Run-on Sentences Quiz

Which of the following sentences is a run-on sentence?

• I went to the store and bought some groceries.

• I went to the store, and I bought some groceries.

• I went to the store I bought some groceries and went home.

• I went to the store I bought some groceries.

What is a run-on sentence?

• A run-on sentence is a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunctions to connect them.

• A run-on sentence is a sentence that is grammatically incorrect.

• A run-on sentence is a sentence that lacks proper subject-verb agreement.

• A run-on sentence is a sentence that is too long and contains too many words.

Which of the following is an example of a run-on sentence?

• I went to the store and bought some groceries.

• I went to the store. I bought some groceries.

• I went to the store I bought some groceries.

• I went to the store, and I bought some groceries.

Which of the following sentences is NOT a run-on sentence?

• I went to the store and bought some groceries

• I went to the store, bought some groceries, and then went home

• I went to the store and bought some groceries, then I went home

• I went to the store and bought some groceries.

What punctuation mark is commonly used to separate two independent clauses in a run-on sentence?

• ;

• :

• .

• ,

Which of the following sentences is a run-on sentence?

• I went to the park and played some football.

• I went to the park, and I played some football.

• I went to the park I played some football and had lunch.

• I went to the park I played some football.

Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause in a sentence?

• .

• ,

• ;

• :

Which of the following sentences is not a run-on sentence?

• I love reading books I have a large collection.

• She enjoys painting, she sells her artwork online.

• He went to the park, and he played basketball.

• They went to the concert they had a great time.

Identify the run-on sentence from the options below.

• I went to the park and played football.

• I went to the park, I played football.

• I went to the park. I played football.

• I went to the park, and I played football.

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a semicolon to separate two independent clauses?

• I went to the park; I played some football.

• I went to the park, I played some football.

• I went to the park. I played some football.

• I went to the park I played some football.