2.  A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. Sentences have two important parts. If it is missing either one of these parts, it is not a complete sentence.  The subject of a sentence is who or what the sentence is about (always has a noun in it).  The predicate of a sentence is what the subject is or is doing (always has a verb in it). Example: The beautiful, brown haired girl waved me over to play soccer.  Subject: The beautiful, brown haired girl/ Predicate: waved me over to play soccer.

3. What is the subject and predicate in the following sentences? 1. Sammie and Kathryn drove to the store. 2. Tori’s mother loves pizza. 3. Drew’s little dog likes to go on long walks.

4.  A sentence fragment is a piece of a sentence, not a complete sentence.  A sentence fragment is a group of words that is punctuated as a sentence but that cannot stand alone as a sentence.  A sentence needs a complete subject and a complete predicate. Here's an example: Sentence Fragment: The paper on the desk. Complete Sentence: The paper on the desk fell to the floor.

5. What is missing from the following sentences (subject or predicate)? 1. Kadeen, Dennis, Amirah and Anna. 2. Drove to the store yesterday. 3. Jacob’s big brown dog. 4. Had a great time at the party. 5. Saw a large deer on the road. 6. Trinity’s nice mother.

6.  A run-on sentence has at least two parts, neither one of which can stand by itself (in other words, two independent clauses), but the two parts have been smooshed together instead of being properly connected.  It is important to realize that the length of a sentence really has nothing to do with whether a sentence is a run-on or not. Example of a run-on sentence: The sun beat down on the pavement we sat in the grass instead.

7.  When two independent thoughts are connected by only a comma, they are a run-on sentence.  When you use a comma to connect two independent thoughts, it must be accompanied by a comma AND a conjunction (and, but, for, nor, yet, or, so). Here is the correct way to write our previous example: The sun beat down on the pavement, so we sat in the grass instead.

8. How could you fix the following run-on sentences? 1. Asel and Caroline walked to school yesterday it was raining really hard. 2. Jason and Joey played in a basketball game on Saturday they did not win the game. 3. Zanaya and Alyssa went to the mall on Saturday they bought a lot of clothes.