Complete Sentences, Fragments, and Run-Ons

A Complete Sentence must have what three things:

• Subject,

  Verb, &

  Complete Thought

• Subject, Verb, & a Noun

• Noun, Adjective, & Complete Thought

• Adjective, Verb, & Noun

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Is this a Sentence or a Fragment:

Long, long ago, in a faraway land.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Is this a Sentence or a Fragment:

She was still very unhappy.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Is this a Sentence or a Fragment:

Her twin brother, Prince Reginald, would become king.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Is this a Sentence or a Fragment:

A very cruel and unkind man.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Is this a Sentence or a Fragment:

Set out to rescue her.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Are both of these phrases Complete Sentences, or do they include a Fragment?

Then I attended Morris Junior High. A junior high that was a bad experience.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Are both of these phrases Complete Sentences, or do they include a Fragment?

The scene was filled with beauty. Such as the sun sending its brilliant rays to the earth and the leaves of various shades of red, yellow, and brown moving slowly in the wind.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Are both of these phrases Complete Sentences, or do they include a Fragment?

He talked for fifty minutes without taking his eyes off his notes. Like other teachers in that department, he did not encourage students' questions.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Are both of these phrases Complete Sentences, or do they include a Fragment?

Within each group, a wide range of features to choose from. It was difficult to distinguish between them.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F