Sure! Let’s go through each sentence one by one and classify it as a
fragment,
run-on, or
complete sentence. I’ll explain why for each.
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1. I won’t wait until Sunday so we are going to a football game.
✔ Run-on
Why?
This is a run-on because it joins two independent clauses — “I won’t wait until Sunday” and “we are going to a football game” — with just the coordinating conjunction
“so” but
without a comma before it. In standard grammar, when you join two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction (like *and, but, so, for, nor, yet, or*), you need a comma before the conjunction.
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Fix: Add a comma → “I won’t wait until Sunday, so we are going to a football game.”
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2. The tall man with the yellow hat.
✔ Fragment
Why?
This is just a noun phrase — it has a subject (“The tall man”) but
no verb. A complete sentence needs both a subject and a predicate (verb). This doesn’t express a complete thought.
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Fix: Add a verb → “The tall man with the yellow hat waved at us.”
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3. A scared rabbit ran across the yard.
✔ Complete sentence
Why?
It has a subject (“A scared rabbit”) and a verb (“ran”), and it expresses a complete thought. It’s grammatically correct and stands alone.
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4. Drove quickly down the busy street.
✔ Fragment
Why?
This lacks a subject. Who drove? “Drove” is a past-tense verb, but there’s no one performing the action. Without a subject, it’s not a complete sentence.
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Fix: Add a subject → “She drove quickly down the busy street.”
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5. I ate four slices of pizza Harry ate three chicken wings.
✔ Run-on
Why?
Two independent clauses: “I ate four slices of pizza” and “Harry ate three chicken wings.” They’re joined with
no punctuation or conjunction, making this a fused sentence (a type of run-on).
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Fixes:
- Add a period: “I ate four slices of pizza. Harry ate three chicken wings.”
- Add a semicolon: “I ate four slices of pizza; Harry ate three chicken wings.”
- Add a comma + conjunction: “I ate four slices of pizza, and Harry ate three chicken wings.”
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6. The clock in the kitchen stopped working.
✔ Complete sentence
Why?
Subject: “The clock in the kitchen”
Verb: “stopped”
Complete thought: Yes — it tells us what happened to the clock. No errors.
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7. At three o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
✔ Fragment
Why?
This is a prepositional phrase indicating time. It has no subject or verb. It can’t stand alone as a sentence.
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Fix: Add a subject and verb → “We will meet at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon.”
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✔ Final Answers:
1. Run-on
2. Fragment
3. Complete sentence
4. Fragment
5. Run-on
6. Complete sentence
7. Fragment
Let me know if you’d like to rewrite any of them correctly!
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of fragment and run on sentence worksheet.
