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Sentences and Sentence Fragments - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

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Extend 12<br />

Mechanics <strong>and</strong> Usage: Correcting Run-on <strong><strong>Sentence</strong>s</strong><br />

Each of the numbered groups below contains between one <strong>and</strong> four sentences.<br />

Write S for single, D for double, T for triple, or H for home run, depending on how<br />

many sentences there are. Then fix all the run-on sentences. Make them into<br />

separate sentences with capital letters <strong>and</strong> periods or compound sentences joined<br />

by a comma <strong>and</strong> the word <strong>and</strong>, but, or or.<br />

1. Baseball has been called our national pastime some people think it is losing ground<br />

to basketball <strong>and</strong> football.<br />

2. Spring training starts when there’s still snow on the ground in the North sometimes<br />

on opening day in April there’s still snow the season lasts until October.<br />

3. The major leagues have exp<strong>and</strong>ed greatly over the last few decades now many<br />

more cities have teams.<br />

4. Some people still mourn the move of the New York Giants to San Francisco <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in the 1950s.<br />

<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> School Division<br />

12<br />

At Home: Write your own home-run paragraph about a<br />

sport you love. How many sentences did you write? Did<br />

you use any compound sentences?<br />

Critical Thinking<br />

<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> Language Arts<br />

Grade 5, Unit 1, <strong><strong>Sentence</strong>s</strong>,<br />

pages 24–25

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