Sentence Fragments

Which of the following sentence fragments needs a verb to make it a complete sentence?

• Bought a guitar today

• Martín and his brother Sammy

• aught me how to make spaghetti

Which of the following is an independent clause?

• Leena plays soccer every Sunday

• Because school is closed today

• Unless Alex apologizes to me

How could you revise the following sentence fragment to make it a complete sentence?

Before I went to bed last night.

• I read three chapters of my book before I went to bed last night.

• Playing a board game before I went to bed last night.

• Before I went to bed last night, after I ate dinner.

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CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.W.5.5

Read the following passage.

Concert last night was So. Awesome. Couldn’t believe how many kids from school showed up! Keisha, Tovah, Ju Yeon and Danica. The band played all the best songs. We had a great time!

The passage is most likely part of a(n)

• official document.

• music textbook.

• personal blog.

A sentence must express a complete thought and include a

• pronoun.

• subject and a predicate.

Which of these is a sentence fragment?

• Went to the store for bread and milk

• I cooked dinner for my family tonight

You came home late last night.

Which of these is the subject of the sentence above?

• you

• night

Sasha’s new puppy barked at the neighbor.

Which of these is the verb in the sentence above?

• puppy

• barked

Smiled at his new neighbor

Which of the following would you add to make the sentence fragment above a complete sentence?

• a verb

• a subject

My brother’s favorite movie of all time

Which of the following would you add to make the sentence fragment above a complete sentence?

• a predicate

• an adjective