Identifying and Correcting run-on sentences
Directions: Fix each run-on sentence by using one of the four methods learned
yesterday. If a sentence is not a run-on, please write correct as is. You must rewrite
the entire sentence or passage correctly for full credit.
Example: My favorite Mediterranean spread is hummus it is very garlicky.
By adding a semicolon I can fix this sentence. The method I am using is method 2.
My favorite Mediterranean spread is hummus ; it is very garlicky.
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1. She wanted to know her final grade she was the first one waiting for the grades
to be posted.
2. He wanted to meet the group at the restaurant he called to find out what time to
arrive.
3. She didn't want to go, but she had no choice.
4. She sang as loudly as she could everybody heard her.
5. He had written down his assignment he couldn't remember where he put that
piece of paper.
6. They were in a desperate situation they didn't know what to do.
7. Everyone had come home that night tired and with various aches and pain. They
gathered in one cabin for dinner it was crowded and noisy. Josefina warmed a
pot of beans and Hortensia made fresh tortillas. Juan and Alfonso talked about
the fields while Miguel and Isabel played with the babies making them squeal
with laughter. (Excerpt from Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan)
8. I was known as a careless kid, but for that night, I was the smart kid, and I liked
the change. (Taken from If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth)
9. It was another hour before classes got out. Music class would be starting in
twenty minutes. I leaned against a tree, I missed being in school. I liked my life
as the smart kid, I had been a lonely kind of smart kid for a while. But this last
year even the loneliness from those bad situations had passed.(Taken from If I
Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth)
10. There was no possible scenario in which I could run fast enough to catch the
driver’s attention, so I went to my locker to get my things and start the long walk
home. (Taken from If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth)
11. Behind his silver-framed glasses, the class representatives eyes me Shuya’s.
His hair that was always so neatly parted at a 7:3 ratio was now a complete
mess. The lenses of his glasses looked smudged his eyes behind them were
bloodshot and wide open the way Tatsumichi’s eyes were. His face was
incredibly pale, as it was inside the classroom, once again resembling a Warhol
print. It didn’t look human anymore. (Excerpt from Battle Royale by Koushun
Takami)
12. Create your own run-on sentence and then correct it using each of the 4
methods.