8.2 Complete Sentences and Fragments

Complete Sentences

By Rebecca Campbell

To be complete, a sentence must have 2 things.

Multiple Choice

A sentence must have which two things?

• a period and a name

• a subject and a predicate

• macaroni and cheese

• an adjective and a verb

A complete sentence must have a subject and a predicate.

Multiple Choice

A sentence must have which two things?

• a period and a name

• a subject and a predicate

• macaroni and cheese

• an adjective and a verb

The subject tells who the sentence is about.

Subject

​The predicate tells the subject's action.

Predicate

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of the following sentence-

Andrew threw his lunch away before he finished eating everything.

• Andrew

• lunch

• threw

• ate

Multiple Choice

What was Andrew's first action?

Andrew threw his lunch away before he finished eating everything.

• finished eating

• went away

• threw his lunch away

• ate everything

Test Your Sentences Skills

Choose if the sentence is complete or incomplete.

Multiple Choice

The farmer fed the pigs.

• Complete Sentence

• Incomplete Sentence

Multiple Choice

On the playground.

• Complete Sentence

• Incomplete Sentence

Multiple Choice

Isaac played a song on the piano.

• Complete Sentence

• Incomplete Sentence

Multiple Choice

A chameleon sat on a branch.

• Complete Sentence

• Incomplete Sentence

A sentence that is not complete is called a fragment.

Multiple Choice

Liz and Caleb practice the song.

• sentence

• fragment

Multiple Choice

Accidentally ate a fly.

• sentence

• fragment

Multiple Choice

Like to play baseball at the park on the weekends.

• sentence

• fragment

Multiple Choice

Sam walked to the park.

• sentence

• fragment

Multiple Choice

My mom likes to cook dinner.

• sentence

• fragment

Multiple Choice

Read a book because of the author.

• sentence

• fragment

Multiple Choice

We played a new game in school today.

• sentence

• fragment

Make sure you are writing in complete sentences!