Run ons and Comma Splices
Read the following sentences and decide whether they are correct or contain run ons or comma splices. Write C for correct, CS for comma splice, and RO for run ons.

__ 1. He ran down the street after the bus every morning, but he always missed it.
__ 2. When the boys and their dad went fishing at Lake Erie, they always got up early.
__ 3. While we were on vacation in the mountains, we met many interesting people.
__4. No one suspected the killer he looked like an average guy.
__5. Our cousins did not arrive before Christmas however we expected them for New Year's Day.
__ 6. Someone saw the thief leave the shop which he had just burglarized.
__ 7. Playing as well as he could, Hank defeated the well known tennis champ.
__ 8. While looking through some old photo albums the other day, we ran across pictures of our grandparents when they were children.
__9. Everybody dreams of winning the lottery however no one really expects to win.
__10. We could find nothing to eat in the house, so we went to the restaurant for supper.