DIRECTIONS Decide which of the following groups of words are run-on sentences. • If the group of words is correct. write C; if it is a run-on, write R.
• Revise each run-on sentence by (1) making it two separate sentences or
(2) using a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
1. Brown bears include the grizzly and the kodiak, the largest brown bear is the kodiak.
2. Kodiak bears weigh as much as 1,700 pounds, they grow to a height often feet.
3. Bears can live more than 30 years in the wild.
4. Bears' sense of smell is more developed than their hearing or sight.
5. Females give birth to as many as four cubs, the cubs stay with their mother two
or three years.
6. Many people are afraid of bears, encounters with bears are actually infrequent.
7. Grizzly bears are solitary animals, they do not want to interact with people.
8. Generally, bears attack only when they are surprised, or when they are protecting
their young.
9. People should always store food and garbage properly, bears could be attracted by
the smell.

___ 10. Never try to outrun a bear, it can run more than 30 miles per hour.