Run-On Sentences

What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that
expresses a complete thought.

A sentence has to have two parts:
A Subject (noun/pronoun) and a Predicate (verb).

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Many students have seen the statue of liberty.

• Many Students have seen the Statue of Liberty.

• Many students have seen the Statue of Liberty

• Many students have seen the Statue of Liberty.

Run-on Sentences
A run-on sentence is two or more
sentences joined incorrectly.

EX: Chinese food is tasty Lee often makes some for dinner.
EX: A frog got into the garage Stanley chased it for ten minutes.

Multiple Choice

Identify the run-on sentence:

• I love dogs.

• I love dogs I love cats.

• My sister likes lizards.

• My brother prefers snakes.

Multiple Choice

Identify the run-on sentence:

• Pizza is my favorite food.

• My mom loves burgers.

• Pizza is my favorite my mom likes burgers.

• Burgers are good, too.

Multiple Choice

He sat upright chills of fear ran through his body.

• correct

• run-on sentence

• fragment

How can we fix run-on sentences?

The easiest way to fix a run-on sentence is to separate them with end punctuation making 2 separate sentences.

• I really like pizza my mom likes burgers.

• I really like pizza. My mom likes burgers.

Multiple Choice

What is the best way to fix this run-on sentence?

My brother and I always fight for the remote we both like to have control of the T.V.

• My brother and I always fight for the remote? We both like to have control of the T.V.

• My brother and I always fight for the remote. We both like to have control of the T.V.

Multiple Choice

What is the best way to fix this run-on sentence?

My sister likes Fruity Pebbles I like Frosted Flakes.

• My sister likes Fruity Pebbles, I like Frosted Flakes.

• My sister likes Fruity Pebbles. I like Frosted Flakes.

A second way to fix a run-on sentence is to use a comma and a coordinating conjunction. (F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.)For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So.

I was in a great mood I bought all my friends an ice cream cone.

I was in a great mood, so I bought all my friends an ice cream cone.

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Multiple Choice

Fix this sentence using a conjunction & a comma.

My sister got a good grade on her test she was very happy.

• My sister got a good grade on her test, she was very happy.

• My sister got a good grade on her test, so she was very happy.

• My sister got a good grade on her test, she was very happy.

• My sister got a good grade on her test so she was very happy.

Another way to fix a run-on sentence is to use a CLAUSE WORD to make one part of the sentence a DEPENDENT CLAUSE.

I was in such a great mood I bought all my friends an ice cream cone.

Because I was in such a great mood, I bought all my friends an ice cream cone.

CLAUSE WORDS

Ex: after, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since (many more)

If the introductory clause is more than 3 words long, separate it with a comma.

Multiple Choice

I passed my test with an A my mom bought me a Whataburger combo!

• Since I passed my test with an A, my mom bought me a Whataburger combo!

• I passed my test with an A my mom bought me. a Whataburger combo!

Multiple Choice

Is this a run-on sentence?

"Because the property tax rate is lower, some people choose to buy homes in Alabama."

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Independent or Dependent Clause? Because I practice a lot.

• independent

• dependent

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence:

Since no one was home, the thieves robbed the house.

Choose which part of the sentence is the DEPENDENT clause.

• Since no one was home,

• the thieves robbed the house.

The 4th way to fix run-ons:

use a semi-colon

Only do this with 2 short, related sentences

I wanted to get a new puppy my husband did also.

I wanted to get a new puppy; my husband did also.

Multiple Choice

After which word in the sentence below should a semi-colon be inserted?

I enjoy the mountains the rest of my family enjoys the beach.

• enjoy

• vacationing

• rest

• mountains

Multiple Choice

Is this sentence correct?
The school day had ended; but I still had to go to practice.

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

True or False

You can use a semi-colon in the place of a comma, ALWAYS.

• True

• False

• I do not know...

Multiple Choice

A ________ occurs when a sentence is missing a subject or a predicate.

• Run-on

• Fragment

Multiple Choice

True or False: A run-on sentence can be corrected simply by inserting a comma. 

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Inserting a ________ between independent clauses creates a grammatically correct sentence. 

• Period

• Comma

• Semicolon

• Colon

Multiple Choice

Inserting a ________ between independent clauses creates a splice, which is a grammatically incorrect sentence. 

• period

• semicolon

• colon

• comma only

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