What Is a Sentence

Which of the following is a sentence?

• The puppy with the brown ear

• In my yard behind my shed

• The cute puppy with the brown ear is in my yard.

Jack and Joe like to play baseball is a _______________

• sentence

• complete subject

• complete predicate

Mr. Dixon, the soccer club director.

• Sentence

• Not a sentence

A group of words that expresses a complete thought is called a sentence.

• True

• False

Tell whether the following is a sentence or a fragment:

I could see the train coming.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Tell whether the following is a sentence or a fragment:

The band played all of my favorite songs.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Tell whether the following is a sentence or a fragment:

Finally, it was time to go home.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Choose the group of words that makes a sentence.

• A sunny day at the beach.

• We enjoyed our trip to the beach.

• Our trip to the beach.

• Alone at the beach.

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• A) Running through the park.

• B) The cat on the mat.

• C) She enjoys reading books.

• D) Under the old oak tree.

Identify the sentence from the following options.

• A) The blue sky.

• B) Birds flying high.

• C) The sun sets in the west.

• D) Over the hills.