Question

(1) During the mid-1970s, skateboard design changed. (2) Skateboard makers added a kicktail, or raised back end, to the skateboard and substituted sturdy plastic wheels for metal ones. (3) To skateboarders, these changes were welcome improvements. (4) The kicktail made it possible for them to perform new tricks, while the plastic wheels made the board faster and easier to maneuver. (5) With these improvements, skateboarding became more popular than ever in fact it became a worldwide sport.

Which is a run-on sentence?

sentence 2
sentence 1
sentence 5
sentence 4

Answer 1

5. Ever Is The End Of The First Sentence. In fact should be the start of a new one

Answer 2

The correct answer is Sentence 5

Step-by-step explanation:

In writing, a run-on sentence is a type of grammatical and punctuation mistake that occurs when a sentence contains two or more independent clauses and there are not separated correctly either because there is no punctuation between them or because a comma is placed instead of a semicolon (;) which is the punctuation mark that should be used to separate this type of clauses. The first case described can be seen in sentence 5, because this contains two independent clauses (clauses that express a complete idea) "With these improvements, skateboarding became more popular than ever" and "in fact it became a worldwide sport" but these have not been separated neither by using semicolon or a transition word, which makes this an example of run-on sentence.