Complete Sentences

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence expresses a complete thought and has 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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Identify the complete sentence: 'The dog barked.' or 'Barked loudly.'

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'The dog barked.' is a complete sentence.

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What is a fragment?

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

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Example of a complete sentence: 'She runs every day.'

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This sentence has a subject ('She') and a verb ('runs').

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Example of an incomplete sentence: 'When we went to the park.'

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This sentence is incomplete because it does not tell what happened when we went to the park.

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What does it mean to have a subject in a sentence?

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

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What does it mean to have a verb in a sentence?

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The verb is the action word that tells what the subject is doing.

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Identify the fragment: 'The tall tree.' or 'The tall tree swayed in the wind.'

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'The tall tree.' is a fragment.

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences that are incorrectly joined together.