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Understanding Run-on Sentences

Understanding Run-on Sentences

Assessment

Interactive Video

•

English

•

9th - 10th Grade

•

Hard

Created by

Evelyn Hayes

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a run-on sentence?

A sentence that is too long

A sentence with incorrect grammar

A sentence with too many commas

Two independent sentences joined without proper punctuation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you correct a run-on sentence?

By adding a comma

By using a semicolon

By rewriting the sentence

By inserting a full stop between the sentences

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a 'comma splice'?

A sentence that is too short

A sentence with incorrect verb tense

A sentence with too many commas

A type of run-on sentence where a comma is incorrectly used to join two independent sentences

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word can be used to connect two independent sentences correctly?

But

Or

However

And

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should you do before using 'however' to connect two sentences?

Start the second sentence with a lowercase letter

End the first sentence with a full stop

Use a comma

Use a semicolon

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