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Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Indicate if the group of words below is the example of a run-on sentence or a comma splice.


The flowers are beautiful, they brighten the room.

a run-on sentence

a comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Indicate if the group of words below is the example of a run-on sentence or a comma splice.

I love classical music, it makes me feel joyful.

a run-on sentence

a comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Indicate if the group of words below is the example of a run-on sentence or a comma splice.

Good writing is not a matter of luck, it is the result of practice.

a run-on sentence

a comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Indicate if the group of words below is the example of a run-on sentence or a comma splice.

Not all students learn to write essays in high school it is never too late to learn how.

a run-on sentence

a comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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 a the wrong part of a sentence

there are more than three commas in a sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Run-on sentences can be divided into two types. The first occurs when a writer puts no mark of punctuation and no coordinating conjunction between independent clauses.

TRUE

FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The second is called a comma splice, which occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined by just a comma and no coordinating conjunction.

TRUE

FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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