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WorksheetsRun-On Runners
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
I run for a living I enjoy looking at the scenery.
run-on
fragment
complete sentence
We are excited about the upcoming birthday party.
run-on
fragment
complete sentence
I wanted to go fishing it was too cold to go out on the lake.
run-on
fragment
complete sentence
We are not going to make it to the movies on time.
run-on
fragment
complete sentence
When we get finished
run-on
fragment
complete sentence
Choose the correct revision.
I want to go to the cabins in the woods I don't know where it is.
I want to go to the cabins in the woods and I don't know where it is.
I want to go to the cabins in the woods, but I don't know where it is.
I want to go the cabins in the woods, I don't know where it is.
I want to go the cabins in the woods but I don't know where it is.
Definition:
Has a subject and predicate and makes a complete thought.
complete sentence
Run-on
fragment
Occurs when two independent clauses have been run together without an appropriate conjunction or mark of punctuation between them.
complete sentence
fragment
run-on
A dependent clause that does not have either a subject, a predicate, or a complete thought.
complete sentence
run-on
fragment
If you go to the store
complete sentence
run-on
fragment
Analyze the sentences and choose the one written correctly.
Keep your room clean it needs to be neat.
Keep your room clean, it needs to be neat.
Keep your room clean because it needs to be neat.
Keep your room clean, because it needs to be neat.
Fix the run-on.
I had to complete my homework as I did laundry and at some point I also had to wash the dishes that had been left in the sink overnight
I had to complete my homework as I did laundry. At some point I also had to wash the dishes that had been left in the sink overnight.
I has to complete my homework as I did laundry also had to wash the dishes that had been left in the sink overnight.
I had to complete my homework as I did laundry but also had to wash the dishes that had been left in the sink overnight.
Pick the ways you can fix a run-on sentence.
Add a comma and conjunction
Add a conjunction
Add a period
Make the run-on sentence into more than one sentence.
Choose two ways to correct this run-on.
We worked hard in class we have no homework.
We worked hard in class, we have no homework.
We worked hard in class so we have no homework.
We worked hard in class, and we have no homework.
We worked hard in class, so we have no homework.
Fix the sentence. Pick two correct answers.
I play volleyball my sister plays softball.
I play volleyball, and my sister plays softball.
I play volleyball, my sister plays softball.
I play volleyball. My sister plays softball.
I play volleyball but my sister plays softball.
