Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "my friends Maria and Carla"
It’s a fragment. It isn’t a complete thought and we don’t have a verb.
Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "I went apple picking with my friends Maria and Carla"
It's a complete sentence, in this sentences there are the subject, the verb and a complete thought
Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "Ran to the store faster than a rabbit"
This is a fragment, in this sentence there isn't a subject.
Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "My favorite history teacher."
It's missing a verb, so it's a fragment.
Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "When my mother married with my father."
It's a fragment! What happened when “my mother married my father?”
Is this a fragment? Why or why not? "Can you give me your address?"
This is a sentence! It has a complete ideia.
Can you say an example of a fragment? Explain it.
Student's answers
Is this sentence correct? Why or why not? "Judy leads a charmed life she never seems to have a serious accident."
This sentence has two independent clauses, so they need to be separated. "Judy leads a charmed life, she never seems to have a serious accident."
Is this sentence correct? Why or why not? "The airport is about to shut down because of the snow and if the plane doesn't land soon it will have to go on to Boston."
There are two independent clauses connected with a conjunction. But they need to be separated by a comma.
Is this sentence correct? Why or why not? "He drove off in the Mercedes. Erica watched him go."
It's correct! This sentence could also be separeted by semicolon, a coordinating cunjuction and a comma, or the period.
What are Run-on sentences?
A run-on sentence results from two or more complete sentences being connected without any punctuation.
What are fragments?
Fragments are incomplete sentences.
