All About Run-on Sentences

An easy way to fix a run-on is to split the sentence into smaller sentences using a ________.

• Period
• Comma
• Semicolon
• Question Mark

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

A subject is usually a ________.

• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is a "subject"?

• The person, place, thing, or thought that a sentence refers to.

• The first letter of the sentence

A predicate is __________________.

• The sentence's action
• The sentence's subject
• A part of speech
• A noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

A complete sentence has a _______ and a ______. 

• Subject, noun
• Verb, action
• Subject, predicate
• Predicate, action

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which is a run-on sentence?

• Jackson amused the class he put breath mints up his nose.
• Jackson amused the class when he put breath mints up his nose.
• My neighbor, Jackson, enjoys being the class clown and making people laugh.
• Jackson might be the funniest student in Mrs. Felte's class because of his jokes.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Which of the following is a run-on sentence:

• The dogs are noisy they see a squirrel
• The dogs like to eat students' homework.
• Sit dogs!
• When the dogs bark, they sound like yodeling wolves.

Fix this sentence:
I play softball my sister plays volleyball.

• I play softball. my sister plays volleyball.
• I play softball, my sister plays volleyball.
• I play softball, but my sister plays volleyball.
• I play softball, or my sister plays volleyball.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Fix this sentence:
I hope we will have no homework I can play outside.

• I hope we will have no homework, so I can play outside.
• I hope we will have, no homework I can play outside.
• I hope we will have no homework, I can play outside.
• Correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Is the following a fragment, a sentence, or a run-on sentence:

I tried to do the math problem, but I struggled with it.

• Fragment

• Sentence

• Run-On Sentence