Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Famous Woodpecker
Fragments and run-on sentences
Sentences

Most people know of Woody Woodpecker, the famous cartoon character. But most people do not know he has a niece and a nephew. The name of Woody’s niece is Knothead. What is the name of his nephew?

To answer the question, read each example below. Decide if it is a correct sentence, a run-on sentence, or a sentence fragment. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its number at the bottom of the page.

1. More than two hundred kinds of woodpeckers.

E. Sentence

T. Run-On

I. Fragment

2. Woodpeckers are found in much of the world, they live in forests.

V. Sentence

E. Run-On

Y. Fragment

3. Most woodpeckers eat insects.

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A. Run-On

I. Fragment

4. They find insects by pecking at trees with their bills.

T. Sentence

U. Run-On

H. Fragment

5. Ben Hardaway created Woody Woodpecker in 1940.

R. Sentence

E. Run-On

J. Fragment

6. Woody’s first film was Knock Knock, he soon became a cartoon star.

J. Sentence

N. Run-On

L. Fragment

7. Starring in many cartoons over the years.

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R. Run-On

S. Fragment

8. Children around the world know Woody they enjoy his cartoons.

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L. Run-On

M. Fragment