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Run-On Sentences

  •  English    14     Public
    Have players discuss different ways to fix run-on sentences throughout the playing of the game
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  • Pollen causes people with hay fever to sneeze they should stay inside during spring.
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  • This has been a wonderful year of new experiences will next year be as good?
  •  15
  • My little brother Greg is growing like a weed soon he will be taller than me.
  •  15
  • It takes courage to obey difficult instructions the wise man will obey for his own good.
  •  15
  • Thomas Edison was perhaps the greatest inventor in history his first invention was the electric vote recorder.
    Run-On
  •  15
  • After we ate dinner we had dessert.
    Run-On (comma)
  •  20
  • We painted my room we loved it
    Run-On
  •  15
  • Is this a proper sentence? After eight hours of sleep you should look refreshed.
    Comma needed after sleep
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  • Is this a proper sentence? This has been a wonderful year of new experiences will next year be as good?
    Not proper
  •  15
  • Is this a proper sentence? The little boy dreamed about the day he become a fireman just like his dad.
    no, you need a comma after fireman
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  • The U.S. Postal Service is usually very reliable, however, sometimes a letter is not delivered for weeks, months, or even years.
    Run-On Sentence
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  • Please go to the store, here is a list of things we need, cheese, eggs and butter.
    Run-On Sentence
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  • I brought my lunch to work; I’m trying to save money.
    Correct Sentence
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  • Is this sentence correct? Why or why not? "The airport is about to shut down because of the snow and if the plane doesn't land soon it will have to go on to Boston."
    There are two independent clauses connected with a conjunction. But they need to be separated by a comma.
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