Sentence Fragments Lesson

Sentence Fragments

What they are and how to fix them.

Multiple Choice

Review! What is the subject of a sentence?

• The who or what the sentence is about.

• The action or what is happening in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

Review! What is the predicate of a sentence?

• The who or what the sentence is about.

• The action or what is happening in a sentence.

Poll

Should you have sentences that are missing either the subject or the predicate in formal writing?

• Yes

• No

What is a sentence fragment?

A sentence must have both a subject and a predicate to express a complete thought. A group of words that lacks a subject, a predicate, or both is a sentence fragment. A fragment does not express a complete thought and should be avoided in writing.

Example One: Missing Subject

• This fragment makes the reader stop and ask "Who ran home?".

• This sentence is missing a noun.

• Sentence fragments make your writing unclear and hard to understand.

Multiple Choice

Your turn: Is this a sentence fragment with a missing subject: "The boy ate too quickly."?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Your turn: Is this a sentence fragment with a missing subject: "Picked up the pencil"?

• Yes

• No

Example Two: Missing Predicate

• This fragment makes the reader stop and ask "Did what?".

• This sentence is missing a verb or action word.

• Sentence fragments make your writing unclear and hard to understand.

Multiple Choice

Your turn: Is this a sentence fragment with a missing predicate: "The three explorers."

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Your turn: Is this a sentence fragment with a missing predicate: "The students ran to math class."

• Yes

• No

Review time!

Can you identify sentence fragments?

Remember, learning from your mistakes is growth mindset!

Multiple Choice

What part of the sentence is missing?

The small shop

• Subject

• Predicate

Multiple Choice

What part of the sentence is missing?

gets busy on the weekends

• Subject

• Predicate

Multiple Choice

Is this a complete sentence or a sentence fragment?

The small shop gets busy on the weekends.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

Multiple Select

Check the complete sentences.

• The small shop gets busy on the weekends.

• The small shop.

• Gets busy on the weekends.

• Many people like ice-cream.

• Many people.

Multiple Choice

Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?

Is chocolate.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

Multiple Choice

What is missing from the fragment?

Is chocolate.

• Subject

• Predicate

Open Ended

Add a subject to the sentence to make it complete. (Type the whole sentence.)

_________ is chocolate.