Run-on Sentences Exercise.

In the following exercise, you will be presented with a series of sentences. Encircle the run-on sentences.
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Greece is a fantastic country it has lovely people and great food.

Despite a long flight, arriving in Athens is always a good feeling.
She gave me a withering stare I was really scared.
There is nothing better for a cold than a hot whisky and a big box of chocolates.
The chest contained large amounts of gold, rubies, saphires and other precious stones.
She ran out of the room the shadows in the corner had scared her.
I will never fly again it is far too polluting.
She always recycles her bottles they are collected twice a month.
I hate kippers the smell puts me off.
Bill rushed to his mate's house there was cold beer in the fridge.
She never walks anywhere she is really lazy.
Tim loves jelly strawberry is his favorite flavor.
The meal was a huge success despite his lack of skill in the kitchen.
The meal was a disaster he is useless in the kitchen.
Given his ineptitude with a food mixer, the meal was a surprising success.
I really enjoyed the smoked kippers that he had prepared the night before.
'Give me that pencil it's mine.'
She found the wallet he found the money.
Pirates sailed the seas during the warmer months.
Leaving the house early, Bill found the roads empty.
Tim left his job because he could not stand his boss.
Tim left his job he could not stand his boss.
Tim left his job; he could not stand his boss.
Tim left his job, as he could not stand his boss.
She threw down the bottle she hates wine anyway.
I love wine the French reds are definitely the best.
Tim prefers a nice pint of bitter, but sometimes likes a lager on warm days.
She uncorked the new bottle that she had bought in France the previous summer.
Tim rushed out of the house; he desperately needed another pint of milk.
Tim rushed out of the house he desperately needed another pint of milk.
Tim rushed out of the house because he desperately needed another pint of milk.
Tim rushed out of the house, as he desperately needed another pint of milk.

Fix the following run-on sentences using the punctuation.

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Judy leads a charmed life she never seems to have a serious accident.
The airport is about to shut down because of the snow and if the plane doesn't land soon it will have to go
on to Boston.
3. The show begins at 7:30 make sure you're there before 7:15.
4. Marcellino always knew his way around the woods this is something he could always depend on.
5. Having prepared himself well for the realtor exams and having exhausted everyone in the family with his
requests that someone help him with the true-and-false drills, Jeffrey, who had never been a particularly
good student in high school, knew he was ready to take on the greatest challenge of his life.
6. Throughout history money and religion were closely linked there was little distinction between
government and religion.
7. The head of state and the religious leader were often the same person all power rested in one ruler.
8. These powerful leaders decided what objects would serve as money their backing encouraged public faith
in the money.
9. Coins were minted of precious metals the religious overtones of money were then strengthened.
10. People already believed the precious metals to be divine so their use in money intensified its allure.