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Sentence or Fragment?
Finding Subjects
Finding Verbs
DEC,IMP,INT,EXC
Definitions
100
Can you name the famous American woman in the picture below?
What is Sentence
100
Aunt Louise
Aunt Louise found a beautiful antique lamp at the garage sale.
100
Marco's brother delivers pizzas.
What is: delivers
100
The sea horse is a very unusual kind of fish
Declarative .
100
A word group that contains a subject and a verb and that expresses a complete thought.
What is a Sentence?
200
Was a well-known ragtime piano player.
What is Fragment (missing subject)
200
Dalmations
Are Dalmations very good watchdogs?
200
How fast can a cheetah run
What is : Interrogative ?
200
This tells whom or what the sentence is about.
What is a Subject?
300
Even though she had worked a long time
What is Fragment (does not complete a thought)
300
horses, cattle (compound subject)
Can horses and cattle swim?
300
What other events might be described in the diary?
What is: might be described (helping verbs)
300
Exclamatory !
Wow, they could break the speed limit in some places
400
A butterfly with bright blue wings and long antennae.
What is Fragment (missing a verb)
400
What is collecting
Stamp collecting is my father's favorite hobby.
400
Covering the side of the hill were wildflowers.
What is: were covering (helping verb)
400
Declarative .
That is not as fast as a cheetah can run though
500
At the last minute, his parachute.
What is Fragment (missing verb)
500
Several of the players hit home runs.Several (of the players = prepositional phrase)
What is Several (of the players = prepositional phrase)
500
does staple, fold (helping verb AND compound verb)
Does this copier staple and fold documents?
500
Imperative .
Daniel, find out how many miles per hour a rabbit can hop