RUN ON SENTENCE PRACTICE

A _______ occurs when two or more complete sentences are connected improperly. 

• Run-on
• Fragment
• Chili cook off

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Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

• During the middle of the summer, Mia rides a camel through the Sahara Desert, located in Africa, looking for a mirage as she longs for water, which, of course, is essential for life.
• Even though Ben despises clowns, he decided to purchase a Puddles the Clown album because he needs to overcome his fears.
• Whenever Evelyn picks up an electric guitar, metal music courses through her blood therefore she turns up the amplifier so that she can blow rattle the foundation of her house. 
• After the producers of the television show "Survivor" selected Kyleigh as a contestant, she lifted weights every day, consumed red meat for every meal, and put on thirty pounds of muscle to bolster her chances to win.

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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.

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How could you fix the following run-on sentence: "It was so cold outside that my ears froze they didn't warm up until I came indoors?"

• It was so cold outside, that my ears froze, they didn't  warm up , until I came indoors.
• It was so cold outside.  That my ears froze; they didn't warm up until I came indoors.
• It was so cold outside that my ears froze; they didn't warm up until I came indoors.
• It was so cold outside that my ears froze, they didn't warm up, until I came indoors.

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Read the sentence below. How would you correctly fix the run-on sentences?
Derek wanted a ferocious pit bull terrier to scare off burglars but his apartment complex did not allow dogs as a result, Derek had to settle for naming his goldfish Mr. Jaws and installing additional door locks.

• a) Place a semicolon after "burglars" and
  b) comma after "dogs".
• a) Place a semicolon after "terrier" and b) semicolon  after "Mr. Jaws".
• a) Place a semicolon after "burglars" and b) a semicolon after "dogs". 
• a) Place a comma after "burglars" and b) a semicolon after "dogs". 

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How could you fix the following run-on sentence? Torin rode his bicycle all day long by sunset he traveled fifty miles.

• Tim rode his bicycle all day long. By sunset, he'd traveled fifty miles.

• Torin rode his bicycle, all day long, by sunset, he'd traveled fifty miles.

• Torin rode his bicycle; all day long by sunset; he'd traveled fifty miles.

• Torin rode his bicycle. All day long; by sunset he'd traveled fifty miles.

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Several of my friends have seen the new movie Dune.

This sentence is a:

• Run-on

• Fragment

• Complete sentence

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Kirsten professes to have no idol, so she just admires her strengths and deals with her flaws. 
This sentence is a: 

• Run-on
• Fragment
• Complete sentence

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Mr. Blakely knew Seth made a bad decision he told him so.
This sentence is an example of a:

• Fragment
• Run on
• Complete sentence

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Even though the team shows no improvement
This is an example of a _________.

• Run-on 
• Fragment
• Complete sentence

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