Name: _____________________________ August Pine Ridge R.C. School

STD V October______, 2015Creative Writing Graded Activity

Fragments, Run-ons and Rambling 

A. Mark C for a complete sentence, and mark F for a fragment.  Make the fragments into complete sentences by adding a subject, a verb, or both, and a period at the end.

1. As we wait for the rain to stop____ ______________________________________________________

2. When Alex phones ____ ________________________________________________________

3. Until you eat your vegetables ____ _____________________________________________________

 B. Correct each of the following run-on sentences.

4. I washed the dishes then I did the laundry.

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5. Those skirts are nice I will buy one.

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6. There was no heat, consequently we froze all night.

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7. It was my best friend’s birthday I gave her a present.

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C. Correct the following rambling sentences.

8. He picked up his bag, for it was time to go, and then he grabbed his coat and walked out the door.

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9. I saw the shadow move, so I froze, but then I started to worry and so I made a run for it, sprinting down the

street until I came to a telephone booth.

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10. Three days after the storm the power still hadn’t come back on and the streets were still littered with fallen trees and branches, so we had to heat the house with the old wood stove and cook our food from scratch.

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