Run-on Sentence Exercise

 Correct the following sentences. 

 1. My hours will be 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. yours will be 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. 

 2. Driving 230 diffi cult miles to our children’s home is exhausting we really prefer to fl y there. 

 3. We dread the Parkway portion of the trip, it’s busy even during off-hours. 

 4. A medical myth states that we use only 10 percent of our brain, studies using imaging show that no part of the brain is completely inactive, don’t believe everything you read or hear. 

 5. Larry says he’ll be right on time tomorrow I’ll believe it when I see it.

 6. When you’ve finished unpacking.

 7.   Being a fi rst-time homeowner and living on a very tight budget. 

 8. The menacing fi gure walking swiftly through the park. 

 9. The community organized a march for food donations many people joined the march as it progressed we were too tired to do that. 

 10. I didn’t buy enough yarn for my new knitting project, I turned around and went right back to the store.


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