Sentence fragments can't stand alone, because they do not express a complete thought. Run-ons put two complete sentences together in one sentence without separating them. [0:35]

Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a sentence fragment.

Practice sentence skills by choosing the sentence fragment in each of 20 passage.

What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.

This lesson focuses on complete sentences, fragments, subordinating conjunctions, and dependent clauses. It defines each and provides examples; then provides a self-assessment in which students read sentences or parts of sentences and...

Practice sentence skills by looking at each sentence in a passage and deciding if it is a complete sentence or a fragment.

Practice sentence skills by choosing the correction that will turn in each fragment into a complete sentence.

Practice sentence skills by choosing the correction that will turn in each fragment into a complete sentence.

Practice sentence skills by choosing the correction that will turn in each fragment into a complete sentence.

Practice sentence skills by identifying the type of fragment in each short passage: subordinate clause, participle phrase, infinitive phrase, afterthought, lonely verb, or appositive.

A PowerPoint slide explaining common sentence errors and how to correct them. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.

This site has an index to interactive exercises testing knowledge of various types of grammar. Some categories offer basic and advanced exercises. Answers are explained.

A five-question quiz where students are asked to determine if each group of words is a complete sentence or a fragment. Immediate feedback is provided for each answer and a percentage score is tallied and displayed throughout the quiz.

Twenty short passages each containing one sentence fragment which students are asked to choose. Feedback for each answer is given along with the option of reading an explanation of why the answer is correct or incorrect. Passages and a...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will be able to distinguish between sentences and fragments. They will also be looking at subjects and predicates.

Notes and examples explaining how to recognize an adjective clause, how to punctuate it correctly, and how to avoid writing it as a sentence fragment.

Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews complete vs. incomplete sentences, and types of sentences.

This lesson focuses on fragments and run-on sentences including explaining dependent and independent clauses, fragments, run-ons, comma splices, and coordinating conjunctions. It provides examples and links to quizzes.

Read the passage and choose the part that is a fragment.

The goal of this site is to be able to recognize a complete sentence when you see one. It lists several characteristics of a complete sentence and provides links to various parts of the sentence.

Get a collection of self-help handouts on different parts of speech and common usage topics.

Students will be challenged when they take this interactive grammar quiz? This quiz asks students to identify whether or not the sentence is grammatically correct. Come and check it out.