FANBOYS- Punctuation And Correcting Run On Sentences Question Preview (ID: 42013)
Students Will Use Their Knowledge Of Run-on Sentences, Compound Sentences, FANBOYS, Transitions, And Punctuation To Select The Option That Is Written Correctly.
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Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) School in Munich was too strict and boring for young Einstein so he did not do well.
b) School in Munich was too strict and boring for young Einstein he did not do well.
c) School in Munich was too strict and boring for young Einstein, so he did not do well.
d) School in Munich was too strict and boring for young Einstein So he did not do well.
Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) Twelve-year-old Einstein showed a talent for mathematics, so he decided to educate himself, and he taught himself geometry.
b) Twelve-year-old Einstein showed a talent for mathematics so he decided to educate himself and he taught himself geometry.
c) Twelve-year-old Einstein showed a talent for mathematics, so he decided to educate himself and he taught himself geometry.
d) Twelve-year-old Einstein showed a talent for mathematics. He decided to educate himself, and he taught himself geometry.
Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) After finishing secondary school, he entered the Federal Polytechnic Academy in Switzerland, he did not like the teaching met
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Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) The academy frustrated him he could learn in a way that interested him. he missed classes often and spent the time studying
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Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) he missed classes often His professors had low opinions of him, he graduated anyway in 1900
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Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) In 1905, he published a paper on physics the University of Zurich awarded him a Ph.D. for this work. he pub
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Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) Physicists resisted his ideas at first, eventually his general theory of relativity was confirmed through observation
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Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) Einstein achieved international recognition, in 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in physics.
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Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) Later
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Which option is correct? Check to make sure it's not a run on sentence. Check the punctuation. Check the capital letters.
a) Later
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