Complete Sentences

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence expresses a complete thought and has at least a subject and a verb.

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What is an incomplete sentence?

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An incomplete sentence does not express a complete thought and may be missing a subject or a verb.

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Example of a complete sentence.

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He likes to play.

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Example of an incomplete sentence.

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Saw a bird.

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What does a subject in a sentence refer to?

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The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that the sentence is about.

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What does a verb in a sentence refer to?

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A verb is an action word that describes what the subject is doing.

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Identify the complete sentence: 'The bird was hungry.' or 'A bird the size of a house.'

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The bird was hungry.

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Identify the fragment: 'The teens in the bowling alley.' or 'Ronald makes new friends very easily.'

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The teens in the bowling alley.

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What is a sentence fragment?

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A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.

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What is the purpose of punctuation in a sentence?

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Punctuation helps clarify meaning and indicates the end of a sentence.