Semicolon and Run-On Sentences

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

• Taylor put on his rain boots before he went outside.

• The sky was clear, but the air was still misty and wet.

• It had rained all night, so the street was full of puddles.

• Taylor found the first big puddle he stomped and splashed with glee.

A comma splice occurs when

• commas are used to connect independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.

• there are no commas in a sentence that needs commas.

• a comma is inserted in the wrong part of a sentence.

• there are more than three commas in a sentence,

Which of the following is a way to correct a run-on sentence?

• Make it into two sentences using a period.

• Create a compound sentence by using a semicolon.

• Form a compound sentence with a comma and coordinating conjunction.

• all of the above

I love making pie and cake I want to start my own gluten-free bakery.

Which of the following shows the correct way to fix this sentence using a comma?

• I want to start my own gluten-free bakery, I love making pie and cake.

• I love making pie and cake, so I want to start my own gluten-free bakery.

• I love making pie and cake, I want to start by own gluten free bakery.

• I love making pie and cake, when I grow up I want to start my own gluten free bakery.

Fixing a run-on sentence involves adding the proper

• predicate.

• punctuation.

• part of speech.

• independent clause.

True or False: In order to use a semicolon to fix a run-on sentence, the clauses must be closely related.

• True

• False

Jamice had worked for years to become a zoologist it all paid off when she held her first baby tiger.

Where should the punctuation go to fix this run-on sentence?

• between "it all paid off" and "when she held"

• between "when she held" and "her first baby tiger"

• between "to become a zoologist" and "it all paid off"

• between "worked for years" and "to become a zoologist"

Dominic wanted to be a pilot the only problem was he was afraid of heights.

Which of these could you use to fix this sentence?

• period and uppercase

• semicolon

• comma with conjunction

• all of the above

Which of the following sentences has a comma splice?

• Bernice was secretly a superhero, she couldn't tell anyone at school.

• Damon was Bernice's archrival, but he was also her partner in math class

• Damon was a supervillian, for he loved nothing more than plotting mayhem.

• Damon and Bernice had to pretend to get along at school so that now one would guess their secret identities.

I got one example: "I was eating crackers and cheese I saw a cat I left the park around quarter to three." What? A bad sentence, you need stuff in between.

In these lines from the song, what does Miyachi mean by "stuff in between?"

• more sentences

• proper punctuation

• dependent clauses

• pickles to go with the crackers and cheese