!Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences!

True or False

100

You can tell if a sentence is a run-on sentence by it's length.

False, a run-on sentence is a structural flaw.

200

When two independent clauses are connected by only a comma, they constitute a run-on sentence that is called a comma-splice.

True

300

A comma splice is any sentence with a comma in it.

False

400

A comma splice is a sentence with 2 independent clause separated by a comma with no conjunction present.

True

500

Is this a comma splice? I was excited, so I expressed it.

False

Comma Splice or Run-on?

100

I was bored, I had to go to class.

Comma Splice

200

I was hungry there was nothing to eat.

Run-on

300

There were so many people at the party it was crowded

Run-on

400

I was upset I had to get on with my day.

Comma Splice

500

I was scared, I made it out of surgery just fine.

Run-on JK IT'S A COMMA SPLICE XD

Definitions

100

Define a comma splice

What is an attempt to join two independent clauses with a comma, but without a coordinator.

200

Define a Coordinating Cunjuction

What is a conjunction that links two independent clauses; the most common ones are and, but, nor, or, then, and yet?

300

What is a run-on sentence?

A run-on sentence has at least two parts, either one of which can stand by itself, but the two parts have been smooshed together instead of being properly connect.

400

A punctuation mark used to separate 2 ideas.

What is a comma?

500

What is the difference between a subordinating conjunction and a coordinating conjunction?

Coordinating conjunctions are used to join independent clauses to make compound sentences. Subordinating conjunctions are used to join independent clauses to make complex sentences.

Corrections

100

Correct the following sentence: The biology club will meet on Friday, several important issues will be discussed

The biology club will meet on Friday, and several important issues will be discussed

200

I love going to the beach even when it is cold fewer people are there and it is more peaceful.

I love going to the beach even when it is cold. Fewer people are there, and it is more peaceful. 

I love going to the beach even when it is cold because fewer people are there, and it is more peaceful.

I love going to the beach even when it is cold; fewer people are there, and it is more peaceful.

300

I am tired I have to get up.

I am tired, but I have to get up.

400

The dance is tonight, it will be really fun.

The dance is tonight; it will be really fun. OR The dance is tonight, and it will be really fun.

500

I was excited and I was happy.

I was exited, and I was happy.