Language Arts Grade Four

Unit Fifteen, Lesson Three: Sentences

  1. bright
  2. tight
  3. enlighten
  4. freight
  5. taught
  6. ought
  7. humidity
  8. proud
  9. record
  10. collect
  1. clock
  2. measure
  3. clear
  4. report
  5. clouds
  6. climate
  7. weather
  8. storm
  9. precipitation
  10. temperature
Sentences

Sometimes people write sentences which are too long. Sentences which are longer than they should be are called run-on sentences. Sometimes these sentences would be better if they were divided into two or more sentences. Consider this example: 


  Jill took her dog to the park and she played fetch with her
  dog and then she saw a friend and they talked until it was
  time for Jill to go home for lunch.
This sentence should be split into several shorter sentences like this: 

  Jill took her dog to the park. She played fetch with her dog.
  Later on Jill saw a friend. She talked to her friend until
  it was time to go home for lunch.
As you can see four short sentences are better than one long sentence in this case.

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