Curated OER
New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 2--Grade 7 (2005)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, 7th graders listen to an article and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay response and identify grammatical mistakes in paragraphs.
Curated OER
Grammar Quest
Students participate in an activity that helps them to explain parts of speech and distinguish between them. They also use different locomotor skills in a variety of ways.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Avoiding Run on Sentences and Comma Splices
This lesson goes over how to correct a run-on sentence or a comma splice.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Run on Sentences
Examples show how to avoid creating a run-on sentence in your writing.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Avoiding Run on Sentences Practice Exercise
An exercise with ten run-on sentences where students are asked to choose which re-written sentence is correct. A percentage score is given at the end of the exercise.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Avoiding Comma Splices and Run Ons
An informational page outlining the definitions and uses of comma splices, run-on sentences, and fused sentences. A great resource for students struggling with these in their writing.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Use a Variety of Correctly Structured Sentences
Learn to avoid fragments and run-on sentences while correctly combining clauses to create an effective variety of sentences, including complex, compound, and compound-complex.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sentence Fragments
Sentence fragments can't stand alone, because they do not express a complete thought. Run-ons put two complete sentences together in one sentence without separating them. [0:35]
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Elements of Sentence Construction
This entry focuses on the Elements of Sentence Construction including subjects and predicates, phrases and clauses, compound sentence elements, and avoiding fragments, run-ons, and fused sentences.
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.