ela review packet
A COMPLETE SENTENCE has a subject, verb and a complete thought
ARUNON SENTENCE is a sentence that has two
or more causes and
is joined
without a word to
connect them or a punctuation mark to separate them.
Directions: Determine if the sentence is a complete sentence or a run-on. If
it is a run-on, rewrite the
sentence to make it a complete sentence.
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Complete
Sentence or
Run-On
Sentence?
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Sentence Structure
1. The figer is the largest member of the felid (cat) family they sport long, thick reddish coats with
white bellies and white and black tails.
2. Their heads, bodies, tails and limbs have narrow black, brown or gray stripes. Complete
3. In the early 1900s, there were around 100,000 tigers throughout their range and today, an
estimated total of around 3,000-4,500 exist in the wild. on- Sentence
4. They are mostly nocturnal (more active at night) and are ambush predators that rely on the
camouflage their stripes provide. Complete Sentence
5. Tigers use their body weight to knock prey to the ground and they kill with a bite to the neck.
fun or
Septerce
A DEPENDENT CLAUSE depends on another part of the sentence, and it cannot stand alone.
An INDEPENDENT CLAUSE can stand on its own as its own sentence.
Directions: Read the sentences below. Determine if the underline section is a DEPENDENT CLAUSE
or an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE.
1. As I was packing for my ski trip to Denver, Lnoticed a hole in my jacket.
Dependent clause
2. If you don't have sour cream, you can substitute yogurt in the recipe.
Dependent
3. As the waves crashed on the beach, Joanie took photos of the waves, shells and seagulls.
4. If the sweater is still too small for Kim, Lcan exchange it at Macy's
Dependent
*Dependent
5. Although the United States has six manned moon landings, Neil Armstrong's landing is probably the
most famous of them all.
Dependent
Independe
Clauses
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