Complete or incomplete sentence?

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence expresses a complete thought and contains a subject and a predicate.

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What is an incomplete sentence?

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An incomplete sentence does not express a complete thought and may lack a subject, a verb, or both.

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Example of a complete sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.' What makes it complete?

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It has a subject ('The dog') and a predicate ('barked loudly'), expressing a complete thought.

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Example of an incomplete sentence: 'When we went to the park.' What makes it incomplete?

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It lacks a main clause to express a complete thought.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells something about the subject, usually containing a verb.

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The cat slept on the mat.'

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The subject is 'The cat'.

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Identify the predicate in the sentence: 'The children played outside.'

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The predicate is 'played outside'.

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What is a clause?

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A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.

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What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.