Composition & Test Control · step-strategy
Sentence Boundaries & Punctuation
حدود الجملة وعلامات الترقيم
Identify fragments, run-ons, comma splices and correct punctuation.
Key points
النقاط الأساسية
Teaching points
- • Independent clause = complete thought.
- • Fragment = incomplete structure.
- • Run-on = independent clauses joined incorrectly.
- • Comma splice = two independent clauses joined by comma alone.
- • Reliable fixes:
- • 1. period
- • 2. semicolon
- • 3. comma + and/but/so/yet
- • 4. subordinating conjunction if the logic requires it
- • Introductory dependent clause usually takes a comma.
- الجملة المستقلة تعطي معنى كاملاً. - fragment جملة ناقصة. - run-on دمج غير صحيح بين جملتين مستقلتين. - comma splice ربط جملتين مستقلتين بفاصلة فقط. طرق التصحيح: نقطة، فاصلة منقوطة، أو فاصلة مع and/but/so/yet، أو أداة ربط مناسبة.
Examples
- • Incorrect: The experiment failed, the team repeated it.
- • Correct: The experiment failed, so the team repeated it.
- • Correct: The experiment failed; the team repeated it.
Practice
Quick check — اختبار سريع
- 1. Choose the correct sentence. A. The lecture ended everyone left. B. The lecture ended, everyone left. C. The lecture ended; everyone left. D. The lecture, ended everyone left.