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Run-on Sentences and Sentence Fragments Practice

Read the following sentences.  If the sentence is a fragment, add a subject or verb, or remove a subordinating conjunction to make it a complete sentence.

  1. Rabbits jump.
  2. If you know me.
  3. When there is a full moon and the sun is starting to set later in the day.
  4. The most magnificent and ripest apples in the world.
  5. Aliens are terrifying.
  6. Even though I hate to go to the library.
  7. Although algebra is supposed to be critical for learning more advanced math skills. 
  8. The turtle always seems to beat the hare in the race.
  9. While Goldilocks seems to be far too picky to be a sympathetic character.
  10. Hoping to win an Olympic medal.

Read the following sentences.  If the sentence is a run-on, add a comma or a semicolon or a colon to make it a correct sentence.

  1. When you sign up for AP classes, even if you think that they will be easy, you are making a commitment to work hard.
  2. Everyone knows that UCLA and USC have a long-standing rivalry, I know who I am rooting for.
  3. If you decide to be a Trojan, you have to accept that Bruins will think you are spoiled.
  4. Some people choose to go to UCLA, others think that they make the wrong decision.
  5. Water Polo is a popular high school sport in Southern California, though high schools without pools have a hard time competing.
  6. I wonder why, if all kids are supposed to get equal educations, it's fair for some schools to have pools while others do not. 
  7. Our rival school has a pool, I'm a little jealous.
  8. I know that if we had a pool, I'd be on the swim team, even though morning workouts would be rough.
  9. Venice high school has a pool, but I hear that the roof is caving in.
  10. I would be scared to swim in building with a broken roof, I'll pass on a pool if that's the kind of pool it's going to have.