Correcting Run-Ons

My grandmother was an artist I have many of her paintings.

• My, grandmother, was an artist I have many of her paintings.

• My grandmother was an artist. I have many of her paintings.

• My grandmother was an artist I, have many of her paintings.

• Correct as is

Movies entertain millions of people every day the cinema is popular all over the world.

• Not a Run On

• Run-on

Henry ran a marathon he absolutely loved it.

• Run On

• Not a run on

Mr.Brady read my paper he said it was excellent.

• Run on

• Not a Run on

Correct the sentence-MY cat meowed angrily I knew she wanted food.

• My cat meowed angrily and I knew she wanted food

• My cat meowed angrily;I knew she wanted food.

• My cat meowed angrily, I knew she wanted food.

• Already correct

We went to see the school play Kyle was playing one of the main characters.

• We went to see the school play. Kyle was playing one of the main characters.

• We went to see the school play. KYle, was playing, one of the main characters.

• We went to see the school play Kyle, was playing one of the main characters.

• Already Correct

The two main causes of run-on sentences are a lack of ending punctuation and comma splices between independent clauses.

• True
• False

My fan is broken, I am getting very hot, I need to buy a new one.

• Not a run On

• run-on sentence

I looked everywhere for my phone, I finally found it in the car.

• Run on

• Not a Run on

• No clue

I finally thought i completed my homework. Then i looked in my backpack and found two more pages.

• Not a run on

• Run on