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Fragments and Run Ons

The document provides 12 sentences with grammatical fragments and instructions to identify the fragments and edit the sentences to remove the fragments. For each sentence, the corrections made to remove fragments and make each sentence grammatically correct are shown. Common corrections include adding connecting words like "and" and punctuation like commas to combine clauses.

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Fragments and Run Ons

The document provides 12 sentences with grammatical fragments and instructions to identify the fragments and edit the sentences to remove the fragments. For each sentence, the corrections made to remove fragments and make each sentence grammatically correct are shown. Common corrections include adding connecting words like "and" and punctuation like commas to combine clauses.

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Activity 2.

Underline the fragments in the sentences below. Then make whatever changes are
needed to turn the fragments into sentences.

1. My cat flattens herself and tries to get out of the room. Whenever I turn on the vacuum.
Apparently, she thinks something is coming to eat her.
1. My cat flattens herself and tries to get out of the room whenever I turn on the vacuum. Apparently, she
thinks something is coming to eat her.

2. Philadelphia was originally a Quaker colony. That was founded by William Penn in 1681. By
1777, it had become the capital of the new United States.
2. Philadelphia was originally a Quaker colony that was founded by William Penn in 1681. By 1777, it
had become the capital of the new United States.

3. Knowing she had not finished the book. Madelyn was very nervous about going to class. She
was sure the teacher was going to give a quiz.
3. Knowing she had not finished the book, Madelyn was very nervous about going to class. She was
sure the teacher was going to give a quiz.

4. Cullen and Bryson have been friends since first grade. Graduating from high school this year.
4. Cullen and Bryson have been friends since first grade. They graduated from high school this year.

5. I hired a neighbor boy. To mow my lawn and weed the garden. He has been doing a great job.
5. I hired a neighbor boy to mow my lawn and weed the garden. He has been doing a great job.

6. Mary Jane likes working at the department store. She enjoys the fringe benefits. For example,
purchasing clothes at a discounted price.
6. Mary Jane likes working at the department store. She enjoys the fringe benefits, For example,
purchasing clothes at a discounted price.

7. I love to eat “b” vegetables because they are full of vitamins. Such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts,
and beans. They also taste great.
7. I love to eat “b” vegetables because they are full of vitamins such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, and
beans. They also taste great.

8. Unless I start practicing more.


8. I can’t achieve an “A Grade” unless I start practicing more.

9. The house was overrun with cats. At least twenty of them. It was incredibly smelly and filled
with fur balls.
9. The house was overrun with cats; at least twenty of them. It was incredibly smelly and filled with fur
balls.

10. Chloe loves to collect rare pieces of pottery. Like jasperware. Her most prized piece is a Yixing
teapot that is several hundred years old.
10. Chloe loves to collect rare pieces of pottery, like jasperware. Her most prized piece is a Yixing
teapot that is several hundred years old.

11. Ben loves to study math and science. But refuses to study History. He says he doesn’t want to
focus on the past.
11. Ben loves to study math and science, but refuses to study History. He says he doesn’t want to focus
on the past.

12. When we arrived in Chicago, we took a train from the airport to the center of the city. Then
walked a few blocks to our hotel. The trip was easy.
12. When we arrived in Chicago, we took a train from the airport to the center of the city, and then
walked a few blocks to our hotel. The trip was easy.

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