Identifying and Revising Run-on Sentences

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth he changed the way people view the universe.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which is NOT a way to correct the run-on?

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth he changed the way people view the universe.

• Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth; he changed the way people view the universe.

• Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth, he changed the way people view the universe.

• Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth, and he changed the way people view the universe.

• Albert Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth. He changed the way people view the universe.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein he did not do well.

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• run-on

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which is NOT a way to correct the run-on?

School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein he did not do well.

• School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein; he did not do well.

• School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein, so he did not do well.

• School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein. He did not do well.

• School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein, he did not do well.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

However, young Einstein showed a talent for mathematics, at the age of 12, and he taught himself geometry.

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• run-on

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CCSS.L.4.1F

After finishing secondary school, he entered the Federal Polytechnic Academy in Switzerland, but he did not like the teaching methods there.

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• run-on

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CCSS.L.4.1F

The academy frustrated him he could not learn in a way that interested him.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Type a correct way to fix the run-on.

The academy frustrated him he could not learn in a way that interested him.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Einstein chose to educate himself, he missed classes often and spent the time studying physics on his own.

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• run-on

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Type a correct way to fix the run-on.

Einstein chose to educate himself, he missed classes often and spent the time studying physics on his own.

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CCSS.L.4.1F