Run-Ons, Fragments, Comma Splices

If there is a sentence error, correctly identify what the error is.

My dad is a member of the local volunteer fire department he also belongs to our local pet rescue group.

• Comma Splice

• Run-On

• Correct as it is.

• fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

If there is a sentence error, correctly identify what the error is.

One night he rescued two kittens from a burning barn, he brought them home.

• Comma Splice

• Run-On

• Fragment

• Correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

If there is a sentence error, correctly identify what the error is.

We kept the kittens, and soon after, we named them Sparky and Soot.

• Comma Splice

• Run-On

• Correct as is.

• Fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Choose the sentence that has a fragment

• I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot. They were cold and smelled like smoke. Because of the fire.

• I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot they were cold and smelled like smoke because of the fire.

• I'll never forget the night we got Sparky and Soot, they were cold and smelled like smoke because of the fire.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Choose the sentence that is correct.

• I thought they were toys I heard them meow.

• I thought they were toys, I heard them meow.

• I thought they were toys, but I heard them meow.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Choose the sentence that is a comma splice.

• They poked their heads out of my Dad's pocket, and they looked adorable.

• They poked their heads out of my Dad's pocket, they looked adorable.

• They poked their heads out of my Dad's pocket they looked adorable.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Find the sentence that uses coordination.

• My sister and I love the kittens, and we take them up in our tree house.

• My sister and I love the kittens, we take them up in our tree house.

• My sister and I love the kittens. We take them up in our tree house.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Choose the sentence that is correct.

• The kittens also like to play, they follow us all round the house.

• The kittens also like to play they follow us all round the house.

• The kittens also like to play, so they follow us all round the house.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Choose the sentence that is incorrect.

• I always take care of them, and they even sleep with me.

• I always take care of them. They even sleep with me.

• I always take care of them, they even sleep with me.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Please pick the answer that correctly uses coordination to make a compound sentence.

The kittens are all grown up now, they have become regular members of our family.

• The kittens are all grown up now. And they have become regular members of our family.

• The kittens are all grown up now, and they have become regular members of our family.

• The kittens are all grown up now. They have become regular members of our family.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A