Name: ________________________________
Period: ____
COMPLETE SENTENCES
There are three parts to a perfect sentence. Complete flower.
1.
2.
3.
Subjects and Predicates in Sentences
Identifying Subjects and Predicates
Draw a vertical line between the complete subject and the complete predicate in
each of the following sentences. Then, underline the simple subject once and the
simple predicate twice.
1. My cousin in England had never met her American relatives.
2. The frost etched a lacy pattern on the windows.
3. The desire for immortality has taken many forms throughout history.
4. Many words in English are derived from Latin.
5. Long shadows crept over the cornfields.
6. I had never seen a prettier day.
7. Edison invented the phonograph in 1877.
8. The coconut grows on a tall, graceful palm tree.
9. Many animals cannot see colors.
10. The zipper was invented in 1893 by Whitcomb L. Hudson.
11. A castle was the home of a feudal lord during the Middle Ages.
12. Cats live happily in either the city or the country.
13. My father drove us to the ballpark.
14. The tourists gathered at Buckingham Palace.
15. The German psychologist studied and analyzed human consciousness.
FRAGMENTS ACTIVITY
Indicate S for a sentence or F for a fragment.
_______1. The students enjoyed the speaker.
_______2. Since the apples are not ripe.
_______3. Her horse loping around the ring.
_______4. Because of the rain.
_______5. When I had to go, they didn’t try to stop me.
_______6. She was strapping her skis to the van.
_______7. Then Dan shouting angrily at her.
_______8. A $75.00 pair of running shoes.
_______9. Spaghetti and ravioli with meatballs.
_______10. Running on foggy or rainy days is great.
Convert each fragment into a complete sentence.
1. The dog barking wildly at the fire engine.
2. The eerie midnight call of the foghorn.
3. When the pine tree crashed through our garage roof.
4. The red wagon wheels lending themselves to the new go-cart.
RUN-ONS
A RUN-ON sentence is two or more sentences written as one sentence. It is usually
composed of two sentences separated by a comma or two sentences not separated
at all.
Below are two RUN-ONs. Can you hear and see two sentences with each one?
A. Michael paid $2,000.00 for the classic car now he had to get it into operating
condition.
B. Jennifer tried to find a summer job, babysitting was becoming rather
tiresome for her after three summers with the Millers.
These CAN be fixed! There are THREE ways of correcting RUN-ON sentences.
METHOD ONE
Divide the separate thoughts in the RUN-ON into two separate sentences.
Use a period at the end of the first sentence. Use a capital letter at the beginning of
the second.
RO – The Trojan War lasted ten years the Illiad tells the story of that war.
S – The Trojan War lasted ten years. The Illiad tells the story of that war.
METHOD TWO
Divide the separate thoughts in the RUN-ON into a compound sentence by
using a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, etc.).
RO – I didn’t pass my driver’s test, I can’t drive to the party tonight.
S – I didn’t pass my driver’s test, and I can’t drive to the party tonight.
METHOD THREE
Use a semicolon between the two sentences.
RO- My brothers and I grew up in the country, we really miss it now.
S – My brothers and I grew up in the country; we really miss it now.
HOWEVERs … When the word HOWEVER is used in the middle of a sentence to
show a contradiction make sure you punctuate correctly.
EX: Last year we spent our vacation at the beach; however, this summer we plan to
go camping in Maine.
RUN-ONS
Now it’s your turn to practice correcting RUN-ON sentences. Correct the sentences
below either by punctuating them correctly or by separating them into two
complete sentences.
Example: Jack Nicklaus has won all of golf’s major championships, many call him
the best golfer ever.
Correct: Jack Nicklaus has won all of golf’s major championships. Many call him the
best golfer ever.
Correct: Jack Nicklaus has won all of golf’s major championships; many call him the
best golfer ever.
1. After carefully measuring the cloth, the tailor cut two strips then he sewed
them together.
2. Cross country skiing is a healthy exercise, also it is a pleasant way to enjoy
nature.
3. Rain poured down during the fourth quarter as a result the halfback fumbled
the ball.
4. Most parents take an interest in their children’s achievements regrettably
some do not.
5. The exterminator examined the house for insect damage he found none.
6. Our fishing trip netted us five mackerel we were well satisfied.
PREPOSITIONS
A preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another
word in the sentence.
Ex: Luis traveled to Guatemala with other teenagers.
aboard
about
above
according to
across
after
against
ahead of
all over
along
alongside
amid
amidst
among
around
as
as of
as to
aside
astride
at
away from
bar
because of
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
close by
close to
considering
despite
down
due to
during
except
except for
excepting
excluding
failing
for
from
in
in between
in front of
in spite of
including
inside
instead of
into
like
minus
near
near to
next to
notwithstanding
of
off
on
on top of
onto
opposite
out
out of
outside
over
past
pending
per
plus
regarding
respecting
round
saving
similar to
since
than
through
throughout
till
to
toward/towards
under
underneath
unlike
unto
up
upon
versus
via
wanting
while
with
within
without
PREPOSITIONS
Underline the prepositions once and the prepositional phrases twice.
Ex: The store is just around the corner.
1. I stopped by the grocery store on Tuesday.
2. The young boy threw the football to his father.
3. My favorite color in the entire world is pink.
4. On my way to swimming practice, I was hit by an ice cream truck.
5. My mother likes to keep extra pens in her purse.
Rewrite the following sentences so they do not end with a preposition.
1. The gardener asked the student volunteer to move the dirt to the side of the
house an spread it all over.
2. The carpenter moved the ladder and picked the shovel up.
3. On the day of the attack, Castro’s forces were standing by.
4. Another minor flaw was that the bolt needed cut, but the time ran out.
5. Which movie are you going to?