Read each group of words. Write S in the box if the group of words is a sentence.
Write RO if it is a run-on sentence, Correct the run-on by rewriting the sentence on the
lines. Then put its correct end punctuation mark.
1. Florence Nightingale started out in the nursing field
2. Before, nurses were untrained they considered their job as a lowly chore
3. Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy she was a remarkable
woman
4. She refused to marry her longtime boyfriend and asked her parents if she
could devote her time to nursing the sick
5. In 1853, she became superintendent at the Institution for the Care of Sick
Gentlewoman in London, this news made her mother sad
6. She was loved by both patients and women because of her sympathetic
nature
7. During the war, she was called to help wounded soldiers in Scutari she
brought forty nurses with her
enclo
8. The soldiers loved her kindly presence she became famous as "The Lady
with the Lamp" because she made the rounds at night holding a lamp
9. Florence had become the heroine of the Crimean War and a lot of money
was raised in her name
10. All over the world, Florence became an expert on hospitals today, hospitals
are clean and cheerful because of her
