10 questions
Which answer choice corrects this run-on sentence?
Jordan wants to go outside and play with her neighbor her mother said she had to clean up her room first.
Jordan wants to go outside and play with her neighbor, but her mother said she had to clean up her room first.
Jordan wants to go outside and play but her mother won't let her.
Jordan wants, to go outside and play with her neighbor but her mother said she had to clean up her room first.
Jordan wants to go outside. And play with her neighbor. But her mother said she had to clean up her room first.
Which answer choice corrects the run-on sentence below?
George Washington Carver is best known for his work with peanuts but he also taught his students about crop rotation that's when farmers plant different crops each year to avoid draining the soil of its nutrients.
George Washington Carver is best known for his work with peanuts, but he also taught his students about crop rotation, that's when farmers plant different crops each year to avoid draining the soil of its nutrients.
George Washington Carver is best known for his work with peanuts, but he also taught his students about crop rotation. That's when farmers plant different crops each year to avoid draining the soil of its nutrients.
George Washington Carver is best known for his work with peanuts. But he also taught his students about crop rotation. That's when farmers plant different crops each year to avoid draining the soil of its nutrients
George Washington Carver is best known for his work with peanuts but he also taught his students about crop rotation that's when farmers plant different crops each year to avoid draining the soil of its nutrients
Which answer choice is a fragment, rather than a complete sentence?
Be careful what you wish for.
He should not run with scissors.
If you can't say something nice.
Don't say anything at all.
What would transform this fragment into a complete sentence?
Three ways to transfer heat.
Replacing the period with a question mark at the end of the sentence.
Adding "convection, conduction, and radiation" to the end of the sentence.
Adding "There are" to the beginning of the sentence.
Nothing. The sentence is complete already.
Which sentence is a fragment, rather than a complete sentence?
(1) Producers make their own food from the sun during a process called photosynthesis. (2) The Greek root, "photo," means "light." (3) Means "to put together." (4) So "photosynthesis" means "to put together with light," which is exactly what plants do when they make their own food.
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Sentence 4
Choose the best edited version of the paragraph below. Pay attention to run-on sentences and fragments.
(1) Jawaad held his head high. (2) As he strode to the front of the classroom to present his research report. (3) The report compared the Norse god, Thor, to the Marvel Comic version of Thor. (4) He was proud of his work and thought the class would really enjoy it.
Jawaad held his head high. As he strode to the front of the classroom to present his research report. The report compared the Norse god, Thor, to the Marvel Comic version of Thor. He was proud of the work and thought the class would really enjoyed it.
Jawaad held his head high. As he strode to the front of the classroom to present his research report, the report compared the Norse god, Thor, to the Marvel Comic version of Thor. He was proud of the work and thought the class would really enjoyed it.
Jawaad held his head high. As he strode to the front of the classroom to present his research report. The report compared the Norse god, Thor, to the Marvel Comic version of Thor he was proud of the work and thought the class would really enjoyed it.
Jawaad held his high as he strode to the front of the classroom to present his research report. The report compared the Norse god, Thor, to the Marvel Comic version of Thor. He was proud of the work and thought the class would really enjoyed it.
Choose the run-on sentence.
Felix has a mischievous spirit he is somehow quite well-behaved.
Margaret is the most beautiful dancer on the stage.
The sky was the limit for a bright, energetic, young prodigy like Ben.
None of the above.
Identify the run-on sentence.
(1) If I could dine with any person, living or dead, I would choose Maya Angelou. (2) She endured hardships in her life but went on to become one of the most influential literary figures of the 20th century. (3) I would ask her what inspired her most.
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
None of the above
What would transform the fragment into a complete sentence?
A really great pair of shoes.
A really great pair of shoes, two ironed shirts, and two pairs of dress pants.
A really great pair of shoes should be both stylish and comfortable.
Doesn't need a really great pair of shoes.
My friend's really great pair of shoes.
Choose the complete sentence.
While she is a very sweet puppy, I can't justify adopting her.
While she is a very sweet puppy.
Because my apartment is too small.
I can't justify adopting this puppy my apartment is too small.