Run-On Sentence Examples with Corrections for High School

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 📝 A run-on sentence contains two or more independent clauses that are not properly connected.
• 💡 Independent clauses are clauses that can stand alone as a sentence.
• 🔗 Run-on sentences can be fixed by using a period, comma and coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet), semicolon, or by subordinating one of the clauses.
• 🚫 There are two main types of run-on sentences: fused sentences (no punctuation between clauses) and comma splices (only a comma between clauses).
• ✍️ Fused Sentence Example: I went to the store I bought milk.
• ✅ Corrected: I went to the store, and I bought milk.
• ✍️ Comma Splice Example: It was raining, I took my umbrella.
• ✅ Corrected: It was raining; I took my umbrella.

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

   • A) I like to read books.
   • B) She went to the park, she flew a kite.
   • C) The dog barked loudly.
   • D) He is a talented musician.

2. What type of run-on sentence is this: "I studied hard I aced the test"?

   • A) Comma Splice
   • B) Fused Sentence
   • C) Correct Sentence
   • D) Fragment

3. Which of the following correctly fixes the run-on sentence: "The sun was shining it was a beautiful day"?

   • A) The sun was shining, it was a beautiful day.
   • B) The sun was shining; it was a beautiful day.
   • C) The sun was shining, but it was a beautiful day.
   • D) Both B and C

4. Identify the run-on sentence:

   • A) After the game, we went out for pizza.
   • B) She sings, and he plays guitar.
   • C) They laughed, they cried, it was better than Cats.
   • D) Because it was raining, the game was cancelled.

5. Which correction is best for: "I love chocolate it is so delicious"?

   • A) I love chocolate, it is so delicious.
   • B) I love chocolate; it is so delicious.
   • C) I love chocolate, because it is so delicious.
   • D) Both B and C

6. Which is NOT a way to correct a run-on sentence?

   • A) Adding a comma
   • B) Adding a semicolon
   • C) Adding a coordinating conjunction with a comma
   • D) Subordinating one of the clauses

7. Find the correctly punctuated sentence:

   • A) The cat slept, the dog barked.
   • B) The cat slept; the dog barked.
   • C) The cat slept the dog barked.
   • D) The cat slept, but the dog barked.