Fragment, sentence or run-on?

Grade 5 Sentences Worksheet

Full sentences express a
complete thought and have
Write sentence, fragment, or run-on a subject and a verb.
beside each line. Rewrite the fragments Fragments are not a
and run-ons as proper sentences. complete thought.
Run-on sentences have
two or more ideas that are
sentence _ 1. It is not okay.
_____ not joined correctly.
_____
sentence _ 2. The environment is nice.
_____
_____
run-on
_____ _ 3. The water is hot I am making tea.
The water is becoming hot, so I am making tea soon.
_____
fragment _ 4. The dentist who lives on our street.
_____
The dentist
_____ who lives on our street helped me.
sentence _ 5. This show makes me laugh.
_____
_____
fragment_ 6. The clown with the big red shoes.
_____
The clown with the big red shoes always makes me to laugh.
_____
fragment _ 7. About a boy who likes to play baseball.
_____
I _____
watched a story about a boy who likes to play baseball.
run-on _ 8. I’m having a party it will be at the park.
_____
I’m having a party, and it will be at the park.
_____
run-on _ 9. You can be a teacher you can be a principal.
_____
You
_____ can be a teacher, or you can be a principal.
sentence _ 10. I thought so too.
_____
_____

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Fragment, sentence or run-on?
Full sentences express a
Grade 5 Sentences Worksheet
complete thought and have
Write sentence, fragment, or run-on a subject and a verb.
beside each line. Rewrite the fragments Fragments are not a
and run-ons as proper sentences. complete thought.
Run-on sentences have
two or more ideas that are
not joined correctly.
sentence _ 1. She ate.
_____
_____
sentence
_____ _ 2. Stewart goes home.
_____
run-on
_____ _ 3. We went to the car we opened the doors.
We went
_____ to the car, and we opened the doors.
sentence _ 4. The book on the table.
_____
_____
run-on
_____ _ 5. He went to the store he bought some beans.
He went
_____ to the store, and he bought some
_ beans.
fragment _ 6. The teacher with the brown hair.
_____
The teacher
_____ with the brown hair teaches science.
fragment_ 7. The girl who lives with her aunt in
_____ Oklahoma.
The girl who lives
_____with her aunt in Oklahoma will play with me.
sentence _ 8. I can go.
_____
_____
sentence _ 9. He cannot go because he has homework.
_____
_____
run-on
_____ _ 10. I’ll be better tomorrow I need a good rest.
_____ I’ll be better tomorrow and I need a good rest.

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