Run-On Sentence and Comma Splice Quiz #2
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Name: ________________________
PART 1: /3
Fix this run-on sentence 3 different ways:
I didn’t do my homework I forgot.
1.___________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
PART 2: /9
Directions: Correct and rewrite the following sentences. Use FANBOYs to
correct at least 7 of the sentences.
*Some sentences may not need to be corrected.
4. The basketball team won the tournament this year they celebrated.
5. She went downstairs to do the laundry she forgot the soap.
6. Since the baby elephant arrived at the zoo, he hasn’t eaten anything.
7. The birds flew into the woods they started singing.
8. The rain fell down hard, I ran to the Tim Hortons.
9. Susie received a new puppy for her birthday her sister got only a pair of socks.
10. Jamie liked to play board games with her father Jamie lost some of the games.
11. The wind blew during the storm on Saturday there were several branches on the
ground.
12. We can go when I get paid, I am hoping to get paid tomorrow.