Complete Sentences
These are the three parts in every sentence.
What is subject, predicate, complete thought?
Running down the street toward the school bus.
fragment
Searching everywhere for his missing wallet
HE WAS Searching everywhere for his missing wallet
Is the following sentence a fragment? "Went to the store yesterday."
What is yes
Which of the following is a COMPLETE sentence?
A) Before we can leave for the movie theater.
B) The dog barked loudly at the mail carrier.
C) Wandering through the dense forest without a map.
D) Excited about the upcoming field trip.
B) The dog barked loudly at the mail carrier.
This is the action in the sentence.
What is the predicate?
The antique clock on the wall struck midnight.
Sentence
After the rain stopped and the sun came out.
After the rain stopped and the sun came out., WE WENT FOR A WALK.
Is the following sentence a fragment? "I like to take walks in the park."
What is no
Why is the following group of words a fragment?
"While the children played in the park."
A) It lacks a subject.
B) It lacks a verb.
C) It starts with a dependent conjunction and does not finish the thought.
D) It is a complete sentence.
C) It starts with a dependent conjunction and does not finish the thought.
This is the subject in the sentence "The Dad went to work."
What is "The dad"?
Although she had already studied for three hours.
Fragment(Dependent clause)
Such as lions, tigers, and cheetahs
BIG CATS Such as lions, tigers, and cheetahs
Which word can be removed from this fragment to turn it into a complete sentence?
"Although the teacher explained the homework assignment clearly."
A) Although
B) Explained
C) Clearly
D) Homework
A) Although
It is missing from the sentence, "Once upon a time in a land far, far away."
What is the predicate?
Leaves rustled softly in the autumn breeze.
sentence
Because the battery died during the presentation.
Because the battery died during the presentation, THE SCREEN WENT BLACK.
Identify what is missing in each fragment below.
"Discovered a hidden passage behind the bookshelf."
Missing element: ________
Missing a subject
This is the predicate of the sentence, "Mr. Gear ate a taco in assembly with great abandon."
What is "ate"? or What is "Ate a taco"?
Because the battery died during the presentation.
Fragment (Dependent clause)
Although she had already studied for three hours.
Although she had already studied for three hours, SHE FAILED THE EXAM.
What does a fragment miss?
What is subject or predicate
"The tall building near the central train station."
Missing element: ________
Missing the predicate.