Fragments

What is a fragment?

• a sentence

• a verb

• a group of word that does not have a complete thought

• an animal that croaks

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which of these group of words is a fragment? (There is more than one answer.)

• Twenty-two huge elephants.

• Answer this question.

• Trying to make the world a better place to live in.

• This quiz is on quizzis.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which group of words is a sentence? (More than one answer.)

• (A dog-owner to his dog) Fetch!

• Starry, starry night painted blue and grey.

• Her sister is a vegetarian.

• The most wonderful time in the world.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Select all THREE sentence fragments below.

• Think back to the time when you were in first grade.

• Until the end of time.

• Because America is a rich country.

• The people my sister unfriended in facebook.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which THREE questions can you ask to identify a fragment?

• What is a fragment?

• Does the group of words have a subject?

• Does the group of words have a verb?

• Does the group of words have a complete thought?

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Of the sentences below, which one is not a fragment?

• Working in the lab for long hours.

• I can't wait for welding class!

• Driving in the city during the summer months.

• Finding a parking space in the student parking zone.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Of the three sentences in each group, select the one that is NOT a sentence fragment.

• Two large owls are hooting in the dark.

• Mrs. Blanco gone to visit her mother at the hospital.

• To apply for a job at the new store in the mall.

• Working from 9 am to 5 pm.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Of the sentences below, which one is a sentence?

• Michael Jordan during the 1997 Olympic Games in Japan.

• He helped his team win the gold medal.

• Paying the game on extended times.

• The journey back home in 15 hours by plane.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

of the groups of words below, which one is a sentence?

• We are excited.

• We are excitedly.

• We are more than excitedly.

• Excitedly they are alright.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Of the sentences in this group, select the one that is NOT a sentence fragment.

• I wanted to go fishing.

• Trying hard to still make it on time.

• All different kinds of people at the beach.

• Among all the animals in this blue planet.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1