1.1 Fragments: Subject + Verb = the Core of a Sentence

1.1 Fragments: Subject + Verb = the Core of a Sentence

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Multiple Choice

Read the following mentor sentence. What do you NOTICE about it?

Maria flinched.

from House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

• I notice that it is a complete sentence.

• I notice that it is NOT a complete sentence.

Multiple Choice

Take a look at this next example:

Tad watched.

from Cujo by Stephen King

Apply the sentence test to it. Is this group of words is a complete sentence OR is it a fragment? Ask yourself: Who or what did something? What did they do or what are they? If you can’t answer both of these questions, then it is not a complete sentence; it is a fragment.

• It is a complete sentence.

• It is a fragment.

Multiple Choice

Take a look at this next example:

The store.

Apply the sentence test to it. Is this group of words is a complete sentence OR is it a fragment? Ask yourself: Who or what did something? What did they do or what are they? If you can’t answer both of these questions, then it is not a complete sentence; it is a fragment.

• It is a complete sentence.

• It is a fragment.

Multiple Choice

Take a look at this next example:

Gerhard grins.

from The Boy Who Dared by Susan Bartoletti

Apply the sentence test to it. Is this group of words is a complete sentence OR is it a fragment? Ask yourself: Who or what did something? What did they do or what are they? If you can’t answer both of these questions, then it is not a complete sentence; it is a fragment.

• It is a fragment.

• It is a complete sentence.

Multiple Choice

Take a look at this next example:

The lights cluster brilliantly up the street at Claudia’s house.

from Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Apply the sentence test. Is the group of words a complete sentence? Ask yourself: Who or what did something? What did they do or what are they? If you can’t answer both of these questions, then it is not a complete sentence; it is a fragment.

• It is a complete sentence.

• It is a fragment.

Open Ended

Now, write an example of your own. Your sentence should have a subject & a verb. After you write your sentence, tell what is the subject of your sentence & what is the verb of your sentence.

EXAMPLE: George meows. subject = George; verb = meows