Complete Sentences and Fragments

5th Grade•45 minutes

Learning Objective

I can distinguish between complete sentences and sentence fragments.

A complete sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

A sentence fragment is a group of words that is missing a subject, a verb, or both, and does not express a complete thought.

A complete sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.

This lesson includes 10 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Which of the following MUST a sentence contain?

2. Explain the difference between a sentence and a sentence fragment in your own words.

3. Rewrite the following sentence fragment to make it a complete sentence: 'Running quickly down the street.'

...and 7 more questions

Sentence or Fragment? | Identifying Sentences and Sentence Fragments

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