Is the thought complete or incomplete?

Is the thought complete or incomplete?

Recognizing complete thoughts

What is a complete thought?

• Complete thoughts express a full idea.

• It must have a subject and verb.

• Example: My neighbor fell down the stairs.

What is an incomplete thought?

• An incomplete thought does not make sense by itself. If you walked up to someone and told them an incomplete thought, they would be confused because information is missing.

• You can attach incomplete thoughts to a complete thought to form a complex sentence.

• Example: Because the floor was wet.

• My neighbor fell down the stairs because the floor was wet.

Multiple Choice

Find the incomplete thought.

• He went down the slide.

• They played in the rain.

• Laughing outside.

• Rain splashed.

Multiple Choice

Find the complete thought.

• Jumping up and down, spinning in circles.

• The girls went to the park to play.

• On the radio with a loud voice.

• Wet swings, jumping in puddles.

Multiple Choice

Find complete thought in sentence:

My neighbor lent me his PlayStation because I helped him.

• My neighbor lent me his PlayStation

• because I helped him.

Multiple Choice

Find the incomplete thought in sentence:

My friends went to the party to pick me up.

• My friends went to the party

• to pick me up

Multiple Choice

Find the incomplete thought:

She woke up in the middle of the night, confused by all the noise.

• She woke up in the middle of the night

• confused by all the noise.

Multiple Choice

Find the complete thought:

While I was sleeping, Simba decorated my house.

• While I was sleeping

• Simba decorated my house.