Recognize and edit incomplete sentences and run-on sentences. 0501.1.13

Links verified on 8/30/2014

1. A sample of a good 239-word sentence - It's not the kind of thing you'd want to read very often, but it does work. Remember, this is not a run-on sentence.
2. Avoiding Comma Splices - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence containing a comma splice will appear in the top text-area. Repair the sentence.
3. Avoiding Comma Splices II - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence containing a comma splice will appear in the top text-area. Repair the sentence.
4. Avoiding Run-on Sentences - [9 slides] PowerPoint show introducing the topic
5. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences - five exercises to allow students to check their understanding of the topic
6. Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, and Run-ons - from LEO: Literacy Education Online
7. Comma Splices Worksheet - an explanation of comma splices, along with directions on correcting them, plus eight sentences for students to work with
8. Comma Splices Worksheet - sixteen sentences to correct on this worksheet
9. Conjunctions - Click on the buttons to find the correct answer
10. Conjunction-itis Popup - Find the correct conjunction form to combine two short sentences together into one!
11. Fixing Comma Splices - writing workshop handout on writing [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.]
12. Fragments - seven exercises to allow students to check their understanding of the topic
13. Fragments - Identify and avoid these common errors. suggestion from writefix
14. Fragments and Run-On's - After each sentence, select the option which best describes that sentence.
15. Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons - three pages of explanation followed by an index of 25 worksheets to print on a variety of techniques for editing sentences, all are in web format, not .pdf format [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.]
16. Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons - index of twenty-seven worksheets on the topic
17. Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons - [20 multiple-choice questions] You have four decisions to make about each sentence in the quiz; correct sentence, fragment, comma splice, or 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.]
18. Repairing Run-On Sentences - After each run-on sentence below select the remedy that would best repair that sentence.
19. Run-ons and Comma Splices - The only difference between run-ons and comma splices is a comma. This lesson includes a ten-question quiz at the bottom of the page.
20. Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices Worksheet - In the blanks provided, indicate whether the eighteen sentences are correct (C) or contain a comma splice (CS) or a run-on (R-0).
21. Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices - explanation of what they are and how to repair them
22. Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences - This handout from Purdue's OWL defines dependent and independent clauses and explores how they are treated in standard usage.
23. 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.]
24. Sentences, Run-Ons, and Fragments - instruction on the topic followed by twelve sentences to evaluate
25. What’s Wrong with This Sentence? - tip sheet for your students on how to correct common sentence errors

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