Fragments Run-Ons Splices

There are two ways to fix a run on sentence. They are...

• add a comma and coordinating conjunction OR add end punctuation

• Trick question- there's only ONE way!

• End punctuation OR a semicolon

• semicolon OR add a comma and a coordination conjunction

Two sentences that are smooshed together with no punctuation is called a...

• Fragment

• Complete sentence

• Run on Sentence

• Comma Splice

Two sentences that are smooshed together with a comma in the middle is called...

• Fragment

• Complete sentence

• Run on Sentence

• Comma Splice

Fix the comma splice below. The two girls were best friends, they had grown up next door to each other.

• The two girls were best friends; they had grown up next door to each other.

• The two girls were best friends they had grown up next door to each other.

How could you fix the following run-on sentence: "Tim rode his bicycle all day long by sunset he'd traveled fifty miles?"

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

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

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

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

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.

How can you fix the sentence fragment, "jumped over the moon?"

• Add a subject

• Add a predicate

• Add a dependent clause

• Add a subordinating conjunction

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

• Tim's book is long, it has 400 pages

• Tim's book is long, and it has 400 pages.

• Tim's book is long; it has 400 pages.

• Tim's long book has 400 pages.

How could you fix the run-on sentence, "Moby has three lights they are red."

• Moby has three lights, they are red.

• Moby has three lights; they are red.

• Moby has; three lights they are red.

• Moby, has three lights, they are red.

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

• Rita left school early and went to a doctor's appointment.

• Rita left school early to go to a doctor's appointment.

• Rita left school early she went to a doctor's appointment.

• Rita left school early. She went to a doctor's appointment.