Curated OER
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
In these commas splices and fused sentences worksheets, students read the sentences that contain commas splices and fused sentences. Students then select from the options the correct way to finish the sentences.
Curated OER
Study Unit 4, Revised: Run-On Sentences, Comma Splices and Fragments
In this language arts worksheet, students read 20 sentences and look for errors. Students write R if the sentence is run-on, CS if there is a comma splice, F for a sentence fragment and C for a correct sentence.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Crucible: Fragments and Run on Sentences
This lesson focuses on fragments and run-on sentences including explaining dependent and independent clauses, fragments, run-ons, comma splices, and coordinating conjunctions. It provides examples and links to quizzes.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Lit and Composition:types of Writing: Sentence Errors
This lesson focuses on sentence errors like fragments, run-ons, comma splices, and fused sentences. It expains these errors, provides examples, and offers an interactive practice activity.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Run on Sentences
This tutorial focuses on run-on sentences and comma splices and solutions to fix them. It offers a YouTube video that defines and gives specific methods to correct run-on sentences and a PDF that reviews three solutions to run-ons and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar/writing Ii: Instruction Clauses
This lesson on grammar and writing focuses on clauses including dependent and independent clauses and run-on and comma splice sentences. It features links to "Purdue OWL: Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses," "Purdue OWL:...
English Plus+
English Plus: Commas in Compound Sentences
This grammar tutorial provides rules for the comma to separate independent clauses in a compound sentence.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Avoiding Comma Splices
An interactive online quiz teaching about and correcting the use of comma splices in writing. A good tool for students to improve their writing skills.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Avoiding Comma Splices 2
Another interactive online quiz teaching about and correcting the use of comma splices in writing. A good tool for students to improve their writing skills.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Rules for Use of Commas
Five basic uses of the comma and some other common uses are discussed with an example and a tip after each rule.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
This entry explains and provides examples of comma splices and fused sentences and how to fix them.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Self Teaching Unit: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
This lesson starts with the simple sentence and explains sentence parts, independent clauses, types of sentences, coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, and sentence errors (comma splices and fused sentences). Links to practice...
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on revising Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Antonyms and Comma Splices
For Dickens' opening to his Tale of Two Cities, he uses one of the longest series of comma splices in the history of literature. Dickens seemingly did this for stylistic effect. In this lesson plan, students create their own Dickens-like...
English Plus+
English Plus: Comma Content Rules
Site lists links to a large group of rules for comma usage. Each description is thorough and provides a multitude of examples.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on revising Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Recognizing Run Ons and Comma Splices
A seven-question quiz in which students choose the sentence with no errors.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas: Quick Rules
A tutorial that provides strategies when proofreading for commas.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Identifying Incorrect Sentences
This learning module focuses on how to identify run-on sentences, comma splices, and sentence fragments.
Vancouver Island University
Malaspina: Punctuating Between Main Clauses
Four printable exercises in which punctuation errors need to be corrected. 2.1 requires correction of compound sentences by putting in commas or semicolons where needed and getting rid of comma splices. 2.2 requires comma splice...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Recognizing Run Ons and Comma Splices
Run-on sentences and comma splices happen when a writer isn't careful with commas. Let's see how you do!
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Interactive Grammar Exercises
Fun grammar exercises with amusing art and sound clips attached to answers. Answers explained clearly and in an amusing manner.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Rules for Fixing Comma Splices
This site targets comma splices and fused sentences. It provides information on how to fix them using conjunctions (both coordinating and subordinating) and puntuation.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comma Splices and Run Ons
This lesson goes over comma splices and run-ons and discusses how to recognize them.