Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences

The clowns were scary, the jester was funny.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

Identify each group of words:

Kevin Durant is a good basketball player, LBJ is bad at basketball.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

Identify each group of words: Michael Jordan is a good basketball player however Lebron is better.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

Identify each group of words: Abby wants to learn to snowboard, however, she is nervous.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

Successful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect. 

• no error

• run-on sentence

• comma splice

• sentence fragment

After the explosion ended. We all were shaking in our boots and feeling very scared.

• ended, we

• NO change needed

• ended we

• DO NOT PICK

The highwire is my favorite the little dogs are a close second.

• Fragment

• Run-on

• Comma Splice

• Sentence

A _______ occurs when two or more complete sentences are jammed together with only a comma.  :(  (COMMA is the key word!)

• Run-on

• Fragment

• Complete sentence

• comma splice

A _______ paired with a ______________  ___________ is one way to correct a run-on sentence. 

• Comma,  coordinating nconjunction

• Period, conjunction

• Period, semi-colon

• Semicolon, comma

A _______ occurs when two or more complete sentences are jammed together with NO punctuation.

• Run-on

• Fragment

• Complete sentence

• comma splice