Sentence Fragments

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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. It is missing a subject, a verb, or both.

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What is a complete sentence?

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

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Identify the fragment: 'The dog barked loudly.' or 'Running through the park.'

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Running through the park.

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Identify the complete sentence: 'She enjoys reading.' or 'Because she enjoys reading.'

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She enjoys reading.

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What is the main difference between a sentence fragment and a complete sentence?

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A sentence fragment does not express a complete thought, while a complete sentence does.

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Example of a sentence fragment: 'After the storm.' What is missing?

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A complete thought or main clause.

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True or False: 'The cat sat on the mat.' is a complete sentence.

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True.

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True or False: 'When we went to the store.' is a sentence fragment.

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True.

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What punctuation typically ends a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence typically ends with a period, exclamation mark, or question mark.

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Identify the fragment: 'He ran fast.' or 'Although he was tired.'

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Although he was tired.