Grammar Unit 6: Avoiding Run-ons

What is the definition of a run-on sentence?

• Two sentences that are improperly connected together

• A sentence that has too many words

• A group of words that is missing a subject or a verb

• Two sentences that

What are the two common causes of a run-on?

Select all that apply

• no period

• lack of punctuation

• too many words

• comma splice

What is the cause of this run-on?

The eastern sky was peach colored, a handful of lazy stars still blinked in the west.

• comma splice

• lack of punctuation

What is the cause of this run-on?

Pastor Weeks closed his Bible and the funeral was over

• comma splice

• lack of punctuation

Identify this as a run-on, sentence, or a fragment:

I have finished all of the missing work I had, I wanted to let you know in case something did not send.

• sentence

• run-on

• fragment

What is the cause of this run-on?

I have finished all of the missing work I had, I wanted to let you know in case something did not send.

• lack of punctuation

• comma splice

Is this a sentence, a run-on, or a fragment?

I love murder mysteries and murder documentaries, I just find them very interesting of how people handle the situations.

• run-on

• fragment

• sentence

What is the cause of this run-on?

I love murder mysteries and murder documentaries, I just find them very interesting of how people handle the situations.

• comma splice

• lack of punctuation

Select the best way to fix this run-on.

The cold inside me snaked down to my feet and up around my neck I shivered in the warm spring sunshine.

• The cold inside me snaked down to my feet and up around my neck, I shivered in the warm spring sunshine.

• The cold inside me snaked down to my feet and up around my neck. I shivered in the warm spring sunshine.

• The cold inside me snaked down to my feet and up around my neck I shivered in the warm, spring sunshine.

• The cold inside me snaked down to my feet, and up around my neck I shivered in the warm spring sunshine.