Sentences and Fragments

Grammar Grammar

Sentences and FragmentsSentences and Fragments

Complete SentencesComplete Sentences

• A group of words that expresses a complete thought.– Subject– Predicate

• A group of words that expresses a complete thought.– Subject– Predicate

Sentence FragmentSentence Fragment

• Part of a sentence that is written as if it were a complete sentence.

• Missing a subject, a predicate, or both

• Part of a sentence that is written as if it were a complete sentence.

• Missing a subject, a predicate, or both

Examples of FragmentsExamples of Fragments

• Folk singers in the 1960s.– Missing predicate

• Folk singers in the 1960s recorded many classic songs– sentence

• Folk singers in the 1960s.– Missing predicate

• Folk singers in the 1960s recorded many classic songs– sentence


• If you remember the words.– Fragment

• If you remember the words, you should sing along.– sentence

• If you remember the words.– Fragment

• If you remember the words, you should sing along.– sentence


• Colonists in Indian costume. (missing a predicate)

• Dumped chests of tea into the harbor. (missing a subject)

• On December 16, 1773. (missing both)

• Colonists in Indian costume dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773.

• Colonists in Indian costume. (missing a predicate)

• Dumped chests of tea into the harbor. (missing a subject)

• On December 16, 1773. (missing both)

• Colonists in Indian costume dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773.

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Use CS or F to identify the word group as a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on sentence.

1. British soldiers marched toward Concord, Massachusetts.


1. British soldiers marched toward Concord, Massachusetts.

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• The Minutemen from nearby towns.


• The Minutemen from nearby towns.

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• Waited for the British in Lexington.


• Waited for the British in Lexington.

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• Clashes in Lexington and Concord started the American Revolution.


• Clashes in Lexington and Concord started the American Revolution.

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• Poorly trained and without uniforms.


• Poorly trained and without uniforms.

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• A young officer, Nathan Hale.


• A young officer, Nathan Hale.

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• Hale was hanged by the British as a spy he became a hero to the Americans.


• Hale was hanged by the British as a spy he became a hero to the Americans.

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• France joined the war as an ally of the Americans.


• France joined the war as an ally of the Americans.

Types of Sentences: Declarative

Types of Sentences: Declarative

• Expresses a statement• Ends with a period• Expresses a statement• Ends with a period

•i.e. A successful inventor must use both knowledge and creativity

Types of Sentences: Interrogative

Types of Sentences: Interrogative

• Asks a question• Ends with a question mark

• Asks a question• Ends with a question mark

Who invented the telephone?

Types of Sentences: Imperative

Types of Sentences: Imperative

• Tells or asks someone to do something

• Usually ends with a period but may end with an exclamation point

• Tells or asks someone to do something

• Usually ends with a period but may end with an exclamation point

• Name the inventor of the telegraph. Answer the question and win $1,000!

• Name the inventor of the telegraph. Answer the question and win $1,000!

Types of Sentences: Exclamatory

Types of Sentences: Exclamatory

• Shows strong feeling • It always ends with an exclamation

point

• Shows strong feeling • It always ends with an exclamation

point

• I’m so glad I invented the computer!

• I’m so glad I invented the computer!

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