Run-on Sentences and Sentence Fragments Practice AK

Basic:

  1. The dogs run; they are very fast. (Insert a semi-colon or conjunction, or separate into two sentences.  Comma splice is not grammatically correct.)
  2. $\require{cancel}\cancel{\text{When}}$ Apples fall from trees in the fall. (The subordinating conjunction "When" makes this a fragment, remove it.)
  3. $\cancel{\text{While}}$ I hope that I will get into a great college after high school. (The subordinating conjunction "While" makes this a fragment, remove it.)
  4. Even though rats and mice look very similar, they are actually difference species. (Correct!)
  5. Schools are supposed to teach children academics; they are also expected to teach character lessons. (Insert a semi-colon or conjunction, or separate into two sentences.  Comma splice is not grammatically correct.)
  6. Teachers have to control a room, and they need to inspire students to learn. (Correct.  The conjunction "and" makes this correct.)

Advanced:

  1. Many psychologists do not use hypnosis in their practices. It is because they know very little about it and are wary of it as a result.   (Insert a semi-colon or conjunction, or separate into two sentences.  Comma splice is not grammatically correct.)
  2. Since the novels of Elizabeth Phelps are less well known today than many of her contemporaries' works, one is surprised to learn that she was once a best-selling author. (Correct.)
  3. Even the film’s most heroic characters are played with straightforward realism; this restraint results in a very powerful story.  (Insert a semi-colon or conjunction, or separate into two sentences.  Comma splice is not grammatically correct.)
  4. $\cancel{\text{Although}}$ Gale-force winds often pass through the Eiffel Tower, causing it to sway no more than four inches. (The subordinating conjunction "Although" makes this a fragment, remove it.)
  5. $\cancel{\text{Even through}}$ The chain was supposed to be strong enough to lift 50 tons.  (The subordinating conjunction "Even though" makes this a fragment, remove it.)
  6. Although for many years, television was people's primary mode of viewing, $\cancel{\text{ and despite the fact that}}$ streaming is now catching up with network and cable provided viewing.  (The subordinating conjunction "despite the fact" makes the second clause of this sentence dependent and you cannot have two dependent clauses, remove it to make the second clause independent, which makes the entire sentence complete.)