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Grade 5 Grammar Worksheet
Write each fragment or run-on as a complete sentence.
Barking at the mail carrier.
Our class planted beans in the garden we watered them every day.
Finding a shell on the beach.
The bus stopped near the library the children climbed off.
Building a tall tower of blocks.
The baker made a loaf of warm bread the shop smelled wonderful.
Sitting on the fence.
The team practiced every afternoon the players got faster.
A complete sentence has a subject and a verb and says a whole thought. A fragment is missing a piece, so it leaves the reader waiting, and a run-on squeezes two thoughts together with nothing between them. On this fifth grade sheet a child reads eight word groups, some fragments and some run-ons, and writes each one as a complete sentence on the lines below.
Fixing the sentence, rather than only naming the mistake, shows whether a child can really hear where one thought ends and the next begins. Each version uses different sentences, and the answer key shows one good way to fix every item.
Common Core standard: L.4.1.F
"Barking at the mail carrier." is a fragment. "The dog barked at the mail carrier." is a complete sentence.
Joining two sentences with no mark between them, which makes a run-on.
A complete sentence says who or what, and what happens. If one is missing, add it. If there are two thoughts, split them with a period.
Joining two sentences with no mark between them, which makes a run-on.
A complete sentence says who or what, and what happens. If one is missing, add it. If there are two thoughts, split them with a period.
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Similar: Subjects and Predicates · Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
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