Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

On the line that follows each sentence, indicate whether the sentence is correct, a comma splice, a run-on, or a fragment. Correct the faulty sentences.

OK = CORRECT
CS = COMMA SPLICE
RO = RUN-ON
FRAG = FRAGMENT

1. King Henry VIII, who ruled England from 1509 to 1547, accomplished a number of important things._____
   
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2. He separated the Church of England from Roman Catholicism; this act significantly altered his country's history._____
   
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3. He is also credited with changing the king's role to that of head of state._____
   
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4. However, Henry VIII's accomplishments are often overshadowed by the fact that he had six wives._____
   
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5. Many people believe that he executed all six, but that is not true._____
   
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6. He beheaded only two of them, and he divorced two of the others._____
   
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7. Of the other two, one died in childbirth, and one outlived him._____
   
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8. Henry wanted to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who had not been able to give him an heir, and marry Anne Boleyn._____
   
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9. Unfortunately, the pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine._____
   
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10. Anne was already pregnant with Henry's daughter Elizabeth, who would eventually rule England as Queen Elizabeth I for 45 years._____
    
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11. Henry was forced to take drastic measures; he declared that he was head of the Church of England and would decide whether he was still married to Catherine._____
    
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12. But when Henry's second wife failed to produce a male heir, she was unpopular and made many enemies, and Henry became interested in Jane Seymour, one of Anne's attendants._____
    
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13. Henry had Anne arrested and charged with treason and infidelity. She was beheaded in 1536._____
    
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14. Within 24 hours of Anne's execution, Henry was engaged to Jane Seymour, and they wed two weeks later._____
    
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15. Jane gave birth to a son, Edward, but died two weeks later._____
    
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16. For political reasons, Henry married Anne of Cleves next, but she was unattractive, and Henry was already smitten with young Catherine Howard, cousin of Anne Boleyn._____
    
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17. Right after he annulled his marriage to Anne of Cleves, he married Catherine._____
    
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18. She was 19, young, and vivacious; in contrast, he was 49, fat, and suffering from a painful leg ulcer._____
    
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19. Catherine sought the company of handsome young men, and in 1542, she, too, was beheaded for infidelity._____
    
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20. Henry's last wife, Catherine Parr, became his widow when he died in 1547._____
    
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