sentence-a group of words that contains a subject, a verb, and it expresses a complete thought. fragment-a piece of a sentence or a group of words that doesn’t complete a thought run-on sentence- a sentence in which two or more independent clause are conjoined without a conjunction
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Sentence-a group of words that contains a subject, a verb, and it expresses a complete thought. fragment-a piece of a sentence or a group of words that.
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sentence-a group of words that contains a subject, a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.
fragment-a piece of a sentence or a group of words that doesn’t complete a thought
run-on sentence- a sentence in which two or more independent clause are conjoined without a conjunction
Sentence◦ Tony, the baseball player on the team, is my
brother.
Fragment◦ Tony, the baseball player on the team.
Run-On◦ Tony is my brother he is a baseball player on the
team.
A sentence consists of two parts: subject and predicate
subject-a part of a sentence that names the person or thing spoken about in the rest of the sentence
complete subject- is made up of all of the words in in the subject
simple subject- the main word or group of words in the complete subject
The police on the island of Tobago once rode bicycles.Complete-The police of the island of TobagoSimple-police
The island of Bequia lies between the islands of Grenada and St. Vincent.Complete-The Island of BequiaSimple-island
predicate- the part of the sentence that says something about the subject
complete predicate- all of the words in the predicate
simple predicate- the verb, or the main word or group of words in the complete predicate
Too many students hate school.
Complete◦ hate school.
Simple◦ hate
Now the police ride in the air-conditioned sedans.
Complete◦ Now…ride in the air-conditioned sedans
Simple◦ ride
Single underline the complete subject, and circle the simple subject. Then, double underline the complete predicate and but a box around the simple predicate.
The copier is out of paper.
Jack wants to buy a new backpack.
Finally, my boyfriend will cook dinner for me tonight!