6 - Run-ons #2 Assignment
PART A - Fix and punctuate the passages below, eliminating all run-ons. Do not create any fragments in the process.
Having been excused early, we hurried to the locker room and changed into our uniforms when the coach called us, we were ready to go the big bus drew up in the driveway, and just as we had done a dozen other times, we piled in and took our usual seats, this trip was different, however, everybody knew how different it was we would return either as champions of the state or as just another second-rate team.
It was the hottest day we could remember, coming down the street, we were sure we could see heat waves rising from the sidewalk, we felt as though we’d never get home we ambled up the street in a daze hoping we’d last just one more block, we knew if we could make it there would be large bottles of ice cold soda awaiting us what a relief!
PART B - Fix all run-ons and fragments in this passage.
Our national bird. It is the great bald eagle. As most Americans know. Similar to the bald eagle is the golden eagle. Which has a wingspread up to seven and a half feet. The national bird is protected by law, but the golden eagle is not, the result is that hunters are rapidly diminishing the number of these great birds. If the golden eagles are not also given the protection they need. They may become extinct. In just a few years.
Go here to practice finding run-ons if you have extra time:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/run-ons_add1.htm
Here’s more practice:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova4.htm
PART A - Fix and punctuate the passages below, eliminating all run-ons. Do not create any fragments in the process.
Having been excused early, we hurried to the locker room and changed into our uniforms when the coach called us, we were ready to go the big bus drew up in the driveway, and just as we had done a dozen other times, we piled in and took our usual seats, this trip was different, however, everybody knew how different it was we would return either as champions of the state or as just another second-rate team.
It was the hottest day we could remember, coming down the street, we were sure we could see heat waves rising from the sidewalk, we felt as though we’d never get home we ambled up the street in a daze hoping we’d last just one more block, we knew if we could make it there would be large bottles of ice cold soda awaiting us what a relief!
PART B - Fix all run-ons and fragments in this passage.
Our national bird. It is the great bald eagle. As most Americans know. Similar to the bald eagle is the golden eagle. Which has a wingspread up to seven and a half feet. The national bird is protected by law, but the golden eagle is not, the result is that hunters are rapidly diminishing the number of these great birds. If the golden eagles are not also given the protection they need. They may become extinct. In just a few years.
Go here to practice finding run-ons if you have extra time:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/run-ons_add1.htm
Here’s more practice:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova4.htm
