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Free Year 7 Sentence Editing: Fragments, Run-ons and Variety Worksheet

Students diagnose the sentence faults that persist into high school (fragments, fused run-ons and comma splices), repair them, and then go further: fixing dangling modifiers, cutting wordiness and varying sentence openings. The final task is to edit a flat paragraph for both correctness and rhythm. These editing skills lift the quality of every piece of writing a student produces.

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Year
Year 7
Subject
English
Topic
Sentences & Clauses
Difficulty
Level 2 · Standard
Estimated time
22 minutes
Curriculum
Australian Curriculum
Questions
15
Answers
Included, with working
Format
PDF (A4) + print

Students will practise

  • diagnosing fragments, run-ons and comma splices
  • repairing faulty sentences
  • recognising dangling modifiers and wordiness
  • varying sentence openings and length

Curriculum: Australian Curriculum. We show specific outcome codes only where they have been verified against the official curriculum document.

What's next?

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How to use this worksheet

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  2. Read the instructions for each part together before starting. Encourage working to be shown.
  3. Mark with the answer sheet. Use the model answers and success criteria as a guide rather than a single right answer.
  4. Record the score, celebrate what went well, then follow the "What's next" suggestion.

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Who is this worksheet for?

Year 7 students (typically ages 12–13) working on sentences & clauses. It is pitched at level 2 · standard.

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Year 7 · English · Sentences & Clauses

Sentence Editing: Fragments, Run-ons and Variety

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Check every sentence has a main clause. Then check your sentences do not all start the same way.

Part A — Diagnose

Circle the diagnosis for each sentence. A comma splice is a run-on where only a comma joins two complete sentences.

1.Despite the heavy rain and the strong winds blowing across the bay.
  1. Acorrect
  2. Bfragment
  3. Crun-on
  4. Dcomma splice
2.The lecture finished early, everyone left.
  1. Acorrect
  2. Bfragment
  3. Crun-on
  4. Dcomma splice
3.The lecture finished early everyone left.
  1. Acorrect
  2. Bfragment
  3. Crun-on
  4. Dcomma splice
4.Although the lecture finished early, nobody left.
  1. Acorrect
  2. Bfragment
  3. Crun-on
  4. Dcomma splice
5.He studied all night he still failed the test.
  1. Acorrect
  2. Bfragment
  3. Crun-on
  4. Dcomma splice
6.Hoping to catch the early train.
  1. Acorrect
  2. Bfragment
  3. Crun-on
  4. Dcomma splice

Part B — Repair

Rewrite each sentence correctly. Use a conjunction, a semicolon or a full stop, or add the missing main clause.

7.The museum was closed, we went to the gallery instead.
8.Which was the best part of the trip.
9.My phone died I couldn't call you.
10.After weeks of training in the cold and the dark.

Part C — Clarity and variety

Circle the best option.

11.Which sentence has the clearest meaning?
  1. AWalking to school, the rain soaked my bag.
  2. BWalking to school, my bag was soaked by the rain.
  3. CWhile I was walking to school, the rain soaked my bag.
  4. DThe rain, walking to school, soaked my bag.
12.Which is the best way to combine: The café was busy. The service was fast.
  1. AThe café was busy, the service was fast.
  2. BAlthough the café was busy, the service was fast.
  3. CThe café was busy the service was fast.
  4. DBusy café, fast service.
13.Which sentence is least wordy while keeping the meaning?
  1. ADue to the fact that it was late, we left.
  2. BBecause it was late, we left.
  3. CIt being late, we therefore made the decision to leave.
  4. DWe left owing to the lateness of the hour.
14.Which sentence opening adds the most variety to a paragraph where every sentence starts with 'The'?
  1. AThe dog barked at the gate.
  2. BThe gate rattled as the dog barked.
  3. CBarking furiously, the dog hurled itself at the gate.
  4. DThe furious dog barked at the gate.
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