IXL | Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

Which is a complete sentence?

All birds have two wings and feathers.

The sisters run to school they are late.

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Which is a run-on sentence?

Mitch lives in the city he rides the subway.

The writer tells a story about a tiger.

key idea

A sentence is a group of words that forms a complete thought. It has both a subject and a verb.

My friends walk along the path.

A run-on sentence is made up of two sentences that should stand alone.

I knocked on the door it opened.

To fix a run-on sentence, separate it into two sentences. Add a period after the first sentence, and use a capital letter at the beginning of the second sentence.

I knocked on the door. It opened.

solution

Mitch lives in the city he rides the subway is a run-on sentence. It has two sentences that should stand alone: Mitch lives in the city and He rides the subway.

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