Make it a Sentence

Good writers vary sentence

structure!
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Example: Ms. Huggins loves English, but
• A nd she is not very good at math.
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• B ut What are some things you must include to
• Or make this sentence correct?

• Y et You try:
• So
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• Ms. Huggins loves English; however, she
is not very good at math.

•Ms. Huggins loves English; she is not very

good at math.
What do you need to include to make
these sentences correct?
You try:
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• Because Ms. Huggins loves English, she
practices good grammar everyday.
•When the ship sank, the crew started
swimming towards the shore.

Is a fragment a complete sentence?

What do you need to do?
You try:
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• Look! No comma.
Ms. Huggins loves English because
math is much harder for her.
Remember that if you use the word
because you do not use a comma!

You try:
 ing or ly or ed,
• Working on her essay, Ms. Huggins
listened to her favorite music.

• Happily working, Ms. Huggins listened

to her favorite music.

• As Ms. Huggins worked, she listened to her

favorite music.
You try:
 , ing or ly or ed
• Ms. Huggins worked on her essay, listening
to her music.
• Ms. Huggins worked on her essay, happily
listening to her music.

• Ms. Huggins worked on her essay, as she

listened to her music.
You try:
• Do not make these
mistakes!
 Comma Splice

,
Ms. Huggins loves to dance, she loves to listen
to her favorite music.

What do you notice that is incorrect?

 Run-on Sentence

• Do not run-on! You need to stop. You need

to put a period between your sentences.
Ms. Huggins loves to dance she loves to listen to
her favorite music.
What do notice that is incorrect?