Lab session 8- Run-on sentences

First, stop that run-on!

Dear ones,

Today´s session is going to include just online practice, the contents are going to be included in your next Narrative test (theory)- so ,success is up to you!

Let´s Revise

   A run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent  clauses (i.e., complete sentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.

  An example of a run-on is a comma splice, in which two independent clauses are joined with a comma without an accompanying coordinating conjunction

Take a look at these cases:

Ø    A run-on sentence, without any punctuation or conjunction between "gas" and "we":

                       My car is out of gas we cannot reach town before dark.

Ø  A comma splice, which is considered a run-on sentence in English by some usage experts:

It is nearly half past five, we cannot reach town before dark.

          

 These are possible remedies:

• 1.Use separate sentences. However, this may disconnect related independent clauses and cause some of the meaning to be lost:
• It is nearly half past five. We cannot reach town before  dark.  
• 2.Use a semicolon. This maintains the connection between the clauses while ensuring a pause between the two ideas:
• It is nearly half past five; we cannot reach town before dark.
• 3.Use a coordinating conjunction.
• It is nearly half past five, so we cannot reach town before dark.

                     Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-on_sentence  

Activity 1

          
Now try this quiz to see if you can  repair  the  run-on

          sentences:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm

               

            Activity 2

Guess you must be hungry now, after doing exercise. How about some sushi?

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/games/sushi-spell

Topic sentences and supporting sentences practice

To test your understanding and knowledge on these topics,do the following practices:

Activity 5

1.http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/j/supportsentp.cfm

2.http://www.mytestbook.com/worksheet.aspx?test_id=617

3.http://www.laflemm.com/dynamic/online_practice3.php?practice_id=29