Run-ons and Comma Splices

A _______ occurs when two or more complete sentences are jammed together with NO punctuation.

• Run-on
• Fragment
• Complete sentence
• comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

A _______ occurs when two or more complete sentences are jammed together with only a comma.  :(  (COMMA is the key word!)

• Run-on
• Fragment
• Complete sentence
• comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Pop stars tend to be very snobby, this egotism is off-putting.

• no error
• run-on sentence
• comma splice
• sentence fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Susan ducked down when she saw Mr. Hayden walk into Tito’s Taco Palace, unfortunately, a burrito wasn't big enough to hide behind, so poor Susan had to explain why she had missed his class again.

• Palace unfortunately,
• Palace, and unfortunately
• Palace. Unfortunately,
• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly.

• snack, his
• snack, but his
• snack, so his
• No change needed

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Sherian refuses to let her kids have a puppy, she is convinced that dogs are just big germs and refuses to follow one around with a sponge and bottle of bleach.

• puppy she
• puppy, but she
• puppy, for she
• NO change needed

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Sylvia shivered in her silk shirt, the difference in temperature between the hot road and the cold library was extreme.

• shirt the
• shirt, for the
• shirt, because the

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Many road signs warned Tommy of the construction work ahead, he didn't realize that his lane was closed, though, until he mowed down a traffic barricade with the front of his car.

• ahead he
• ahead but he
• ahead. He

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Mrs. Britton was grading papers at her desk while her students were slaving over their in-class essays and online assignments.

• desk, while her
• Make no change
• desk. While
• desk, and while

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Ingie looked at his wife's collection of cookbooks and sighed, although there were thousands of recipes, she would just order pizza again.

• sighed although
• sighed. Although
• sighed; Although

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2