Sentence Fragments

Sentence Fragments

A fragment is a group of words wrongly capitalized and punctuated as though it were a sentence. A fragment does not express a complete thought.

Multiple Choice

The We Beat the Street Book.

• sentence

• Fragment

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the city they grew up in?

• sentence

• fragment

Multiple Choice

Break his foot?

• sentence

• fragment

Multiple Choice

The boy broke his foot.

• Sentence

• fragment

Simple labeling Sentences

Subject, Linking Verb, and Predicate

Noun- who or what the sentence is about

Linking Verb - links the subject and the predicate together (is, was, were, are, seek, be, become)

Predicates

• Predicate-what the subject does or is

• Predicate noun is the noun in the predicate position

• Predicate Adjective is the description word in the predicate position.

Multiple Choice

The mountains are rocky. What is the subject?

• the

• mountains

• are

• rocky

Multiple Choice

Maria's dog is excited.

What is the verb?

• Maria's

• dog

• is

• excited.

Multiple Choice

Maria's dogs are excited.

What is the Predicate Adjective?

• Maria's

• dogs

• are

• excited

Multiple Choice

The dollhouse is very ornate.

What is the subject?

• The

• dollhouse

• is

• very