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Activity goals

  • detect fragments and run-ons
  • remove redundant connectors
  • improve sentence clarity

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Questions

  1. Is this complete or fragment?
    • “When they reached the station.”
  2. Correct:
    • “Because he was ill, so he stayed home.”
  3. Correct:
    • “Although she is weak but she fights back.”
  4. Identify dependent clause:
    • “If the weather improves, we will travel.”
  5. Convert to single complex sentence:
    • “He was late. He missed the bus.”
  6. Convert to compound sentence:
    • “She practiced daily, therefore she improved.”
  7. True/False:
    • Clause order can change emphasis.
  8. True/False:
    • Every sentence beginning with when is a fragment.
  9. Write a sentence with time clause.
  10. Write a sentence with reason clause.

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Answer key

  1. Fragment
  2. “Because he was ill, he stayed home.”
  3. “Although she is weak, she fights back.”
  4. “If the weather improves”
  5. Sample: “He was late because he missed the bus.”
  6. Sample: “She practiced daily, and she improved.”
  7. True
  8. False
  9. Sample: “When the lecture ended, we discussed the topic.”
  10. Sample: “I revised again because I made mistakes.”

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Hint box

  • Use one logical connector per relation unless structure clearly needs more.
  • If clause starts with subordinator, check for a complete main clause after it.