The purpose of this game is to review

sentence structure:• Complete sentences

• Fragments• Compound sentences

• Run-ons

Make a complete sentence

What is a complete sentence?

A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate. There are 4 kinds of sentence.

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Make a fragment

What is a fragment?

A fragment is NOT a complete sentence.

1. It might be missing the subject or predicate

2. It might be a dependent clause starting with “since”, “when” etc.

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Make a compound sentence

What is a compound sentence?

A compound sentence is two or more sentences joined together with the right glue

1. I like cheese; I am Dutch.2. I like cheese, and I am

Dutch.

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Make a run-on

What is a run-on?

A compound sentence with two or more sentences joined together with NO GLUE or the WRONG glue

1. I like cheese I am Dutch.2. I like cheese, I am Dutch.

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