Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices FORM A

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Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices FORM A

If the sentence is punctuated correctly, write C on the blank. If it is a run-on, write RO; if it is a comma splice, write CS.

1._____ Drinking coffee and soft drinks is common, caffeine is a drug.

2._____ We have to chop some wood winter is coming.

3._____ Stan was the best foward on the team before he hurt his knee.

4._____ Alonzo snapped a photograph of Mount Washington Jo read the guidebook.

5._____ The raise was more than I expected, I am not complaining.

6._____ She is three credits away from her BA all Elaine needs is a summer school course.

7._____ Get the lizard out of here, I'll scream.

8._____ Puerto Rico is not a state Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States.

9._____ I am a vegetarian, I cannot sample the spareribs.

10._____ Experimenting in chemistry lab, Donald found a cure for dandruff.

11._____ Omri is a bookkeeper he never balances his own checkbook.

12._____ Tamara reread the article, she underlined the key ideas.

13._____ Madrid is very hot this time of year, so I am going to Norway.

14._____ The game room was crowded a ping-pong tournament was being held.

15._____ The last shop closed at nine o'clock, the mall was deserted by ten.

16._____ Our customer returned an electric toothbrush, the store refused to give her a refund.

17._____ By the time Francine was thirty, her hair had started to turn gray.

18._____ Riding the express train is a pleasure, the cars are air-conditioned.

19._____ Senator Ludwig has fought for a clean environment I will vote for her.

20._____ Maine is beautiful in the fall it is very cold.