What Are Run-On Sentences

Hollywood is famous many films are made in Hollywood.

• Correct

• Run-on

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

• Complete

• Run-on

Which sentence is a run-on sentence?

• It was night. My mom and I were out on a group hike.

• The stars glittered in the sky; they were so far away.

• The ground was soft in one spot, so we did not step there.

• The group leader brought a map, she didn’t need it.

My teacher told me not to take so many classes I wish I would have listened to her.

• Run-on

• Complete sentence

Joining two sentences with a ​ (a)   creates a run-on sentence.​

• comma

• semicolon

• transition

• period

Choose a word that can help fix the following run-on sentence:

My notebook is getting full I may need a new one.

My notebook is getting full, ​ (a)   I may need a new one.

• so

• yet

• now

• with

My dog was upset all day he didn't get canned food for breakfast.

• run on

• complete sentence

The student fell asleep in class everyone thought this was rude behavior.

• run on

• complete sentence

Which sentence is a run-on sentence?

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

We followed the map we ended up in Canada instead.

• run on

• complete sentence