Run-Ons

1. Is this a run-on sentence? I went to the park I played on the swings.

• Yes
• No

2. Is this a run-on sentence? James and Ryan loved to play baseball.

• Yes
• No

3. Run-on sentences are...

• A complete sentence
• Two sentences put together incorrectly
• One word

4. How can you fix this run-on sentence? He went to school he forgot his backpack.

• Keep it the same
• He went to school still forgot his backpack.
• He went to school, but he forgot his backpack.

5. How can you fix this run-on sentence? She got sick at school she went home.

• Keep it the same
• She got sick at school, then she went home.
• She got sick had to go home.

6. Are run-on sentences complete sentences?

• Yes
• No

7. How can you fix a run-on sentence?

• Join them together with a comma and conjunction
• Just add punctuation to the end
• Take out the subject or predicate

8. Run-on sentences and fragments are the same thing.

• True
• False

9. How can you fix this run-on sentence? Sandy found a coloring book she found a box of crayons.

• Sandy found a coloring book no crayons.
• Sandy, found a, coloring book, and found, a box of crayons.
• Sandy found a coloring book, and she found a box of crayons.

10. Is this a run-on sentence? Harry was feeling better, but his stomach still hurt.

• Yes
• No