Run-On Sentences vs Complete Sentences
An interactive Jeopardy game for Grade 4 learners to identify, fix, and create complete sentences while avoiding run-on sentences. Topics include sentence identification, correction strategies, and real-world writing practice.
A free Jeopardy Quiz for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: run on sentences VS complete sentences.
Categories
- Spot the Problem
- Fix It!
- Build It Right
- My Writing
- The Fix-It Challenge
Questions
- Spot the Problem (100): Is this a complete sentence or a run-on sentence? 'I like cats.'
- Spot the Problem (200): Read this: 'I went to the park and I played soccer and I ate lunch.' Is this complete or run-on? Why?
- Spot the Problem (300): Which sentence is a run-on: 'The dog barked loudly.' or 'The dog barked and jumped and ran around the yard.'?
- Spot the Problem (400): Explain why this is a run-on sentence: 'Sarah likes reading she reads every day she has many books.'
- Spot the Problem (500): Look at this run-on: 'My brother plays video games and watches movies and eats snacks.' How is this different from a complete sentence?
- Fix It! (100): Fix this run-on: 'I like apples I like oranges.' Use a period or a comma with 'and'.
- Fix It! (200): How would you fix this run-on? 'Tom plays soccer he is very fast.'
- Fix It! (300): Rewrite this run-on as two complete sentences: 'The cat is sleeping the dog is playing.'
- Fix It! (400): Take this run-on and fix it in two different ways: 'Emma likes pizza and she likes pasta and she likes bread.'
- Fix It! (500): Show me two ways to fix this run-on and explain which way you like better: 'I went to school I saw my friends we played at recess.'
- Build It Right (100): Create a complete sentence about your favorite food using a subject and a verb.
- Build It Right (200): Write a complete sentence about what you did at school today.
- Build It Right (300): Create two complete sentences about an animal you like. Use a period between them.
- Build It Right (400): Write a complete sentence about something you did last weekend. Make sure it has a clear subject and verb.
- Build It Right (500): Create three complete sentences about your favorite hobby. Explain why you like it.
- My Writing (100): Write one complete sentence about what you ate for breakfast.
- My Writing (200): Tell me about your best friend in one complete sentence.
- My Writing (300): How is your favorite subject different from your least favorite subject? Write two complete sentences.
- My Writing (400): If you could have any pet, what would it be? Write a complete sentence and explain why.
- My Writing (500): Compare how you write complete sentences now with how you wrote them at the beginning of the year. What did you learn?
- The Fix-It Challenge (100): This is a run-on: 'I have a cat and a dog and a fish.' Make it a complete sentence.
- The Fix-It Challenge (200): Fix this run-on by adding a period: 'She ran to school she was late she hurried.'
- The Fix-It Challenge (300): Rewrite this run-on as one complete sentence using a comma: 'The sky was blue the sun was warm.'
- The Fix-It Challenge (400): Take this run-on and fix it three different ways: 'I like reading I read books I read stories.' Show all three ways.
- The Fix-It Challenge (500): Here is a tricky run-on: 'My mom makes lunch my dad makes dinner my sister makes snacks.' Fix it and explain which method you used and why it works best.