Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Correct the sentence below.

The flowers are beautiful, they brighten the room.

• The flowers are beautiful. They brighten the room.

• The flowers are beautiful; they brighten the room.

• The flowers are beautiful, and they brighten the room.

• The flowers are beautiful because they brighten the room.

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

My favorite band is in town they are performing now.

• a run-on sentence

• a comma splice