Question

practice
a read each group of words. circle sentence, fragment, or run - on
to describe it.

1. lane smith is an illustrator sentence fragment run - on
2. the young artist. sentence fragment run - on
3. he loved to draw pictures he loved baseball sentence fragment run - on
4. he is grateful to his teachers. sentence fragment run - on
5. they encouraged him they helped him. sentence fragment run - on

Explanation:

1. "Lane Smith is an illustrator" has a subject (Lane Smith) and a predicate (is an illustrator), so it is a complete sentence.
2. "The young artist" only has a subject (The young artist) and no predicate, so it is a fragment.
3. "He loved to draw pictures he loved baseball" combines two independent clauses ("He loved to draw pictures" and "he loved baseball") without proper punctuation or a conjunction, so it is a run - on.
4. "He is grateful to his teachers" has a subject (He) and a predicate (is grateful to his teachers), so it is a complete sentence.
5. "They encouraged him they helped him" combines two independent clauses ("They encouraged him" and "they helped him") without proper punctuation or a conjunction, so it is a run - on.

Answer:

1. sentence
2. fragment
3. run - on
4. sentence
5. run - on