3. Run-ons

Question 1

Contains a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence.

Answer 1

Independent Clause

Question 2

A group of words that does not contain its own subject and/or verb. It is only part of a sentence.

Answer 2

Phrase

Question 3

Contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought. It begins with a subordinating conjunction and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

Answer 3

Dependent Clause

Question 4

Includes a subject and a verb but can’t stand alone as a sentence. It will always begin with one of these five relative pronouns: who, whose, who, which, or that.

Answer 4

Relative Clause

Question 5

What acronym should you use to remember the coordinating conjunctions (they connect independent clauses).

Answer 5

FANBOYS

Question 6

What acronym should you use to remember the subordinating conjunctions (they begin a dependent clause).

Answer 6

AAAWWUBBIS

Question 7

An incomplete sentence

Answer 7

Fragment

Question 8

Occurs when two or more sentences are incorrectly joined together as one.

Answer 8

Run-on