Grade 6 Sentence Repair Worksheet
A worksheet for 6th graders to practice identifying and correcting common sentence errors like fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
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Sentence Repair Workshop
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Read each section carefully and follow the instructions to repair the sentences. Pay close attention to sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices.
Instructions: Read each group of words. If it is a complete sentence, write 'C'. If it is a sentence fragment, write 'F' and then rewrite it as a complete sentence.
1. Running quickly down the street.
2. The old house stood on a hill.
3. Because the rain started.
Instructions: Rewrite each run-on sentence correctly. You can use a period, semicolon, or a comma with a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
1. The dog barked loudly the cat jumped onto the fence.
2. I love to read books they take me to different worlds.
3. She finished her homework then she watched television.
Instructions: Choose the best way to correct each comma splice.
1. The movie was very long, I fell asleep during the last hour.
The movie was very long; I fell asleep during the last hour.
The movie was very long, and I fell asleep during the last hour.
The movie was very long. I fell asleep during the last hour.
All of the above.
2. My alarm didn't go off, I was late for school.
My alarm didn't go off; therefore, I was late for school.
My alarm didn't go off, so I was late for school.
My alarm didn't go off. I was late for school.
All of the above.
Instructions: Read the paragraph below. It contains several sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices. Rewrite the entire paragraph, correcting all the errors to make it flow smoothly and grammatically correct.
Yesterday, I went to the park. A beautiful sunny day. The birds were singing, squirrels chased each other up trees. I saw my friend, we played on the swings. Later, we shared a snack then we rode our bikes home. Feeling happy and tired.