NAME ____________________ Date ___________ Block: _________ Academy: _______________
Correcting Fragments and Run-on Sentences
Directions
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Correct the fragments and run-on sentences in any of the ways you have learned.
If an item is correct, write C.
Change the punctuation and capitalization wherever necessary.
A large ocean bird. The albatross may follow a ship for days at a time.
With a favorable wind. The albatross flies at a rate of 100 miles an hour.
The wingspread of the albatross more than eleven feet from tip to tip, wider than that of any other bird.
The body of an albatross is relatively small it may be no more than nine inches wide.
Sit on the water to eat, feasting on squid, fish, and garbage from ships.
The Antarctic islands are remote and barren they are the preferred nesting area for the albatross.
The seventeen identified species of albatross spend most of their time in tropic seas.
A male albatross is white with black wingtips, the female’s neck and back are dappled with brown.
The range of the albatross is extensive, the black-footed species may travel anywhere along the Pacific coast
and has been sighted as far north as Alaska.
10. A famous poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is based on an old
superstition. That killing an albatross brings bad luck.
NAME ____________________ Date ___________ Block: _________ Academy: ______________
Correcting Fragments and Run-on Sentences
Directions
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Correct the fragments and run-on sentences in any of the ways you have learned.
If an item is correct, write C.
Change the punctuation and capitalization wherever necessary.
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9.
A large ocean bird. The albatross may follow a ship for days at a time.
With a favorable wind. The albatross flies at a rate of 100 miles an hour.
The wingspread of the albatross more than eleven feet from tip to tip, wider than that of any other bird.
The body of an albatross is relatively small it may be no more than nine inches wide.
Sit on the water to eat, feasting on squid, fish, and garbage from ships.
The Antarctic islands are remote and barren they are the preferred nesting area for the albatross.
The seventeen identified species of albatross spend most of their time in tropic seas.
A male albatross is white with black wingtips, the female’s neck and back are dappled with brown.
The range of the albatross is extensive, the black-footed species may travel anywhere along the Pacific
coast and has been sighted as far north as Alaska.
10. A famous poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is based on an old
superstition. That killing an albatross brings bad luck.