Run-Ons
Which of the following is a run-on sentence?
a. You should always wash your hands after you go to the bathroom.
b. You can use hand sanitizer to clean your hands, but soap is better.
c. Hands should be washed immediately because the germs on them can get everywhere and make a mess.
d. The germs in the bathroom are really gross you definitely should was your hands.
d. The germs in the bathroom are really gross you definitely shouldn't bring them out with you.
Read the sentence below and identify what type of sentence it is.
I went into the grocery store, and I headed straight for the ice cream aisle.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
b. Compound
Read the options below. Which option is a fragment?
a. I wanted to go see a movie in theatres.
b. I read a good review for it.
c. The movie in IMAX 3D.
d. None of these are a fragment.
c. The movie in IMAX 3D.
"Quietly slipping inside, the teenager locked the door behind her."
Which portion of the sentence is the main clause?
a. Quietly slipping inside,
b. the teenager locked the door
c. behind her.
d. None of these
b. the teenager locked the door
What error does the following contain?
When you go to Target. You should stop for a Starbucks to drink around the store. You'll really like it.
a. Run-on
b. Fragment
c. Neither of these
b. Fragment
Which of the following is a run-on sentence?
a. After I went to Cedar Point, the world was spinning.
b. I felt sick I threw up.
c. Throwing up made me feel a lot better.
d. I think I might be getting too old for Cedar Point because I did not have fun!
b. I felt sick I threw up.
Read the sentence below and identify what type of sentence it is.
I headed straight for the ice cream aisle.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
a. Simple
Read the sentences below.
We had so much fun at the waterpark. Because it was the middle of the week, there weren't any lines.
Which sentence(s) is a complete thought?
a. We had so much fun at the waterpark.
b. Because it was the middle of the week, there weren't any lines.
c. Both
d. Neither
c. Both
Which of the following is the dependent clause in the following sentence: "Because I was bored, I scrolled through TikTok for a while. It didn't help."
a. Because I was bored,
b. I scrolled through TikTok for a while.
c. It didn't help.
d. None of the above
a. Because I was bored,
What error does the following contain?
When you go to Target, you should stop for a Starbucks to drink around the store you'll really like it.
a. Run-on
b. Fragment
c. Neither of these
a. Run-on
Which of the following is a run-on sentence?
a. School can be really exhausting we still show up every day.
b. It would be better if it started later, as students would feel more rested, but then we wouldn't have buses for the elementary schools.
c. Waking up gets easier as the year continues, but I still never get used to it.
d. I can't wait until summer. I'm going to sleep all day.
a. School can be really exhausting we still show up every day.
Read the sentence below and identify what type of sentence it is.
When I went into the grocery store, I headed straight for the ice cream aisle.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
c. Complex
Read the options below. Which option is a fragment?
a. I napped.
b. I napped when I got home from school.
c. School made me need a nap.
d. None of these is a fragment.
d. None of these is a fragment.
Use the following sentence to answer the question: "Ms. Dyer decided to put her students on blast because they were on their phones."
Is "because they were on their phones" a complete thought or incomplete thought?
a. Complete thought
b. Incomplete thought
b. Incomplete thought
What error does the following contain?
I love ice cream. My favorite flavors are rocky road, peanut butter swirl, cookies and cream, and cheesecake.
a. Run-on
b. Fragment
c. Neither of these
c. Neither of these