Comma Splice Day 3

Correct the following comma splice by creating a compound sentence:

The cars raced around the track, the spectators watched with great interest.

• The cars raced around the track, the spectators watched with great interest.

• The cars raced around the track, and the spectators watched with great interest.

• The cars raced around the track, while the spectators watched with great interest.

• Since the cars raced around the track, the spectators watched with great interest.

Correct the following comma splice by creating a complex sentence:

Vultures circled above the plain, we knew something dead lay below.

• Vultures circled above the plain, so we knew something dead lay below.

• Vultures circled above the plain, and we knew something dead lay below.

• Because vultures circled above the plain, we knew something dead lay below.

• Vultures circled above the plain, but we knew something dead lay below.

Correct the following comma splice by creating a compound-complex sentence:

I take my dog for a walk, I put on his leash, he might run away.

• I take my dog for a walk, and I put on his leash, he might run away.

• I take my dog for a walk, and I put on his leash, because he might run away.

• Because I take my dog for a walk, I put on his leash, since he might run away.

• Since I take my dog for a walk, and I put on his leash, so he might run away.

Correct the following comma splice by creating a compound-complex sentence.

My parents were arguing, my sister and I ate dinner, we ate quickly.

• My parents were arguing, my sister and I ate dinner, we ate quickly.

• My parents were arguing, so my sister and I ate dinner, and we ate quickly.

• My parents were arguing, so my sister and I ate dinner, we ate quickly.

• Because my parents were arguing, my sister and I ate dinner, and we ate quickly.