Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 123

Correct each run-on with either (1) a period and a capital letter or (2) a comma and a logical joining word. Do not use the same method of correction for every sentence.
Some of the run-ons are fused sentences (there is no punctuation between the two complete thoughts), and some are comma splices (there is only a comma between the two complete thoughts). One sentence is correct.
EXAMPLE
There was a strange odor in the called the gas company immediately.
1. Antonio got a can of soda from the refrigerator, then he walked outside to sit on the porch steps.
2. Cockroaches adapt to any environment they have even been found living inside nuclear reactors.
3. My dog was panting from the heat I decided to wet him down with the garden hose.
4. Our science class is working on a weather project with students from Russia we communicate online almost every day.
5. The best-selling items in the zoo gift shop are the stuffed pandas and the polar-bear T-shirts the profits from these items help support the real animals in the zoo.
6. The bristles of the paintbrushes were very stiff, soaking them in turpentine made them soft again.
7. Chen borrows CDs from the library to listen to on the way to work, some are music, and some are recordings of best-selling books.
8. Last week, Rita's two boys chased the baby-sitter out of the house, now the sitter won't come back.
9. We knew a power failure had occurred, for all the clocks in the building were forty-seven minutes slow.
10. I volunteered to run the "Meals on Wheels" service in our city we deliver hot meals to sick or housebound people.