Question
Read the draft of the story Ava is writing.
[1] Piper frowned as she scanned the pile of boxes overstuffed with hanging file folders. (2] Her elderly neighbor, Mr. Thompson, had
mentioned that he had, in one of his files, a picture of himself with Franklin D. Roosevelt. [3] Piper had enthusiastically volunteered to search the
files, knowing the picture would be a great addition to her research paper on the former U.S, president. (4) Unfortunately, she had mistakenly
assumed he was referring to computer files rather than paper files. [5] It would take many, many hours to sift through these boxes, that was time
Piper did not have to spare.
(6] Her history teacher often used primary source documents, the picture would be a perfect example of one. [7] Piper had already invited
Mr. Thompson to class: he was to talk about life during the Great Depression.
Which two sentences in the draft are run-on sentences?
• 1. sentence 1
0 2.
sentence 2
3. sentence 3
sentence a
s. sentence S
6. sentence 6
sentence 7
Answer
Sentence 5 and sentence 6 are run-on sentences.