Run-On SentencesA Grammar Lesson for 4th

Grade

Created by Teresa Wilson - Desert Palms Elementary - July 2010

Good writers combine closely related thoughts

into compound and complex sentences to

improve fluency.Jason stood on his hands while he

was riding on his skateboard.

A run-on sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses that are combined incorrectly.

Only closely related

thoughts should be combined into one

sentence.

A run-on sentence joins two or more sentences that

should be written separately.

The boy found a raft the raft floated

down the river.

You can correct a run-on sentence by separating two complete ideas into two sentences.Each sentence must have a subject and a predicate.

The boy found a raft. andThe raft floated down the river.

Correct the run-on sentences by separating them into two sentences. Each sentence must have a subject and a verb.I’m bored at

grandma’s house she doesn’t have a TV.Share your correction with your shoulder

partner.

We’re going bird watching you can bring your friend along.

Share your correction with your shoulder

partner.

You can also correct a run-on sentence by rewriting it as a compound or a complex sentence.Be sure your new sentence makes sense.

She looked at the drawings wondered who drew them.

Share your correction with your shoulder

partner.

He’s never been on a boat he’s afraid he’ll get

seasick.

Share your correction with your shoulder

partner.

A group of words without both a subject and a predicate is a fragment.A dependent clause by itself is a fragment.Add the missing piece or join the fragments with a conjunction to correct.

Birds flew overhead and

swooped down, a crane waded to

the raft.Share your

correction with your shoulder

partner.

Walking to the river. I saw many types of wildlife.

Hiding.Share your correction with your shoulder partner.

Share your correction with your shoulder

partner.

I heard chirping a flock of birds

came into view.