete idea? → ✅ Complete sentence
• Is something missing? → ❌ Fragment
• Are there too many ideas together? → 🚨 Run-on

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