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Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Re-write this sentence to avoid run-ons and fragments.


We went to this library the beginning of the the day it seemed to be good day But It slowly turned worse.

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2.

Rewrite this sentence to avoid run-ons and fragments, and to include correct capitalization:


We waited I sat On a hay bale from nowhere he came jumping and accidentally Pushed me off the hay bale ‘Crunch, Crash, Pow!’

4 lines
3.

The ice cream tasted just like ice!

a)

sentence

b)

fragment

c)

run-on

4.

My sister wanted to go to another ice cream store, so we slowly walked there.

a)

sentence

b)

fragment

c)

run-on

5.

Where should I put a period or semi-colon?


As we drove home I remembered my swollen elbow when I arrived home it was more swollen.

a)

Between "remembered" and "my"

b)

Between "elbow" and "when"

c)

Between "home" and "it"

d)

No period or semi-colon is needed.

6.

But I am so excited because I am finally going to get one!

a)

sentence

b)

fragment

c)

run-on

7.

I kept asking my parents for one, and it worked!

a)

sentence

b)

fragment

c)

run-on

8.

Of course it isn’t a new phone, it was my mom’s old phone, but at least I have one now!

a)

sentence

b)

fragment

c)

run-on

9.

We found Kevin!

a)

question

b)

exclamation

c)

command

d)

declaration

10.

Guess what?

a)

Question

b)

Exclamation

c)

Command

d)

Declaration

11.

First, I went to Dylan’s house and played with

my remote control car on Dylan’s porch and driveway.

a)

sentence

b)

fragment

c)

run-on

12.

Correct this sentence:


This was strike two said the principal.

4 lines
13.

Divide this sentence into several shorter sentences:


And during math, we had an extremely hard test and people caught me copying again, and I got sent to the principal who suspended me for one week and called my mom.

4 lines
14.

Where would you put a period or semi-colon?


I loved it, she told me to open it, so I did.

a)

Between "it" and "she"

b)

Between "it" and "so"

c)

You don't need one.

15.

Rewrite this with proper punctuation to make it two sentences:


And guess what she put three dollars in it!

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16.

So the money was very useful!

a)

sentence

b)

fragment

c)

run-on

17.

“You don’t have to be sorry, in fact I think that was funny but scary.”

a)

sentence

b)

fragment

c)

run-on

18.

From mad and sad to happy.

a)

sentence

b)

fragment

c)

run-on

19.

Read this and give a few specific compliments about what makes it good writing:

At nine o’clock on Christmas Day; I sat under the Christmas tree under a brightly lit star, under a brightly lit ceiling. I was just starting to start unwrapping my Christmas presents when a smoke from the fireplace ran to my face with ashes. I could see a pair of tiny little boots dancing from the fire saying “Hot, hot, HOT!”. Wow! How could a pair of feet tumble down the fireplace without getting burnt? It looked like a dwarf wearing an elf hat. As he stumbled down the chimney, I thought he was Santa Claus. Unbelievable! Amazing! I had thought he was Santa Claus. He fell into the fire so it burned all his clothes. It was a disguise. My brother, George, pretended to be Santa Claus giving presents. It was a great surprise for a gift!

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