The sentences in this activity were written by ESL students. Follow the editing advice to the right of the sentences and rewrite them correctly. Don't forget capital letters. Hit Enter or the Tab key to check your answer. Green signals correct. If your answer is red after two attempts, type ? in the frame.
My husband was very sick, he was near death as a consequence of a delicate surgery.
Replace the comma with a semi-colon.
When I was in high school, my parents were proud of me, my grades were A and B+, I continued to do well for three years.
Replace one comma with a period. Keep another and add and.
When we tested the chips, we mixed the good ones with the bad ones, after three hours we realized our mistake.
Replace the incorrect comma with a period. Add a comma after the time phrase.
I was at home with my friends, one of them asked me if I wanted to try marijuana and I agreed, he took out a joint and we started to smoke marijuana.
Replace the first comma with a period. Keep the next comma and add so.
At first I felt so light-headed and happy, I just wanted to laugh for no reason, but after an hour or so I got sick.
Replace the comma with a semi-colon and add the transition in fact.
I learned a lot from that experience, now I know that drugs are not good for me, I lose control of my senses and feel sick.
Replace the first comma with a period. Replace the second comma with because.
Correcting Comma Splices