Understanding Run-On Sentences and Clauses

Understanding Run-On Sentences and Clauses

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Interactive Video

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Richard Gonzalez

English

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

The video tutorial explains run-on sentences, focusing on two types: comma splices and fused sentences. It demonstrates how to create compound sentences by combining simple sentences with a comma and a conjunction. The tutorial highlights the issues caused by missing commas or conjunctions, leading to run-on sentences. It also suggests using a semicolon as an alternative. The video concludes with a summary and invites viewers to ask questions.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two types of run-on sentences discussed in the video?

Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Independent and dependent clauses

Simple and complex sentences

Comma splices and fused sentences

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in creating a compound sentence from two simple sentences?

Use a colon

Remove the period at the end of the first clause

Add a semicolon

Add a coordinating conjunction

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which conjunction is used in the example to create a compound sentence?

Nor

And

Or

But

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the role of a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?

To connect two independent clauses

To introduce a list

To separate items in a series

To indicate a pause

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the relationship between the two clauses in a compound sentence?

They are dependent

They are equally important

They are unrelated

They are contradictory

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?

To separate items in a series

To indicate a pause

To connect two independent clauses

To introduce a list

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the relationship between the two clauses in a compound sentence?

They are dependent

They are contradictory

They are unrelated

They are equally important

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