Sentence Fragments

Sentence Fragments

A sentence must have a subject and a predicate to tell a complete thought. A sentence fragment is missing a subject, a predicate, or sometimes both.

Fragment

Helped raise money for the soccer team.

Write sentence if the group of words is a sentence. Write fragment if the group of words is not a sentence.

We made money for our team. _____________________

Held a fun fair for little kids. ______________________

Multiple Choice

The big, giant, scary dragon

• sentence

• fragment

Multiple Choice

We drove to the store last night.

• sentence

• fragment

Write subject if the fragment is missing the part of the sentence that tells whom or what. Write predicate if the fragment is missing the part of the sentence that tells what happens or what is.

Tossed beanbags into a cardboard clown's mouth _____________________

A team member with a polar bear outfit _____________________

Multiple Choice

Posed for pictures with the bear

• predicate

• subject

Multiple Choice

Kids with clown makeup

• predicate

• subject