iReady Lesson 7: Complete Sentences & Fragments

Match the following descriptions with their definitions:

• An incomplete thought expressed in one word.

• A group of words that tells a complete thought.

• An incomplete sentence.

• A single word that tells an incomplete thought.

• A complete thought expressed in one word.

• A group of words that tells an incomplete thought.

• A complete sentence.

• A single word that tells a complete thought.

What does a complete sentence have?

• A subject and a predicate.

• Only a subject.

• Only a predicate.

• Neither a subject nor a predicate.

What does the subject of a sentence tell?

• Whom or what the sentence is about.

• What the subject does or is.

• The time of the action.

• The place of the action.

The predicate of a sentence tells (a)  

• What the subject does or is.
• Whom or what the sentence is about.
• The time of the action.
• The place of the action.

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• Without a trumpet player, we can’t perform this song.

• Without a trumpet player.

• My brother and sister.

• Dancing to swing.

What is the subject in the sentence "Nick listens to jazz music"?

• Nick

• listens

• Jazz music.

What is the predicate in the sentence "Nick and his friends listen to jazz music"?

• listen to jazz music

• Nick and his friends

• Jazz music

• Nick

What is the hint given about the predicate of a sentence?

• The predicate will always have a verb.

• The predicate will always have a noun.

• The predicate will always have a pronoun.

• The predicate will always have an adjective.

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• My brother and sister are in a jazz trio.

• My brother and sister.

• Without a trumpet player.

• Dancing to swing.

Which group of words is a complete sentence?

• His music also exciting for dancing.

• Because his music was so happy and lively.

• Danced and listened to his upbeat music.

• People loved to dance to his music.