8.L.GC.1.53 8.L.GC.2.b 8.L.GC.2.d

Sentence Structure 8th Grade

Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.GC.1.53
Grammar, Mechanics Use parts of speech and their associated phrases or clauses to perform indicated sentence functions (e.g., subject, direct object, predicate nominative, modifier). (Master)
Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.GC.2.b
Use a variety of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, to condense and combine ideas, maintaining consistent verb tense throughout the text. (C)
Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.GC.2.d
Build and enrich ideas and information in texts, integrating modifying phrases and clauses and eliminating misplaced or dangling modifiers to convey meaning and facilitate engagement. (C)

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

Sentence fragments are missing independent clauses.

⚜ Sometimes sentence fragments are missing subjects.

⚜ Sometimes sentence fragments are missing verbs.

⚜ Sometimes sentence fragments are dependent clauses without their independent clauses.

RUN-ON SENTENCES

Run-on Sentences have two or more independent clauses that are "run together" without appropriate punctuation or conjunctions to separate them or connect them.

⚜ Some run-on sentences are fused sentences.

⚜ Some run-on sentences are comma splices.

❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋

Go to the next page to practice identifying and editing sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

Sentence Structure

Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.GC.1.53

Grammar, Mechanics Use parts of speech and their associated phrases or clauses to perform indicated sentence functions (e.g., subject, direct object, predicate nominative, modifier). (Master)

Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.GC.2.b

Use a variety of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, to condense and combine ideas, maintaining consistent verb tense throughout the text. (C)

Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.GC.2.d

Build and enrich ideas and information in texts, integrating modifying phrases and clauses and eliminating misplaced or dangling modifiers to convey meaning and facilitate engagement. (C)

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