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.
- Rabbits jump.
- If you know me.
- When there is a full moon and the sun is starting to set later in the day.
- The most magnificent and ripest apples in the world.
- Aliens are terrifying.
- Even though I hate to go to the library.
- Although algebra is supposed to be critical for learning more advanced math skills.
- The turtle always seems to beat the hare in the race.
- While Goldilocks seems to be far too picky to be a sympathetic character.
- 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.
- When you sign up for AP classes, even if you think that they will be easy, you are making a commitment to work hard.
- Everyone knows that UCLA and USC have a long-standing rivalry, I know who I am rooting for.
- If you decide to be a Trojan, you have to accept that Bruins will think you are spoiled.
- Some people choose to go to UCLA, others think that they make the wrong decision.
- Water Polo is a popular high school sport in Southern California, though high schools without pools have a hard time competing.
- 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.
- Our rival school has a pool, I'm a little jealous.
- I know that if we had a pool, I'd be on the swim team, even though morning workouts would be rough.
- Venice high school has a pool, but I hear that the roof is caving in.
- 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.