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Exercise A: Rewrite the following run-on sentences correctly.
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Balloons were stuck to the ceiling, they fell down later.
Dan is an artist he paints with oils.
We all opened our presents, then we ate dinner.
Kay is the sports editor she is my sister.
Joe caught the football he was in the end zone.
It rained for days, the soccer field was soaked.
We went to Florida, we stayed two blocks from the ocean.
We skated for one hour we came in to get warm.
I have read several biographies, I find them interesting.
Monica and I aren’t going skiing, the snow is too slushy.
Exercise B: Decide if each of the following is a complete sentence or a run-on. If it is a sentence, write “S.” If it is a
run-on, rewrite it correctly.
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Lava shoots out of an erupting volcano.
People fear volcanoes, some eruptions have killed many.
The lava is very hot, it may be above 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Large rocks burst out of volcanoes, these are called bombs.
The world’s largest volcano is Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
Mount Vesuvius erupted, three towns were destroyed.
Scientists who study volcanoes are called volcanologists.
Volcanologists predict eruptions with a tiltmeter.
Mount St. Helen’s erupted, more than sixty people died.
Aconcagua in South America is an inactive volcano.
Exercise C
An interesting “careers” assembly last week. An airplain pilot
explained how to fly a plane. He told us about the plane’s three
basic movements, pitch, roll, and yaw. Pitch describes the
plane’s nose moving up or down, roll describes the tipping
of the wing. Yaw refers to the plane’s nose turning left or right.
Showed us a diagram of the plane’s controls and instruments
flyng a plane is quiet complicated,