Select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements). SPI 0601.1.8

Links verified on 5/19/2014

1. Avoiding Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, and Run-on's from LEO: Literacy Education Online
2. Correcting Run-on Sentences - print for students to correct run-on sentences
3. Repairing Run-On Sentences - After each run-on sentence select the remedy that would best repair that sentence.
4. Fragments and Run-On's - After each sentence, select the option which best describes that sentence.
5. Run on's and Comma Splices - Look at the passage and decide whether the sentence is correct or whether it is a run-on. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
6. Run On Sentences - Identify if each sentence is a run on sentence or a complete sentence.
7. Run On Sentences - Identify if sentence is a run on or a complete sentence.
8. Run On Sentences - Each sentence is a run on. Choose answer that corrects the run on.
9. Run On Sentences - Correct the following run on sentences
10. Semicolons - Use a period or a semicolon on these run on sentences.

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